Favorite Family Board Games

[alaskanseminole]

Looking for some good family, 2-3 person board games that aren't the run-of-the-mill norm, e.g., Monopoly, Risk, Clue, etc. We had some friends over last night and played Canvas which was really good and they recommended Wingspan as well. I just purchased Villainous & Tacos vs Burritos (but they haven't arrived).

My favorite game is Dominion and I have at least 5 of the expansion sets.

What are your go-to or favorite games, HROTers.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I will challenge any HORT member to Risk.

 

[mnole03]

I have a cousin who plays Catan at whatever the highest level is.

 

[Hawkbiz]

Settlers of Cataan
Ticket to Ride

 

[alaskanseminole]

I have a cousin who plays Catan at whatever the highest level is.

Settlers of Catan is great fun. I play it with my no-pics daughter and her fiancé'. My no-pics wife has zero interest in it, though.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Settlers of Cataan
Ticket to Ride

Pretty good ratings:

Ticket to Ride

Build your railroad across North America to connect cities and complete tickets.

boardgamegeek.com

 

[hydro2.0]

I will challenge any HORT member to Risk.

Challenge accepted.

 

[millah_22]

twister

 

[DooBi]

Yahtzee ftw.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Challenge accepted.

Boom. Need a few others. The Ukraine is weak!!!

 

[Fan In Black]

I will challenge any HORT member to Risk.

I knew someone would say this and it F triggers me.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I knew someone would say this and it F triggers me.

You have to make strategy. Build alliances, break them. Classic cut throat game

 

[alaskanseminole]

You have to make strategy. Build alliances, break them. Classic cut throat game

Meh, just take Australia, be patient and win. Why do you think Lex wanted it?

 

[hydro2.0]

Boom. Need a few others. The Ukraine is weak!!!

NOT ANYMORE IT ISNT!

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Meh, just take Australia, be patient and win. Why do you think Lex wanted it?

You stole my strategy

 

[Chuck C]

Exploding Kittens

 

[Fan In Black]

You have to make strategy. Build alliances, break them. Classic cut throat game

smoke weed, drink, play Risk. Skip class. Lose track of 3 days. Sleep. wake up, smoke weed, drink, play Risk.....

 

[runkpanole]

Not a board game, but I’m always down for a game of euchre.

 

[lonestar50]

Sequence. Why is basically Connect Four on a board so much fun for me? It just is.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

smoke weed, drink, play Risk. Skip class. Lose track of 3 days. Sleep. wake up, smoke weed, drink, play Risk.....

Risk can be addicting. Its fun as hell playing with others that have a good sense of humor

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Looking for some good family, 2-3 person board games that aren't the run-of-the-mill norm, e.g., Monopoly, Risk, Clue, etc. We had some friends over last night and played Canvas which was really good and they recommended Wingspan as well. I just purchased Villainous & Tacos vs Burritos (but they haven't arrived).

My favorite game is Dominion and I have at least 5 of the expansion sets.

What are your go-to or favorite games, HROTers.

Played Tacos vs Burritos with my sphincter last week. Not a very fun game.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

Not truly a board game and you need at least 4 players, but Poetry for Neanderthals is a lot of fun.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

We went deep into board games during the pandemic - games being made in the last 20 years or so are orders of magnitude better than the classics. Here are some of my favorites:

Pandemic in its many varieties - especially the legacy versions
Liars Dice
Azul
Splendor
Wingspan
Grand Austria Hotel
Gloomhaven (the GOAT, but it is a major investment in time and money)

 

[Chuck C]

We went deep into board games during the pandemic - games being made in the last 20 years or so are orders of magnitude better than the classics. Here are some of my favorites:


Gloomhaven (the GOAT, but it is a major investment in time and money)

Frosthaven is finally supposed to start shipping in North America.

 

[alaskanseminole]

We went deep into board games during the pandemic - games being made in the last 20 years or so are orders of magnitude better than the classics. Here are some of my favorites:

Pandemic in its many varieties - especially the legacy versions
Liars Dice
Azul
Splendor
Wingspan
Grand Austria Hotel
Gloomhaven (the GOAT, but it is a major investment in time and money)

I added Wingspan to my cart, and now Azul. The couple that came over last night brought it [Azul], but we didn't get around to playing it.

