I'm looking for some board game suggestions. The target audience would never have the patience for serious German-style strategy games like Settlers of Catan. On the other hand, party games like Cranium or Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity are too freewheeling and silly for them.
What are some games that fall into that sweet spot between serious and silly? Examples could be Rapidough, Pictionary, Balderdash. I haven't played it but I think Ticket to Ride might also fit in here.
posted by dontjumplarry
on Jan 21, 2013 -
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Diplomacy (the board game): What are your favorite websites for playing Diplomacy? Simple, graphical sites a big plus. How about your favorite (offline) software for keeping track of games, for Mac? And finally, what are your favorite general-info Diplomacy sites? Thanks!
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell
on Apr 24, 2012 -
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Help me develop a board game to teach kids (and grown-ups) about positive feedback loops.
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posted by fermion
on Feb 9, 2012 -
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Where can I find board games for sale in New York City that, in addition to being tons of fun, could be considered vintage, collectible, obscure, quirky, what have you.
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posted by undercoverhuwaaah
on May 23, 2011 -
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Some friends and I are going to be playing Arkham Horror this Friday. None of us has ever played before. What advice can you give to a bunch of first-timers?
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posted by painquale
on Dec 6, 2010 -
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What are some good board and card games for 3-4 year olds that a 6 year old might enjoy too? I'm think of Zingo and the like.
posted by Artw
on Aug 28, 2010 -
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Does the board game Sequence from jax games .. exist online for multiple players to compete ? I'd love to play this online with friends from other states/countries :) Buuuuuut .. can't seem to find an online version anywhere! Can you find it ?
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posted by jason9009
on Aug 11, 2010 -
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Is there a board game that relies on building sentences for game play, but not in a "teach people how to construct sentences" way and is not Mad Libs?
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Jun 4, 2010 -
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I have designed a new type of playing pieces for
Shogi, and I would like to either sell my design, or find an inexpensive way to produce them and sell sets myself. I am also worried about how much I should show my designs around, in case someone steals them.
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posted by rebent
on May 24, 2010 -
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Looking for Risk rules that avoid the pesky
"we-both-know-who-will-win-but-the-game-still-doesn't-end-for-another-hour" phase.
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posted by JensR
on Mar 28, 2010 -
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Types of Games: I have come across
various attempts to catalogue the possible varieties of stories that exist. The basic assumption being that all plots (narratives?) can be be boiled down to one among only a few types e.g. Hero leaves the kingdom; Hero steals fire, etc. I am looking for a similar classification system for GAMES, that is: how many fundamental types/kinds of game are there?
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posted by 0bvious
on Mar 10, 2010 -
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Board-games for a small family with a girl, from ages 0-14 (where she stops talking to us and accuses us of ruining her life forever)
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posted by Slap*Happy
on Jul 9, 2009 -
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Hey, SCAdians and genealogists: how would I represent this logo in heraldic language?
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posted by rwhe
on Sep 29, 2006 -
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I need to get back in touch with one of my original loves - gaming - and need some help finding some great play-by-email-games ...
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posted by jbickers
on Sep 10, 2006 -
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I'm working on a boardgame in which gods punish mortals, and am looking for examples from throughout mythology that demonstrate divinely disproportionate responses to human action. Can someone point me to particularly useful references, or offer up good examples? The game will probably be Greek mythology-themed, but I'm curious about examples of the phenomenon from any culture.
posted by blueshammer
on Apr 11, 2006 -
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A couple of days ago I bought a Monopoly board from a charity shop. It's age confuses me. Anyone any ideas about it?
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on Jun 30, 2004 -
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