2004 Board Games Gift Guide

The Morning News has come out with a nice guide to good gift boardgames, while Funagain Games has the list of the 2004 Board and Card Games of the Year (and the runners-up). Like a bowling ball with your name engraved upon it, these make great gifts for your significant other. Any other suggestions for good adult boardgames?

You sunk my Scrabble Ship!

[bigtallmofo]

Bart: B6! Homer: You sunk my Scrabble-ship! Lisa: This game makes no sense. Homer: Tell that to the good men that just lost their lives. SEMPER FI!

Adult Boardgames?

[Tackhead]

> Like a bowling ball with your name engraved upon it, these make great gifts for your significant other. Any other suggestions for good adult boardgames?

Twister.

But for the love of God, put away the engraved bowling ball before you start. (Trust me on this.)

Ob. Simpsons Quote

[Zorilla]

Bart: B6!
Homer: You sunk my Scrabble-ship!
Lisa: This game makes no sense.
Homer: Tell that to the good men that just lost their lives.

Re:Trivial Pursuit

[Pxtl]

While the questions are excellent, the actual game in Trivial Pursuit is moronic. The board game is horribly chance-oriented "Oh, missed the pie. Missed it again. Missed it again."

May not be intellectual but fun regardless

[linzeal]

I live in a house with 2 other college juniors and we are constantly entertaining with a fully stocked mame unit and board games but one still stands out as a way to get people to "loosen up". Twister [amazon.com], and before you laugh I would estimate that at least half the time when we bring it out someone gets laid in the house.

Re:"Diplomacy" from Avalon-Hill is a must-have

[kscguru]

4-5 hours? My dorm's been playing the past four WEEKS!!!

And the Evil Turkish Empire is about to learn what happens when he crosses both Russia and Austria every turn for two game years... we finally got him flanked!

Re:Trivial Pursuit

[Dynedain]

I'm from Canada you insensitive clod! The American History category is crappy enough to make us take hours upon end to find one that's easy enough to answer :)

Most Americans would say the same thing.

Only one game for me...

[biglig2]

... Mornington Crescent!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752847 29 5/qid=1102452478/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-2652614 -5252413

Re:Mindtrap

[finnw]

The dog is on fire.

Re:Adult Boardgames?

[Anonymous Coward]

Twister doesn't work well for me any more.
round 1) Right hand green (moaning sound as I lean over)
round 2) Left foot red (crack)
round 3) *thud*

Re:Trivial Pursuit

[shotfeel]

In other words, its one of those pesky games that combines skill and chance?

Re:Mindtrap

[Anonymous Coward]

Q: You've been experimenting with your pet gerbil "fluffums'" plastic tube cage again, and you've managed to get his 8'' long bridge-pipe halfway up your butt. Suddenly you hear a loud crash and Fluffums--scared by the sound--leaps into the pipe and scurries up your anus and into what may be your lower intestinal track. All you see around the room is a flashlight, a rusted spoon, last months edition of "YM", a lighter, your linux computer with firefox opened to your slashdot homepage, and a battle axe. How can you get the girbel out before your mom gets home in five minutes?

May not be a board game... but

[Ced_Ex]

I've always found 52 Pick Up to be a rather entertaining game to play!

Re:Mindtrap

[lmh2671772]

How would you get the ping-pong ball out?

The ping-pong ball is on fire.

Re:Mindtrap

[Anonymous Coward]

Based on the success of previous answers:

The gerbil is on fire?