Board Games

[JustGeorge]

The kids are playing a Peppa Pig version of Chutes and Ladders.

I hate Chutes and Ladders. Tedious, and absolutely no skill or planning involved at all. But, they're happy.

What board games did you play as a kid? What board games do you enjoy now?

 

[libre]

My parents were advocates of giving the younglings Scrabble early.
At the time I was struggling to read and informally identified as having dyslexia, so this was much to my dismay.
I think this is a way they did me well in retrospect.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Aggravation, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Scrabble, and Candyland. I also had Battleship, but I'm not sure if that qualifies as a board game.

I don't play too many nowadays, because I'd know my opponent's exact strategy.

 

[JustGeorge]

My parents were advocates of giving the younglings Scrabble early.
At the time I was struggling to read and informally identified as having dyslexia, so this was much to my dismay.
I think this is a way they did me well in retrospect.

Scrabble was a fun one! Upwords, too!

 

[JustGeorge]

Aggravation, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Scrabble, and Candyland. I also had Battleship, but I'm not sure if that qualifies as a board game.

I don't play too many nowadays, because I'd know my opponent's exact strategy.

I love Monopoly! Seldom meet another fan.

Someone gave Ares a Life game a couple years back. The current version is much more complicated than I remember the old one being.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

My parents were advocates of giving the younglings Scrabble early.

I'm still addicted to Words With Friends.

 

[ChristineM]

I didn't do board games, usually too much red (or colour that contains red) on the board.
By the time i got my filter specks board games became boring

 

[icehorse]

Aggravation, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Scrabble, and Candyland. I also had Battleship, but I'm not sure if that qualifies as a board game.

I don't play too many nowadays, because I'd know my opponent's exact strategy.

Good list, plus: checkers, chess, backgammon, Sorry, parchesi, and obscure, but i loved it: Man from UNCLE

And LOTS of card playing

 

[Twilight Hue]

The kids are playing a Peppa Pig version of Chutes and Ladders.

I hate Chutes and Ladders. Tedious, and absolutely no skill or planning involved at all. But, they're happy.

What board games did you play as a kid? What board games do you enjoy now?

Well my board games are now all PC but my favorite series is Hoyle where they make card games, board games , and every fun family thing you can think of, plus the characters they have you playing with are hilarious and I love them all.

And yep you probably could guess it...

Hoyle had Chutes and Ladders as well in their board games!

 

[John53]

The kids are playing a Peppa Pig version of Chutes and Ladders.

I hate Chutes and Ladders. Tedious, and absolutely no skill or planning involved at all. But, they're happy.

What board games did you play as a kid? What board games do you enjoy now?

Weird cultural difference... we call it snakes and ladders.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Weird cultural difference... we call it snakes and ladders.

Imagine the culture shock generated by going out and and yelling, "I'm going out to smoke a f**! Be back in a few minutes mate!"

 

[Revoltingest]

The kids are playing a Peppa Pig version of Chutes and Ladders.

I hate Chutes and Ladders. Tedious, and absolutely no skill or planning involved at all. But, they're happy.

What board games did you play as a kid? What board games do you enjoy now?

As a kid, I played Chinese checkers, checkers, chess, & Monopoly.
I used to play go, but now I play no board games.

 

[Father Heathen]

Weird cultural difference... we call it snakes and ladders.

It's called that here in the U.S. as well, although chutes is more prominent.

 

[Father Heathen]

Imagine the culture shock generated by going out and and yelling, "I'm going out to smoke a f**! Be back in a few minutes mate!"

Also "fanny" means vagina rather than butt in the UK.

 

[Father Heathen]

This was my favorite board game as a kid:

 

[sun rise]

I don't remember them all but Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Chutes and Ladders, Yatzee, Sorry! and others. My favorite was Risk because the battled built and build until a final gigantic war to crown a victor. (I know but that was a different era).

 

[Father Heathen]

Here's another from my childhood:

 

[mangalavara]

Aggravation, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Scrabble, and Candyland.

I love Monopoly! Seldom meet another fan.

I played Candy Land and Monopoly as a child. I really loved Monopoly back then. The money, the cards, the pieces, and the imagery used in Monopoly were altogether the object of my devotion.

 

[crossfire]

Chess, Stratego, Scrabble, Risk, Senet, Clue, Yahtzee or Kismet (dice games) Life, Chinese Checkers, Which Witch, Monopoly, Pahrcheesi, backgammon, and quite a few I don't remember the names of.

 

[Estro Felino]

Disney version of Monopoly

...and checkers of course.