FabSwingers.com forum: what’s your favourite board game ?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Dear Fabbers, Friends and Forumites

Heavens to Betsey and good gravy, we are all in the grip of storm Desmond. (Only two more storms to go and its storm Gertrude, it’s a fact google it)

Pooch and I have been out and faced the wrath of jolly well 70 mile per hour winds. We could hardly stand up and to have a conversation we had to say a sentence and then run back ward to hear it as it was caught in the wind and carried off lol. What an odd spectacle of word chasing chums we must have looked.

Well now we are home and settled in front of a roaring fire , whilst the winds and rain surround us . Jolly well snug as two spiffing bugs.

We decided after a rather long conflab to dig out our board games and have an afternoon for dice throwing and counter moving.

Pooch being a jolly cerebral hound quite favours Risk , Stratego , scrabble or Boggle. Given his extensive knowledge of the English language and his propensity to military strategy games. I asked could we play snakes and ladders just to give me a chance .

So chums we are asking you this soggy Saturday afternoon what is your favourite board game , or non-computer, non- electronic game .

You may choose Subbuteo , flick to kick

Mouse Trap, turn the crank to trigger the bowling ball.

I am guessing Twister may pop up a few times, with a few amendments to the rules and added custard !!

So Chums what’s your favourite board game ?

Tinsel Taff and Santa Paws

Keep it classy , just a tad sassy, never too jolly trashy

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I like Pictionary but saw the new Pointless game in Argos. I love watching pointless on the telly so may get the game for Christmas

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do card games count, if so can never beat a bit of poker (stripping optional

) if not I love a good old game of monopoly

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Do card games count, if so can never beat a bit of poker (stripping optional

) if not I love a good old game of monopoly

heavens yes card games count too can you play strip snap as poker is a tad to complicated for me and I grin like a jolly Cheshire cat if I get a good hand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly is a firm favourite, I do cheat if I'm the banker though.

Scrabble, or a game of cards, would be up there as well. I know it's not a board game.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do card games count, if so can never beat a bit of poker (stripping optional

) if not I love a good old game of monopoly

heavens yes card games count too can you play strip snap as poker is a tad to complicated for me and I grin like a jolly Cheshire cat if I get a good hand

Never tried strip snap but I'm sure its doable. I have a good poker face

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A naughty version of snakes and ladders

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

monopoly but the kids always cheated lol

when just me and my ex hubby played it on our own instead of paying the money for landing on each others property we paid by taking an item of clothing off haha had some fun games i can tell you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good question and I don't know. Monolopy takes too long,Chess gives me brain ache,Snakes and ladders isn't challenging enough...

Cluedo! It's Cluedo for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly for us, can't beat it, like the idea of strip Monopoly, sounds fun

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

Days like this remind me of playing Pontoon with my Nan. Wrapped up in a blanket, toasting bread on the fire, drinking hot toddies (minus the alcohol for me).

So a game of Pontoon. Or I do enjoy a good game of scrabble.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly

Also some childhood favourites..

Guess who

Connect 4

Operation

Twister

Kerplunk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cards Against Humanity...

Trivial Pursuit (the family version so we can answer the kids questions!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Articulate

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Cards Against Humanity...

Trivial Pursuit (the family version so we can answer the kids questions!) "

This pretty much covers it for me. Apparently there's a secret card hidden in the lid of the box of Cards Against Humanity. I think I might go look. I'd really like a properly X rated offensive selection of cards... I'm quite hard to offend it seems.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Really Nasty Horse Racing game is a good one.

Not really a board game, but I love the Murder Mystery games too where you dress up as a character and play a part. They are excellent fun and recommended.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mouse trap, alley cats, haunted house, dracula, I vant to bite your finger, operation. All old school and apart from mouse trap probably no longer available but loved them back in the day.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Monopoly

Also some childhood favourites..

Guess who

Connect 4

Operation

Twister

Kerplunk"

yippie kerpunk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ludo!

A warrior's game.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scrabble

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Backgammon

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Still no mention of hungry hippos,Pooch cheats he uses two paws and his tail

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Still no mention of hungry hippos,Pooch cheats he uses two paws and his tail

Hungry Hippos using maltesers instead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We are a bit traditional - scrabble, backgammon and card games for us x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Still no mention of hungry hippos,Pooch cheats he uses two paws and his tail

Hungry Hippos using maltesers instead

Brilliant that's a genius idea

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I don't have many board games now, of even sure what I've got, but had a variety when my son was younger and one night a week was board game night he always chose monopoly and I bloody hated it. But I used to put a two hour game limit.

I bought one called cranium I think and played it one Christmas with all my family, well it was hilarious I actually thought my mum was going to attack my brotherinlaw

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Daughter got a game last xmas called Headbandz you put cards on your head and have to guess who you are, had a great laugh

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By *iss_Samantha_LovecockTV/TS
over a year ago

bmth /poole sometimes blandford

chess backgammon and othello

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chess. What's wrong with everyone, daddy of all board games

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's gotta be Pass the Pigs !

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chess. What's wrong with everyone, daddy of all board games

The pooch always wins in six moves or less

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By *man91Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Used to play a lot of 'Payday' and 'Game of life' with friends when we were younger, other than the other common ones already mentioned such as scrabble and monopoly.

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"Articulate "

^ One of my all time faves.

I'm a bit of a board games nerd, so I play loads that regular people haven't even heard of. Lol.