Hadn't heard of Gloomhaven, but seams like your GOAT claim isn't far off.

Browse Board Games | BoardGameGeek

boardgamegeek.com

 

[StormHawk42]

Risk can be addicting. Its fun as hell playing with others that have a good sense of humor

A few friends and I used to play online Risk during one of our law school classes just praying we didn’t called on, especially after a battle.

Bring it on mother effers. I will defend Australia until death.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

A few friends and I used to play online Risk during one of our law school classes just praying we didn’t called on, especially after a battle.

Bring it on mother effers. I will defend Australia until death.

Boom, we got another (and i did the same during property class in law school). We are more than 1/2 way to having a full competition of HORT. We need to do the game online with some sort of App so that other HROTers can color commentate.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Some of my favorites are:

Battlestar Galactica plus the Pegasus addon. It’s great because it’s cooperative against a random occurring ”enemy” constantly trying to take you down with 1 or 2 secret Cylons with their own agenda which is usually somewhat counter to the survival of the main group. It’s a ton of fun and very accurate to the rebooted show. Unfortunately it’s now a ton of money unless you catch it at a flea Market or garage sale. I last saw the main game going for $315 so my big regret was not buying the other addons when they were still reasonable. BUT….there is a spiritual successor to the game that implements all of the same rules and roles it’s just set in the free Loftcraft universe rather than the IP owned by a major network. It’s called Unfathomable and I’d say give it a look even though I can’t say I’ve played that exact iteration.

Bohnanza (spelled like that) which is a card game that even tweens can easily play but it’s relatively quick, fun and strategy matters not just luck.

Saboteur with Saboteur 2 which is a very quick, very simple game but with traitors hidden amongst the other players as well. Plus it’s not purely cooperative, it’s somewhat cooperative but everyone still wants to finish with the most gold.

Horrified Universal Monsters (the better of the two but more expensive) and Horrified American Monsters are essentially Battle Star Galactica minus the hidden traitors. In other words it’s a fun, cooperative game that doesn’t get boring despite multiple run throughs In a night.

 

[ironside1]

Secret Hitler
Catan

 

[baddog25]

I will challenge any HORT member to Risk.

love that game. i've played where it took us 2 1/2 hrs. to complete. good times.

 

[seminoleed]

A few friends and I used to play online Risk during one of our law school classes just praying we didn’t called on, especially after a battle.

Bring it on mother effers. I will defend Australia until death.

He who controls the Yakutsk marines, controls the world.

 

[HawkOptimist]

Mastermind is a great 2 player game

Bananagrams is a fun word game

 

[millah_22]

OK But for real we have this really old OG bop it from when we were kids. usually once a thanksgiving or christmas we'll whip it out and we'll all pull it, twist it, and bop it together. Gets really hot.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Not a board game, but Quarto is a solid game. We’ve had it in our family for years.

Quarto Review

Board Game Reviews for players of all kinds! Netrunner, Risk 2210, Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Puerto Rico, Monopoly Deal and hundreds more!

www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com

 

[Greenway4Prez]

Payday and Stay Alive are two of my favorite old classics.

Acquire is awesome, but I don’t know if it’s even made anymore.

My brother brought a card game to our family Thanksgiving last weekend called “Cover Your Assets”. That was a lot of fun.

 

[SigMaintHawk]

Stratego

 

[Kozisek]

Boom, we got another (and i did the same during property class in law school). We are more than 1/2 way to having a full competition of HORT. We need to do the game online with some sort of App so that other HROTers can color commentate.

I want it on any HROT Risk game. I used to have the app. I'll have to check it out again

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Had a buddy that made his own custom board that created new territories and paths. He was quite the artist. Games on it could take hours if not days to complete

 

[billanole]

Looking for some good family, 2-3 person board games that aren't the run-of-the-mill norm, e.g., Monopoly, Risk, Clue, etc. We had some friends over last night and played Canvas which was really good and they recommended Wingspan as well. I just purchased Villainous & Tacos vs Burritos (but they haven't arrived).

My favorite game is Dominion and I have at least 5 of the expansion sets.

What are your go-to or favorite games, HROTers.

Try Sorry or Scrabble.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Try Sorry or Scrabble.

After nearly 50 years on this planet, I'm pretty tired of both of those. I think I have 4 different scrabble boards.