Table top/board games

[Nando]

I remember Hero Quest, never played it. 

[Bardoly]

I bought and played Monopoly Empire over the Christmas holidays.  It was pretty fun, and we'll definitely play it again.

[Arjak]

Any of you maggots who have not heard of the Nightmare/Atmosfear series are sent to the Black Hole.

I recently discovered this game thanks to Spoony, and it looked so interesting that I had to get it. I played it with my family once recently, and we all had a wonderful time. It's quite fun, but difficult to win.

The gimmick is that it came with a VHS tape that you were supposed to play in your VCR as you played the game. The tape featured the host of the game, The Gatekeeper, who would occasionally pop in to cause special events to occur in the game, usually by interacting with the players, and usually screwing with them. The tape is about an hour long, and if nobody wins by the end of the tape, the Gatekeeper wins.

If you don't have a VCR anymore, the entire video is on Youtube, which is what I did. I just started the video on Youtube on my big screen TV, and me, my little sister, and my parents played the game. Even if you have no intention of playing it, watch the video anyway. The Gatekeeper is absolutely hilarious.

This game was really popular in the early 1990s, and several sequels and expansion packs were released. There have even been fan-made sequels! I only have the original, but I will probably get more of them down the line. Definitely worth playing at least once.

[Nando]

Damn, blast from the past

[esteban]

Any of you maggots who have not heard of the Nightmare/Atmosfear series are sent to the Black Hole.

I recently discovered this game thanks to Spoony, and it looked so interesting that I had to get it. I played it with my family once recently, and we all had a wonderful time. It's quite fun, but difficult to win.

The gimmick is that it came with a VHS tape that you were supposed to play in your VCR as you played the game. The tape featured the host of the game, The Gatekeeper, who would occasionally pop in to cause special events to occur in the game, usually by interacting with the players, and usually screwing with them. The tape is about an hour long, and if nobody wins by the end of the tape, the Gatekeeper wins.

If you don't have a VCR anymore, the entire video is on Youtube, which is what I did. I just started the video on Youtube on my big screen TV, and me, my little sister, and my parents played the game. Even if you have no intention of playing it, watch the video anyway. The Gatekeeper is absolutely hilarious.

This game was really popular in the early 1990s, and several sequels and expansion packs were released. There have even been fan-made sequels! I only have the original, but I will probably get more of them down the line. Definitely worth playing at least once.

I must watch this. I never played it, but that's not gonna stop me from watching the video. 

[turboswimbz]

Any of you maggots who have not heard of the Nightmare/Atmosfear series are sent to the Black Hole.

I recently discovered this game thanks to Spoony, and it looked so interesting that I had to get it. I played it with my family once recently, and we all had a wonderful time. It's quite fun, but difficult to win.

The gimmick is that it came with a VHS tape that you were supposed to play in your VCR as you played the game. The tape featured the host of the game, The Gatekeeper, who would occasionally pop in to cause special events to occur in the game, usually by interacting with the players, and usually screwing with them. The tape is about an hour long, and if nobody wins by the end of the tape, the Gatekeeper wins.

If you don't have a VCR anymore, the entire video is on Youtube, which is what I did. I just started the video on Youtube on my big screen TV, and me, my little sister, and my parents played the game. Even if you have no intention of playing it, watch the video anyway. The Gatekeeper is absolutely hilarious.

This game was really popular in the early 1990s, and several sequels and expansion packs were released. There have even been fan-made sequels! I only have the original, but I will probably get more of them down the line. Definitely worth playing at least once.

My parents had a copy - it has since been long gone.  the video sounds like it'd be cool to see though.

[Arjak]

I must watch this. I never played it, but that's not gonna stop me from watching the video. 

My parents had a copy - it has since been long gone.  the video sounds like it'd be cool to see though.

Here's the whole thing:


And if you want to just see the Gatekeeper in all of his cheesy glory (a lot of the video is just a timer to keep track of how far you are into the game), here is a video of just the actual scenes:


Just a (obvious) warning, some of the things the Gatekeeper says will not make sense unless you know the rules of the game.

[toymachine78]

If you like a quick dungeon romp, 1.5hrs per game session, I recommend D&D Castle Ravenloft or Wrath of Ashardalon.

Runebound and Talisman are also good but can be lengthy.

[TheClash603]

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Comic-Edition-Board/dp/B00CFXCDXM/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390527310&sr=8-1&keywords=walking+dead+risk

M friend fell during the Polar Vortex and broke his leg, so me and another buddy visited him last weekend and I brought along my new pickup...   Walking Dead Risk.

The game moves pretty quick and doesn't take more than a few hours to play.  It was a fun take on the Risk formula, so I enjoyed it quite a bit.  The only problem with the game, and all Risk variants that have a turn limit, is the person who goes last always has a HUGE advantage.

Still, if you like Walking Dead and Risk, I recommend it.  Especially because traditional risk you need at least 4 players for it to be enjoyable, this game plays really well with 3.