Help Me Choose Some Games

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by wolf

Seconding Apples to Apples.

Actually, you were thirding. But who's counting?

Originally Posted by wolf

and I had fun recently playing The Game of Life with my friend's kids.

As much as I liked the old Game of Life, I really don't care for the revised version. I dunno. Just something about the changes took the fun out of it.

[glatt]

Farkle sounds similar to Blisters, which is another fun 6 dice game. And you can pretend you are Appalachian Trail veterans.

It's cool when you have something random like a dice roll combined with strategy and thinking. Do you want to risk what you have earned so far and keep going for more?

[Spexxvet]

Scattergories is fun, and not loud.

The most fun loud game, IMHO, is Pit

[classicman]

Rummikub - if there can be only one

Would Yahtzee be an option?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Scattergories is fun, and not loud.

I adore Scattergories! Another game I ended up not playing... because I was good at it. Also after an argument as to what constituted a Catchphrase. It wasn't about winning. I'm just a pedant. Just because something appeared on the televison show Catchphrase (common phrases, proverbs etc) is not proof. And I was winning without that anyway, so no need to be so bitchy.

Originally Posted by wolf

You can't go wrong with a couple of decks of cards. There is a South American game that expands to fit the number of players. You need a deck for every two people playing. It's a type of contract rummy ... Telefunken. I play the Ecuadoran variation.

I've lately been teaching my friends to play Farkle. There are numerous variations on the rules. There are also numerous variations on the name. I learned it merely as "The Dice Game," have also heard it called "Fuck Me," "10,000," and "Greed." Equipment is simple ... six standard dice, paper, and a pen. You can buy Farkle sets that include a dice cup. I have one, but only because the game with the dice cup was cheaper than buying two sets of five dice.

Sounds a bit like Bammalammafizzvaj.
Or..... Go Johnny Go Go Go GO!

[kerosene]

In a pickle is pretty good...we play it with the kids. Apples to Apples is good. Uno, maybe?

[Chocolatl]

Will throw in my votes supporting In a Pickle, Ticket to Ride, and Apples to Apples. My brother is up for a visit and we've played six or seven rounds of Ticket to Ride in the past two days.

I also really love Set -- it's a pattern-finding game that requires no strategy whatsoever, just a good eye. Small and compact, and can also be converted into a solitaire game.