Board Games

[Burnsy2023]

So, during my time in a shared house during uni I played a lot of board/card games. Do anyone like these too and perhaps have some recommendations?

Games I've played and liked:

• Warhammer: Chaos in the Old World
  A complex but good game which has a fixed length so it doesn't go on for ages, yet has very intricate strategies.
• Flux + Expansions
  Simple, often anti climactic and always good if you intend to have a quick game (intentions are always fulfilled)
• Killer Bunnies + expansions. Really enjoyed this game but a few too many expansions killed the fun for me.
• Chrononaughts
  From the makers of flux. Similar gameplay as flux but different concepts. Good game for similar reasons.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Most things by Steve Jackson Games. Especially Munchkin and Illuminati.

Also had lots of fun with Settlers of Catan.

Settlers of Catan, Munchkin and Risk (including the new mission based one) should also have been on my list. Munchking is quite good fun, I might have to look up illuminati.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Last Night on Earth is an excellent board game for 2-6 players. It's a zombies vs. survivors game, several scenarios with a modular board so the 'map' is always different to the last. It uses a combination of miniatures and playing cards, and has several expansion packs which add new zombie types, heroes, scenarios, playing cards, etc.

Really can't recommend it enough if you enjoy zombie 'stuff' and want a fun boardgame to play with some friends, games can be as short as 1 hour or up to 4 or so. The rules are 'modular' meaning you can play with the basic rules or include several of the extra rules to make for a longer and more interesting game. They are also given weighting, so you can make the game equal for both the zombies and the survivors (or equally slant it in the zombies' favour if you so wish). For example to give the zombie player 'Grave Weapons' (the ability for them to swing an axe, machete, or be wrapped in barbed wire) may cost X points. To balance this out, you may give the survivors the ability to build barricades, costing X points and so on.

The game is well made, the board and cards are printed on thick card and the artwork is excellent. The game itself is a tongue-in-cheek take on popular zombie films, with a splash of Left 4 Dead action rolled up into a boardgame.

http://www.flyingfrog.net/lastnightonearth/

That looks really good, I might have to look at buying that.