Help Me Choose Some Games

[wolf]

Seconding Apples to Apples. But there may end up being more arguing and shouting than you want.

Rummikub is an absolute favorite.

Taboo is good, but tends to be loud, especially with team play.

You can't go wrong with a couple of decks of cards. There is a South American game that expands to fit the number of players. You need a deck for every two people playing. It's a type of contract rummy ... Telefunken. I play the Ecuadoran variation.

I've lately been teaching my friends to play Farkle. There are numerous variations on the rules. There are also numerous variations on the name. I learned it merely as "The Dice Game," have also heard it called "Fuck Me," "10,000," and "Greed." Equipment is simple ... six standard dice, paper, and a pen. You can buy Farkle sets that include a dice cup. I have one, but only because the game with the dice cup was cheaper than buying two sets of five dice.

there is a variation of Farkle called Cosmic Wimpout that is also a lot of fun.

Classic games like Scrabble and Monopoly usually do well ... and I had fun recently playing The Game of Life with my friend's kids.

Front Porch Games has some really cool games, including Dread Pirate (not a fav but my pirate obsessed friends like it), and Valley of the Pharaohs (which I do genuinely enjoy).

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by wolf

Seconding Apples to Apples.

Actually, you were thirding. But who's counting?

Originally Posted by wolf

and I had fun recently playing The Game of Life with my friend's kids.

As much as I liked the old Game of Life, I really don't care for the revised version. I dunno. Just something about the changes took the fun out of it.

[Spexxvet]

Scattergories is fun, and not loud.

The most fun loud game, IMHO, is Pit

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Scattergories is fun, and not loud.

I adore Scattergories! Another game I ended up not playing... because I was good at it. Also after an argument as to what constituted a Catchphrase. It wasn't about winning. I'm just a pedant. Just because something appeared on the televison show Catchphrase (common phrases, proverbs etc) is not proof. And I was winning without that anyway, so no need to be so bitchy.

Originally Posted by wolf

You can't go wrong with a couple of decks of cards. There is a South American game that expands to fit the number of players. You need a deck for every two people playing. It's a type of contract rummy ... Telefunken. I play the Ecuadoran variation.

I've lately been teaching my friends to play Farkle. There are numerous variations on the rules. There are also numerous variations on the name. I learned it merely as "The Dice Game," have also heard it called "Fuck Me," "10,000," and "Greed." Equipment is simple ... six standard dice, paper, and a pen. You can buy Farkle sets that include a dice cup. I have one, but only because the game with the dice cup was cheaper than buying two sets of five dice.

Sounds a bit like Bammalammafizzvaj.
Or..... Go Johnny Go Go Go GO!

[kerosene]

In a pickle is pretty good...we play it with the kids. Apples to Apples is good. Uno, maybe?

[glatt]

Farkle sounds similar to Blisters, which is another fun 6 dice game. And you can pretend you are Appalachian Trail veterans.

It's cool when you have something random like a dice roll combined with strategy and thinking. Do you want to risk what you have earned so far and keep going for more?