Yeah love it, so glad I picked up a copy but yeah you could not play with 3 people without it dragging on a bit
Spec me a board game for Christmas
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Yeah love it, so glad I picked up a copy but yeah you could not play with 3 people without it dragging on a bit
I played it with my brother and best mate. It took a while
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Christmas party at Cheesefests, you bring the board games, I'll bring the Whisky... aaaaaand the pepper spray.
Some great suggestions already but for me, Camel - Up.
2 - 8 players
20 - 30 minutes
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camel
2 - 8 players
20 - 30 minutes
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camel
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Get yourself a Nintendo Wii and some four player games or even some old GameCube games.
Get four controllers and profit.
We always play Uno and Monopoly over Christmas. We have our own rules (obviously) which keeps the game fun whilst not dragging on for too long.
Get four controllers and profit.
We always play Uno and Monopoly over Christmas. We have our own rules (obviously) which keeps the game fun whilst not dragging on for too long.
Some of the european (german?) style board games are cool like Agricola.
most of the proper boardgames have different phases where you can take different actions etc.
Settlers of catan always gets a mention but I always found it boring and it's basically a game of maths. (most likely numbers to come up on a dice etc)
most of the proper boardgames have different phases where you can take different actions etc.
Settlers of catan always gets a mention but I always found it boring and it's basically a game of maths. (most likely numbers to come up on a dice etc)
Just a few recommendations then.
Pandemic - co -operative save the world game.
Flash Point Fire Rescue - Co-operative rescue people and stop the building burning down/collapsing
Quadropolis - Strategic city building
Mystic Vale - Deck/engine building
Sushi Go - Card selection points accumulation
The Captain is Dead - Co-operative escape from the aliens
Azul - Pretty simple but great puzzle game.
Carcassonne - classic tile laying game.
Colt Express - Plannin' Robbin' Shootin' and Punchin'... on a train!
Welcome to Dino World - roll and write
The Crew - The Quest for planet nine - Co-operative card game
Ticket to Ride Europe - Classic
Ticket to Ride London - Smaller version of Ticket To Ride Europe
Dice Hospital - Dice based engine builder
Splendor - Engine builder
Sagrada- Very pretty and a really good dice puzzle game.
7 Wonders - card based engine builder
Railroad Ink - Lovely dice based roll and write puzzle game that's really nice and small.
Just One - fantastic, but needs more people than 3.
Blockbuster - Movie based party game
Pandemic - co -operative save the world game.
Flash Point Fire Rescue - Co-operative rescue people and stop the building burning down/collapsing
Quadropolis - Strategic city building
Mystic Vale - Deck/engine building
Sushi Go - Card selection points accumulation
The Captain is Dead - Co-operative escape from the aliens
Azul - Pretty simple but great puzzle game.
Carcassonne - classic tile laying game.
Colt Express - Plannin' Robbin' Shootin' and Punchin'... on a train!
Welcome to Dino World - roll and write
The Crew - The Quest for planet nine - Co-operative card game
Ticket to Ride Europe - Classic
Ticket to Ride London - Smaller version of Ticket To Ride Europe
Dice Hospital - Dice based engine builder
Splendor - Engine builder
Sagrada- Very pretty and a really good dice puzzle game.
7 Wonders - card based engine builder
Railroad Ink - Lovely dice based roll and write puzzle game that's really nice and small.
Just One - fantastic, but needs more people than 3.
Blockbuster - Movie based party game
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+1 for Trivial Pursuit. In recent years, we've had it running on a laptop PC on the dinner table. If you place the laptop on a cheeseboard (carousel / swivel type), it means you can easily turn the laptop around to face the person that is reading the questions. It's just a great game to play after you've had your dinner and the booze is still flowing.
Another great board game, but again software-based is any of the Mario Party games. Just look them up as there are loads of them.
Nordic edition is designed for 2-3 players and won’t last an hour.
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King of Tokyo
Simple, quick, silly and lots of fun!
EDIT....
I would also echo those who were suggesting :
Carcassonne
Ticket to ride (a bit longer then the other 2, ~1.5hrs, but chilled fun).
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Completely forgot about that one. Yeah, it's fun and simple.
Ticket to Ride London, New York or Amsterdam take a lot less time. About 30 minutes for a first game. Plays 2-4 people and is a significantly smaller board. Same game idea, just smaller and faster.
I play with my friends a lot and we like: catan, carcasonne, ticket to ride, splendor and survive escape atlantis.
Catan is my personal favourite but it can be a long game sometimes especially if you play with someone who spends ages umming and ahhing about what to do!
Catan is my personal favourite but it can be a long game sometimes especially if you play with someone who spends ages umming and ahhing about what to do!