# Populate the Board Game Hall of Fame **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652 "2005-12-30T00:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/1 "2005-12-30T00:04:58Z")
I don’t know if there really ios a board game hall of fame (probably, there’s a hall of fame for everything). No matter, which games would say have to go in with the inital class? For me these are the top of the heap 1. Chess 2. Monopoly 3. Scrabble ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/2 "2005-12-30T00:12:01Z")
I think “Risk” and “Axis & Allies” have to be on there. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/3 "2005-12-30T00:14:51Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I don’t know if there really ios a board game hall of fame (probably, there’s a hall of fame for everything). No matter, which games would say have to go in with the inital class? > > For me these are the top of the heap > > 1. Chess > 2. Monopoly > 3. Scrabble I see you suffer from the same problem that King Arthur did in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I like your list and I would also include Risk. To make it 5, I will take Clue. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/4 "2005-12-30T00:24:12Z")
Chutes and Ladders (though I’ve never played it) Mystery Date, (just for the theme song alone) Kill Doctor Lucky ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/5 "2005-12-30T00:26:26Z")
For historical reasons, Parcheesi and Backgammon. It may not be old enough , but Settlers of Catan should probably be added sometime. Also Puerto Rico (I’ve never played, but it ranks high on [boardgamegeek.com](http://boardgamegeek.com)) Brian ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/6 "2005-12-30T01:01:09Z")
And how could I forget Go? Probably the oldest board game still played. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/7 "2005-12-30T01:21:50Z")
Sorry! Aggravation ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/8 "2005-12-30T01:30:34Z")
Trivial Pursuit Acquire ---
**Author:** ![bowler\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bowler\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowler_girl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/9 "2005-12-30T01:32:22Z")
Life and for the little people, Candy Land. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/10 "2005-12-30T01:40:01Z")
Checkers Hungry Hungry Hippos Operation Stratego Battleship Connect 4 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/11 "2005-12-30T01:53:48Z")
Games Magazine has a Hall of Fame, though it’s not limited to board games. (And would Operation, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and Connect Four _technically_ be “board” games? Hmmmmm.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/12 "2005-12-30T03:53:53Z")
Here are the games in Games Magazine’s Hall of Fame: Acquire, Axis & Allies, Blockhead, Bridgette, Civilization, Clue, Diplomacy, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Mille Bornes, Monopoly, Othello, Pente, Risk, Scrabble, Sorry, Stratego, Taboo, Tribond, Trivial Pursuit, Twister, Twixt, and Yahtzee. As you can see they do not include public domain games like chess or go. ---
**Author:** ![lonesome\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lonesome\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lonesome_loser)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/13 "2005-12-30T04:15:50Z")
[Dogfight.](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1509) From years ago Spent many hour playing that game. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/14 "2005-12-30T06:22:54Z")
Backgammon ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/15 "2005-12-30T09:58:24Z")
I just want to second, or third, Acquire. Great game. I read a comment once that it’s a crying shame that almost every household in the US (and in Britain, too) owns a copy of Monopoly, but relatively very few people have even heard of Acquire. It’s the great American boardgame. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/16 "2005-12-30T12:26:26Z")
Diplomacy. Possibly the greatest board game ever. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/17 "2005-12-30T14:04:06Z")
Masterpiece, because it’s fun, the pictures are pretty, it teaches you how to estimate value and probability, and because it is incredibly cool to go to a museum and watch your ten-year-olds discuss Georgia O’Keefe, Caravaggio and Edward Hopper with the guide. I also liked Careers, which struck me as a much more fun and jazzy game than Life. It’s all about the combination of fame, fortune and happiness, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/18 "2005-12-30T15:00:26Z")
Does anyone remember Feudal? Here are some [pics](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/imagegallery.php3?gameid=847). I loved that game. It was like chess on crack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/19 "2005-12-30T15:43:42Z")
Mousetrap! Rube Goldberg meets the boardgame. I loved that game. Another candidate would be Chinese Checkers. In this age of political correctness would we have to change the name of this game to East Asian checkers? My little sister had a Barbie boardgame that she loved. She would pester me for hours until I’d play this with her. I’d also suggest the home versions of Jeopardy and Concentration should make your list. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652/20 "2005-12-30T16:02:06Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Does anyone remember Feudal? Here are some [pics](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/imagegallery.php3?gameid=847). I loved that game. It was like chess on crack. 😉 I loved Feudal, I probably still have it somewhere. Few would play it though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/populate-the-board-game-hall-of-fame/337652.md?page=2)