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Battlestar Galactica
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Some players are humans, some are cylons. As humans you have to jump to get away and even landing on New Caprica in the expansion for a while. Losing all your food, population, morale or fuel means the cylons win. Having cylons break into the control room or, if i remember correctly - blow up too much of the ship, also results in a loss for the human players.
The most intresting aspect of the game is how you have to try to find infiltrating cylons and imprisonate or send them out the airlock. The cylons on the other hand must try to sabotage skill checks etc and have the humans lose as much resource, nukes and whatnot as they can. At the same time they must seem like they are humans or try to blame their actions on someone else. Finally reveal themselves with a powerful attack on the ship, a loss of resources etc. This usually means getting flamed by the human players as they are mad you tricked them.
Have fun shouting at your friends trying to explain you are not guilty of the failed skill check or trying to convince them the president is in fact a killer robot.
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OMYGOSH I'VE PLAYED A BUNCH OF THESE GAMES lol...in addition to settlers, agricola, dominion, and carcassonne i've also played puerto rico, ticket to ride, and power grid ^^ my family loves these games...the whole extended family....
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Carcassone rocks, have it + 2 expansions and it gets played weekly
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On June 29 2011 01:20 Warlike Prince wrote:
Carcassone rocks, have it + 2 expansions and it gets played weekly
Yeah, Carcassone is a lot of fun.
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Talisman. I had my dad's old set from the early 80s and brought it to school for me and my friends to fuck around with between classes. Really fun, especially with all the expansions when you've got a long night ready.
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I can't believe OP didn't mention Puerto Rico, great game that has a cool turn system (each round players choose what "role" they want to play, which shapes what happens that round as well as what bonuses the players get).
Edit- Catan and Carcassone are also great games :D I've wanted to pick up a copy of cosmic encounter for a while now.
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I can strongly recommend SPACE ALERT. Its a cooperative game and loads of fun, although it takes some time to get the hang of it.
Also, ROBO RALLY is really good.
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WHERE IS STARCRAFT: THE BOARD GAME??!?
It is actually quite nice, once you get over the hurdle of the insane learning curve.. Just like the PC version. 
Also, I played Settlers of Catan (the Knights and Cities version) with some of my friends at the Go club (high dan Go players - 7D and 5Dpro) and let me tell you: with theese kind of players it is NOT a beginner game! 
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Citadels
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Another great game which I've played. So many mind games whenever I play this with my friends.
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Settlers. That is all.
Actually, I don't know if Battletech really counts as a boardgame, but it's completely amazing.
And I'm surprised that I didn't see RoboRally (I didn't look closely). Such an amazing game, made by the creator of Magic: The Gathering.
EDIT: One of my dad's best friends owns a physical gamestore. I've at least heard of basically every game mentioned in the thread so far. I know he likes BSG and I've seen Agricola and Power grid many times.
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Race for the Galaxy
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This is a card game, for 2 to 5 players. This is a strategy game, with a big part of psychology included. Quite difficult at first, but enjoyable right from the start.
Some tournaments have been organized on this game, because, this as competitive material.
I recommend it to all if you liked Dominion. This is like Dominion with a much deeper skill ceiling.
Dungeon Twister
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A very competitive strategy board game. Made to be played in 1v1. Very deep skilli ceilling. Lots of tournaments around the world.
Both thoses games are not casual and fits if you like challenges, competitivity and game balance.
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Had to add this one; THE BEST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED.
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This game is old and difficult to find, but what a gem !!
You can play 6 VERY different races (I mean this is absolutely crazy how the perspective of the game are totally changing from one race to another.)
This is a game of alliances and betrayal.
This game is difficult to learn and impossible to master.
Play this with 4 or 5 of your friends, a game can last a whole night, but trust me, this is so amazing !!
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I play on a regular basis with friends
-Carcassonne
-Puerto Rico
-La Havrea
-Race to the Galaxy
-Runebound
-Dominion
-Munchkins
-Settlers of Catan
Might be some others I'm missing. My personal favorite is race or dominion.
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On June 29 2011 00:41 Tachyon wrote:
Why didn't the list include chess? =(
Best board game ever made, and most complex.
Chess: 10^40 legal positions, 10^120 possible games
Go: 2.1×10^170 legal positions, 1.9x10^481 (conservative estimate of average number of moves: 200) possible, legal, games.
I personally love 'Munchkin' and 'Grave Robbers from Outer Space'. Hilarious games, but aren't exactly board games, they're card games. You can play them on a board, though, if you wish.
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I play Settlers of Catan with my family from time to time. That Axis & Allies game looks like fun but I wouldn't really have anyone to play it with.
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You can't be a geek if you're not a hardcore boardgame fan!! Anyone plays Bang! ? It's a fun game of cards where you have to guess the other persons identity (sheriff, outlaw, renegade, adjoint). Simple but fun game. My friends and I initiated another friend to Settlers of Catan Online, and he hasn't left his computer in what.... 4 days now? XD
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Ok, I went out and bought "Zombies!!!" It sounded like a lot of fun, and something my friends would enjoy.
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On June 29 2011 01:09 Seeker wrote:My all time favorite: + Show Spoiler +GREAT multiplayer game/tons of fun/infinite possibilites of outcomes. Show nested quote +On June 29 2011 00:41 Tachyon wrote:
Why didn't the list include chess? =(
Best board game ever made, and most complex. I think Chess was excluded cause it's a 2 player board game.
THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER LOL
Everyone is a fucking troll though >.> you gotta play to each person haha
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Recently a friend of mine became a hardcore boardgame player, here is a list of the games I have played with him and a couple of other friends:
-Robo Rally
-Descent
-Betrayal at House on the Hill
-Merchants & Marauders
-Frag
-Yggdrasil
-Power Grid
-Settlers
-Warhammer Quest
-Chaos in the old world
-Arkham Horror
-Mall of Horror
-Last Night on earth
-Zombies!!
And probably a couple more that i don't remember, but all of them are pretty dam good, some of them you have to be a little into board games to have fun but deffinetly you guys should try them
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On June 29 2011 01:14 Ahmose wrote:Boardgames I've always played (excluding RPGs, because some people use grids) are Risk ![[image loading]](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b45/blueasjim/risk_2.jpg)
Fuck this game. Oh sure, it's fun for the first few turns. You formulate a strategy. You watch 2 people clash over tiny ass Australia. Then 2 people decide "hey, we're not completely in each others way, let's ally." And then the game goes straight downhill. Gdamn alliances.
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I highly approve of this thread and expect to be here frequently and often!
(if only I weren't headed out the door right now)
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