# Your Favorite Table Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913 "2000-01-17T14:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/61 "2000-01-19T05:16:00Z")
Wow, are there no other crazy gamers here? [RoboRally](http://www.wizards.com/RoboRally/Welcome.asp) - using program cards, race your little robot to a flag on a tile board, all the while navigating conveyer belts, avoiding pits and crushers, trying to kill the other robots with your laser, etc. [Illuminati](http://www.sjgames.com/illuminati/) - lie, cheat and steal your way to victory in this ultimate game of conspiracy [Civilization](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=32) - an epic game of world conquest (precursor to the popular computer game) [Titan](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=78) - raise an army of centaurs, warbears, giants and their kin to eliminate your rivals in this curiously hexagonal world [Can’t Stop](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=84) - try to beat the odds in this classic (though out-of-print) dice game …and so many more!!! ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/62 "2000-01-19T05:20:00Z")
ack… let me give that another try: [RoboRally](http://www.wizards.com/RoboRally/Welcome.asp) - using program cards, race your little robot to a flag on a tile board, all the while navigating conveyer belts, avoiding pits and crushers, trying to kill the other robots with your laser, etc. [Illuminati](http://www.sjgames.com/illuminati/) - lie, cheat and steal your way to victory in this ultimate game of conspiracy [Civilization](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=32) - an epic game of world conquest (precursor to the popular computer game) [Titan](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=78) - raise an army of centaurs, warbears, giants and their kin to eliminate your rivals in this curiously hexagonal world [Can’t Stop](http://www.princetongames.org/boardgamedetail.php3?id=84) - try to beat the odds in this classic (though out-of-print) dice game ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/63 "2000-01-19T05:53:00Z")
Scrabble, thanks. Ask Drain Bead… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**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:** [January 19, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/64 "2000-01-19T15:48:00Z")
I’ve played _Illuminati_ and it’s a fun game. It’s a collectible card game (like _Magic_). Each player controls a secret organization that is seeking world domination like the Bavarian Illuminati, the Gnomes of Zurich, the UFO’s, or the Servants of Chthulhu. Players then seek to control other groups like the Republican Party, the Boy Scouts, Japan, network television, Star Trek fans, etc or to attack other players’ groups. Another interesting game is _Talisman_. It’s a board game that plays like a RPG. Each player is a character with different powers. The players move around the board encountering random events and the other players. There are many of typical RPG elements like combat, random monsters, magic spells, treasure hunting, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/65 "2000-01-19T16:42:00Z")
Illuminati: NWO – a truly cool CCG. Talisman – I’ve played it once or twice, and it was fun for what it was. Magic: the Gathering – I never got into it, but I enjoyed watching people play. I was trapped in Pittsburgh when the Arabian Nights set came out, and packs were selling for $1 a pop. If I’d known then what I know now, I’d be a frickin’ millionaire!! :mad: While we’re talking table games, do wargames count? I mean real wargames, where you move counters/miniatures on a map in a strategic/tactical exercise? I’m phenomenally bad at such things, but they’re neat anyway. There are lots of WWII tank games, naval combat games (although Battleship is simpler and more fun), all the way up to things like Warhammer and some Star Trekkish battle games. * * * –Da Cap’n “Playin’ solitaire 'til dawn With a deck of fifty-one.” ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/66 "2000-01-19T16:47:00Z")
God and sonny Jesus, the gamer shines through in more of us than I thought. Cant, El Hubbo is a lucky man. You play _M:tG_ **and** like Jelly Bellies? You rock out loud. I’m addicted to CCG’s. My sig comes from _Legend of the Five Rings_, I’m working on completeing my _M:tG_ collection, and I’ve got cards for _Legend of the Burning Sands_ and _7th Sea_. Oh, and Narile, I’ve got a near-complete set of _XXXenophile_-now I’m just looking for a girl who’ll play it with me. My picks for table games: Settlers of Catan Mille Bornes-hey Dem! _Coup Ferres!_ Talisman Scotland Yard-although I don’t know if MB makes it anymore Trivial Pursuit * * * He weathered a firestorm of agony and did not break. And while Yori raged against his unbending courage, we took Kyuden Hiruma back. His loss is great, but so is the gift his suffering brought. -_Yakamo’s Funeral_ ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/67 "2000-01-19T16:54:00Z")
