NERD ALERT: Any hard core board gamers out there?

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  1. Hobbesarable

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    Try these when you have time:

    1. Cosmic Encounter
    2. Modern Naval Battles
    3. Iron Dragon
    4. Axis and Allies
     
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    I used to crush people on Axis and Allies.
     
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    It is a great strategy game.

    I also played Hand and Foot Canasta. My grandmother and her friends taught me that card game as a child. Those old women took their card games seriously! :lol:
     
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    I made a card game when I was 18. Sold nationally, too. It got smothered in the card game glut of 96, but it was a cool experience.

    In fact, I'm writing this post at my kitchen table while I prototype the next version that I'll print and play at PrtinterStudio.com for my friends and I to play.
     
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    Which card game did you make?
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Also Acquire is a ton of fun with about 3 to 4 people
     
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    [video=youtube;fzLtF_PxbYw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzLtF_PxbYw[/video]
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Uncommonly timely.
     
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    I'd love to get into board games (we should have an S2 nerd group).

    But as of now, I play way too much Hassle: The Dorkening
     
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    Denny this is getting out of control!
     
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    ive never played any of these board games games but i totally would, whats a good one to get into for an aspiring nerd?
     
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    ooh is warhammer still a thing? i used to think that was so cool when i was younger, never got to play it though
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Settlers of Catan or Power Grid.

    Settlers of Catan is complicated to explain.

    Power Grid is capitalism at it's finest. You bid against other players on power plants once per round, IE coal fire, oil, hybrid oil/coal, industrial waste, nuclear, or renewable/green. Then you have to buy the fuel once a round. At this point you can buy in excess to artificially drive the prices up as well against your opponents if they have diversified. You need the power plants running to get more money for each round. The first who you can power 10 power plants you win.
     
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    It depends on the games you like.

    Here is a go to games store for Portland http://www.ggportland.com/

    For a beginner game nerd, probably start with Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride. After you want to branch out a bit -- Alhambra can be fun, maybe throw in a deck building game like Dominion. One of my favorite games, that will take quite a while to play is Starfarers.

    Board game groups exist. The people are fascinating. But boy, it's like High School all over again. So much drama. Never getting laid.
     
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