# The Feud: Board Games \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122 "2009-07-06T20:14:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/81 "2009-07-09T01:39:27Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Well, I thought that we were confined to ACTUAL board games. Pictionary and Yahtzee are NOT BOARD games. Plus, Hero Quest ruled! Pictionary uses a board- you move around with little tokens and get assigned categories based on what square you land on… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/82 "2009-07-09T03:01:01Z")
Of course, like Trivial Pursuit, the board is mostly irrelevant to the actual play. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/83 "2009-07-09T03:38:16Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Man I Do suck… And what does that make me? But, wow, there are a lot of board games I have yet to play. Go figure. Never in a million years would have thought of Stratego as ““Military””. Stratego is two steps from Chess, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/84 "2009-07-09T04:05:06Z")
delete ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/85 "2009-07-09T04:06:38Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/86 "2009-07-09T04:32:46Z")
Another top 10. Ho hum. The Worm moved far away and managed to maintain his talent for the bottom 5. It is good to be consistent. A mere 41 places above. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/87 "2009-07-09T04:37:54Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Well, I thought that we were confined to ACTUAL board games. Pictionary and Yahtzee are NOT BOARD games. Plus, Hero Quest ruled! 😕 Pictionary is a board game. Looks like [this](http://z.about.com/d/boardgames/1/0/J/3/pictionary.jpg). **DR** , I don’t want to screw everything up, but “People & Places” and “Geography” in #10 are the same thing - it’s the blue category. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/88 "2009-07-09T06:02:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **DR** , I don’t want to screw everything up, but “People & Places” and “Geography” in #10 are the same thing - it’s the blue category. Not really. The category names changed over time. The clue specifically asked for Genus (original edition) which I think was Geography. The category didn’t become People and Places until later Genus editions. So one might argue that anyone not answering “Geography” or any of the other categories (Entertainment, History, Arts & Literature, Science & Nature, and Sports & Leisure) from the '81 Genus Edition is simply a wrong answer. The newly added categories, People and Places, Wild Card, Arts and Entertainment etc. are technically different Feud answers based on the way the question was written. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/89 "2009-07-09T07:55:36Z")
Bollox… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/90 "2009-07-09T13:04:10Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Not really. The category names changed over time. The clue specifically asked for Genus (original edition) which I think was Geography. The category didn’t become People and Places until later Genus editions. So one might argue that anyone not answering “Geography” or any of the other categories (Entertainment, History, Arts & Literature, Science & Nature, and Sports & Leisure) from the '81 Genus Edition is simply a wrong answer. The newly added categories, People and Places, Wild Card, Arts and Entertainment etc. are technically different Feud answers based on the way the question was written. 'Zactly. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/91 "2009-07-09T14:21:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 😕 Pictionary is a board game. Looks like [this](http://z.about.com/d/boardgames/1/0/J/3/pictionary.jpg). > > **DR** , I don’t want to screw everything up, but “People & Places” and “Geography” in #10 are the same thing - it’s the blue category. WTF! The copy of Pictionary that my family owned when I was a kid in the 80s did NOT have a board. It had pads of paper and CARDS which told you what to draw! I remember it also came in a long but thin black rectangular box. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122/92 "2009-07-09T17:40:10Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > WTF! The copy of Pictionary that my family owned when I was a kid in the 80s did NOT have a board. It had pads of paper and CARDS which told you what to draw! I remember it also came in a long but thin black rectangular box. I also had one in a long black box, but it had a board. Here’s pictures of the version I remember. [The Box](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/94939) [The Box and Cards](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/94937) [The Box and the Board that folded up in it.](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/61453) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-board-games-game-over/502122.md?page=4)