I’m more a fan of Deluxe Illuminati (the boxed set) than the trading card game. In general, I find CCGs to be unsatisfying since over time, you need to keep shelling out cash for increasingly powerful cards to stay in the game. Talisman is a great game, but a bit unbalanced. Compare powerful characters like the Chaos Warrior, Minotaur, Fire Wizard and Wizard to wimps like the Chaos Dwarf, Assassin, Dwarf Warrior and Dragon Slayer. Generally, when we play, we either choose our characters directly (and eliminate any contested character), or choose from the middle range. ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/68 "2000-01-19T16:58:00Z")
Anybody here play [Car Wars](http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/)? I’m not sure if anybody thinks of it as ‘table-top’, but you do play it atop a table, and it’s a blast! I’m also a big Games Workshop fan.(Warhammer, Necromunda, Mordheim, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/69 "2000-01-20T01:06:00Z")
Meara, I used to play **Carwars** , though I haven’t played in a good 10 years. I also enjoy **Talisman** at times. Another good wargame is **Silent Death** , a quick played space dogfighting game. (At an SFCon, I was awarded the _Evil Mean Bastard Award_ by the guy running a SD tournament. Also got the _Luckiest Shot in History Award_ for taking out a gunship with a super weak gun in a single blow practically.) Another one I tried once and enjoyed was **Full Thrust** A simple Starship fighting game. * * * \>\>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.\<\< —The dragon observes ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/70 "2000-01-20T01:22:00Z")
Personally, I prefer my wargames of the diplomatic/ subterfuge/ screw the other guy behind his back type: Junta Kremlin Down With The King! (an old favorite, long out of print, thank you eBay!) I used to play Settlers of Cataan religously; then one of my roommates realized my strategy, decided it was good, and began using it. Which meant I went from winning more often than the other to losing nearly every game (because he and I would fight constantly over the same land and constantly screw each other over, allowing the third player to coast to victory). While I don’t mind getting backstabbed, or losing games, I _do_ mind having someone decide on turn one to try and destroy me and never relenting. Sigh. One game I used to love and can no longer touch… * * * JMCJ This could be YOUR sig line! For just five cents a post, JMCJ Enterprises will place YOUR sig line at the bottom of each message! ---
**Author:** ![mazirian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mazirian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazirian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/71 "2000-01-20T01:45:00Z")
Card games: **Groo** and **Great Dalmuti** I hate CCG’s with a passion, partly because the craze ruined many RPG-companies (don’t care about T$R), but mainly for the collecting part. I used to play M:tG before it got out of hand, no one would play _for ante_ anymore ("I don’t want to lose my Ultrarare Thingamajing, bo-hoo hoo!). > [@](#): > > Personally, I prefer my wargames of the diplomatic/ subterfuge/ screw the other guy behind his back type: **Diplomacy** This game has tested more friendships than women and booze put together! Well, maybe not… * * * _For once you must try to face the facts: Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts._ ---
**Author:** ![TBone2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TBone2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBone2)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/72 "2000-01-20T03:11:00Z")
Shayna, ## Is “Othello” the game you’re thinking of? Kind of a melding of three-dimensional checkers and chess? I don’t know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free… T ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/73 "2000-01-20T05:46:00Z")
Othello is a remake of the game Reversi with one minor rule change: In Reversi there are two different opening setups; in Othello, there’s only one. Othello/Reversi is a two-dimensional game of position played on an 8 by 8 square board. The pieces are white on one side and black on the other side of the piece. Movement is by placing a piece on the board so as to capture (cooperative capture) one or more of the oppenent’s pieces inbetween the placed piece and pieces already on the board. A win is credited to the player with more of his colour pieces on the board at the end of play. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/74 "2000-01-20T20:23:00Z")
Can’t believe I left out one of my favourites: Terrace - [http://www.terracegames.com](http://www.terracegames.com) This one’s even shown on the latest Star Trek incarnations in the crew’s lounge. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913/75 "2000-01-20T20:31:00Z")
Huh. There are NO other Cosmic Wimpout players among our brave four thousand? I may have to start a separate MPSIMS thread to seek converts… * * * Uke [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-table-games/12913.md?page=3)