Dixit

Resistance

Werewolves

Smallworld

Lords Of Waterdeep

Catan

Carcassonne

Shadow Hunters

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Chess. What's wrong with everyone, daddy of all board games

The pooch always wins in six moves or less

If I can have a fifteen move advantage then tell him I'll play! A bag of Christmas goodies and an hours walk if he wins

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By *tretchygirl and tintinWoman
over a year ago

Dartford

My family has a game called You Be the Judge. It has cards with old legal cases and in teams you have to decide what the ruling was. If you're right you roll the dice and tick off that number of spaces on your sheet. First team to.fill their sheet wins.

Also like Scrabble, cluedo and monopoly

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chess. What's wrong with everyone, daddy of all board games

The pooch always wins in six moves or less

If I can have a fifteen move advantage then tell him I'll play! A bag of Christmas goodies and an hours walk if he wins

Ha ha I will put it to him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Star Wars monopoly!! Although the playing with my middle son you might as well call him Alan Sugar, all the wheeling and dealing he tries doing lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trivial pursuits

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Has to be scrabble for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cribbage for a good card game.

Board games? Used to play one called Grand Prix when I was younger. Always good fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I am getting it for Xmas, it's called PoopyHead! Looks hilarious if like me you have the humour of a 6 year old!

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By *entenTeaCouple
over a year ago

Buckley North Wales

Carcassone, Pandemic, Escape from Atlantis.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I do love your posts Taffy

We love a game of uno in this house. We have a Doctor Who set

A favourite board game for us is Logo What Am I. There are always 2 winners so not too much sulking

I've bought Never Mind the Buzzcocks board game for this year. Has anyone played that? Is it any good or should I get my money back?!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also used play a game called Escape from Colditz. You either played the Escapees or the Germans guards.

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By *onnie55Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

Anyone remember 'Mine a Million'? Used to love it..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hungry hippos

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scrabble, or Balderdash.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Also used play a game called Escape from Colditz. You either played the Escapees or the Germans guards."

Crumbs that game could go on for years

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I usd to have a game called Gooey Louey

It was a rather fun puerile game where you had to pull bogies out of loueys nose lol if you pulled the wrong one his brain popped out.

A lesson for all you bogey miners

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scrabble. I love words

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Risk, for the megalomaniacs!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Risk, for the megalomaniacs!"

The pooch loves it it plays to his napoleon complex lol

Great user name bud

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By *rcticFoxxxWoman
over a year ago

Hereabouts

I like backgammon, chess and rummikub

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buckaroo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly, backgammon, scrabble and cludeo you just can't beat the classics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Monopoly, backgammon, scrabble and cludeo you just can't beat the classics

Yer reckon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Monopoly, backgammon, scrabble and cludeo you just can't beat the classics

Yer reckon

Yep

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Naked twister!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pictionary

Articulate

Monopoly

Trivial Pursuit

Linkee (not a board game but good fun!)

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By *dventuroususCouple
over a year ago

sunderland

Monogamy from ann summers, excellent game.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Diplomacy

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By *ohnaronMan
over a year ago

london

Yellow box junction with a mud covered reg Mondeo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Last one I enjoyed was bohnanza.....

Never played monopoly dispute owning a rather ornate version of the game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

would you count chess as a board game or a sport?

Risk is pretty good if chess doesn't count

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Used to love Risk, I went to boarding school and we used to have 2 boards joined together. Some games would last several days

Backgammon is my game of choice now, although living on ma own, I tend to play it on ma PC more often than not

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Pooch and I played snakes and ladders ,

I lost

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Articulate

^ One of my all time faves.

I'm a bit of a board games nerd, so I play loads that regular people haven't even heard of. Lol.

Dixit

Resistance

Werewolves

Smallworld

Lords Of Waterdeep

Catan

Carcassonne

Shadow Hunters

:D"

Wish I knew some people who'd played some of your choices.... There must be a reason why they won so many awards...

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"Articulate

^ One of my all time faves.

I'm a bit of a board games nerd, so I play loads that regular people haven't even heard of. Lol.

Dixit

Resistance

Werewolves

Smallworld

Lords Of Waterdeep

Catan

Carcassonne

Shadow Hunters

Wish I knew some people who'd played some of your choices.... There must be a reason why they won so many awards... "

It's because they are so so fun! Like, they're so easy to pick up, and incredible to play, but for some reason, they're not that big here...

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By *aucy tiggerWoman
over a year ago

Back where I belong

For us its scrabble, trivial pursuit and i doubt anyone will have heard if GO - loved playing this as a child and recently found it on ebay and my sons love it to, despite it being totally out of date xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's because they are so so fun! Like, they're so easy to pick up, and incredible to play, but for some reason, they're not that big here... "

They don't seem to be marketed much and the major stores don't even offer the tiniest of selections....

There must be a board game group in Brum I can join - particularly since you're sooooooo far away!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monopoly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I also like the game.... Straws!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a lover of words it's got to be Scrabble!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Cant beat a bit of

Pop up Pirate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My grandparents used to have a gardening game think it was called "how does your garden grow?" You had to collect plants and veg for your garden plot. We would play it after Sunday dinner

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

It's because they are so so fun! Like, they're so easy to pick up, and incredible to play, but for some reason, they're not that big here...

They don't seem to be marketed much and the major stores don't even offer the tiniest of selections....

There must be a board game group in Brum I can join - particularly since you're sooooooo far away!"

Heh. ^__^

Go here and give them a go:

http://afternoonplay.co.uk/

xxx

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