Favorite Board Games

[slobake]

My wife and I like to play board games with our family and friends. Monopoly can get ugly in my family, if you didn't know us you would think we hate each other and my sister-in-law tries to cheat.
Lately we have been playing a game called "Who Knew?" with our friends. It is a great game to get to know people. It also causes some very funny arguments between couples.
There are also games we like that are not technically board games like Jenga, Catch Phrase and playing Connect Four with my grandson.
We like board games because it gives us a lot of time to talk and just have fun as well.
Are there board or non board games that you like?

 

[Gorn]

Trivial Pursuit.

 

[devinp17]

Monopoly! Sometimes it takes about a week to finish, but it's still the best!

 

[ImNotJoel]

Risk is always fun roll the dice and take over the world.

 

[mrpackerguy]

We had a family reunion weekend a few weekends ago and played Cranuim and it was lots of fun.

 

[tangentmusic]

Scrabble.
Cant go wrong with a classic spelling game

 

[MJ5150]

Lifeboats, Splendor, and Galaxy Trucker are a few we play with friends.

-Mike

 

[Mktrat]

Apples to Apples is fun because my younger nieces and nephews (9-22) are at very little disadvantage to the adults

 

[mbbassmojo]

Have you played Carcassonne? That's one we like to play.

 

[lakefx]

I'm a bit of a board game geek, so my preferences are generally not for the more casual players.
I like Carcassonne as a fairly easy to learn introduction to more complex games. Similarly Smash Up and Settlers of Catan are fun and not too hard to learn.

On the more complex side, I've been enjoying Mage Wars, Level 7 Omega Protocol,and A Few Acres of Snow recently.

 

[hrodbert696]

Carcassonne is a great game. In our family, we also play Settlers of Catan. That's even better.

Another game I found when living in Germany was called Karolus Magnus. I still have my German copy - I think I heard it was released in English but is hard to find. It actually is very good at conveying what early medieval politics were like, while still being a very fun strategy game. Ah, here it is... http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/481/carolus-magnus

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

You left out Backgammon, a game as old as chess. It is my favorite.

 

[Marial]

Cranium. While not a board game, my favorite is JENGA!

 

[Stewie26]

As being a capitalistic pig I prefer monopoly.

 

[Jim Nazium]

Pictionary!

This thread makes me want to host a game night.

 

[paste]

Blokus is good.

 

[slobake]

As being a capitalistic pig I prefer monopoly.

I guess people who like Risk are war mongers then.

 

[slobake]

Pictionary!

This thread makes me want to host a game night.

I like Pictionary too. Have you ever played Balderdash? I like that game as well maybe because I am full of blarney. Just ask my wife she'll tell ya.

 

[slobake]

Cranium. While not a board game, my favorite is JENGA!

Jenga rocks! but hopefully it doesn't fall over when it's my turn.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

Balderdash is one of our favorites.
Fishheadjoe