http://www.indy.com/posts/3818 en-us IndyCustomCornhole Umm, Cornhole is my favorite game. Great for all ages. Easy to play. Hours of fun. Many people I know enjoy a couple adult beverages while playing, this is also a plus. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:41:35 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11944 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11944 Fox523 Maybe I am a little old fashioned, but I usually have the most fun with either a deck of cards, a set of dice, a chessboard or a billiard table. There is something about the simple complexity of these games that I find fascinating. Favorite dice game: Greed (also called Zilch) Favorite board games: Chess, Go Favorite card games: Cribbage, Canasta Favorite Pool/Billiard games: 14.1 Straight pool, Snooker, Carom billiards (If it involves pushing balls around a green cloth-covered table with a stick, I probably like it. The bigger the table, the more I like it.) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:08:56 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11930 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11930 sketchy Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Puerto Rico are hardly new, but they are arguably the best on this list. For those of us who think WoW is a colossal waste of time, Trivial Pursuit is an apropos title for the pointless game contained within, and Monopoly should be re-named Monotony, they're the best intro to Euro games. Rush Hour is a hoot as well...perfect for solo fun. If you like Axis and Allies, and can get a group of 4 to 6 people together, play Diplomacy. It's like Axis and Allies, but with simpler game mechanics, absolutely no element of chance, and you get to negotiate with other players between turns. It's hours of backstabbing fun! In the style of Ticket to Ride, there's also Empire Builder. It's another train game, but I prefer it to Ticket to Ride, mainly because you get to draw with crayons on the game board. If you want a simpler version of Puerto Rico, try San Juan. Same idea, same designer (I think?), smaller scale. If you really want a hardcore military game with emphasis on the realism, go to Boardroom Games in Broadripple, and ask Jerry to show you the rulebook for Advanced Squad Leader. Or if you want all the fun of death and destruction without having to deal with diplomacy, get Nuclear War. It's another simple game (rules are on one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, that's it), and you have the chance of blowing up the entire world with one errant flick of a spinner. If I were president, all copies of Apples to Apples would be burned, Trivial Pursuit cards would be used for toilet paper, and Scene It DVDs would be used for mandatory skeet shooting practice every weekend. There are better games out there than just what's sold at Game Preserve, folks...I've done game nights with about 20 people at our house, without a single copy of Apples to Apples or the like in sight, and everyone had fun playing games that they never knew existed. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:42:23 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11620 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11620 PitBullGirl OOO they do have it for the Wii. I'm getting it. Watch out world, I have practiced at GameStop, good place... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:37:31 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11619 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11619 PitBullGirl We have a Wii, ha ha ha ha ha ha. I would LOVE to have Rock Band, but dang that's expensive. Also, let me know when Guitar Hero comes out for the Wii. Unless it already has. Then BRING IT TO ME! Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:33:45 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11618 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11618 IndyTom Apples to Apples. If you haven't played, just go buy it right now. Every time my wife and I show up anywhere, we're expected to bring the game. People who have never played before can learn in 10 seconds, and the game never gets old. Truly, best game for social settings. Haven't played rock band, but Guitar Hero is a lot of fun. I hate the "party games" like Battle of the Sexes and Would You Rather. Not fun. Contrived. Just sexy titles and descriptions that sell the game. And, this being Indiana, can we at least have mention of Euchre? Still a great game. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:25:16 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11614 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11614 Jenner Has anyone played Dance Dance Revolution for the Wii yet? Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:13:09 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11500 kimikokopuffs Apples to Apples is my favorite group game. At home we play a lot of Uno and Skip-Bo. And, of course, Guitar Hero. Looking forward to getting a Wii when it's finally back on the shelves. Blokus is a good thinking game. And Scrabble, Sorry and Life are all classics that never really get old. Simple and fun. Unlike Monopoly, which was NEVER fun to me. Although, this comic kinda sums up Monopoly for me. :) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:53:32 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11484 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11484 Tara I am bias but i love the cover of indy.com mag! My friends are great ROCK BAND representatives;) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:06:48 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11471 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11471 joe.shearer I'm loving Guitar Hero. Great for battles and it has a fun selection of songs. I've only sampled Rock Band from a store display, but I found the notes much harder to hit. I'm also a Halo kind of guy. But I currently lack a console of my own, which limits me to playing at friends' and relatives' homes. I'm not a huge board game player outside of the occasional bout of Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders with my 3-year-old son (he's great at Memory, though). We have Battle of the Sexes at home, and it's somewhat fun, though the questions are sometimes really difficult, other time maddeningly easy. Mad Gab is pretty fun, too. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:56:27 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11465 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11465 Christopher Lloyd So pipe up, Indy.comland: What's your favorite game and why? For me, I would have to say World of Warcraft for video games, even though I gave it up six months ago. For board games, probably Axis & Allies. What's yours? Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:42:00 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11463 http://www.indy.com/posts/3818#comment_11463