P&T Lockout Lifestylez: Board Games

But Connect Four has always been a favorite of mine. A lot more strategy involved than you’d think, it’s like an expanded tic-tac-toe. I probably should never have a kid, because I would absolutely crush their soul at it. One crazy game that comes to mind is Mouse Trap. A Rube Goldberg contraption that took about a half hour to set up, and oftentimes the mechanism wouldn’t even work properly. I think I might have played the actual board game one time, usually the time was spent just setting the thing up and making sure it worked right.

The only common one I can’t stand is Battleship, just not enough strategy or pretty colors to distract me. When I was real young I enjoyed this one matching game called Hūsker Dū. Also, and again we’re I’m stretching the definition of “board game” here, but Don’t Break the Ice is also an old favorite of mine (way better than its sister game, Ants in the Pants.)

Board games are outdated for me. I’ll play scrabble with the mom and grandma on vacations though.

Vidya games Seth.

I dominate Monopoly and Scrabble, not so much with other ones. My favorite is Risk. It’s hard to get enough people to make that commitment though.

only one of those rutabaga answers would count.

Jarred Jeffries would know that, dude is stickler for the rules. I call shenanigans!

In my younger and more vulnerable years, I really like Rat Trap. I never actual played the game (did anyone?) but liked setting up the trap, despite it’s high tendency to malfunction.

As for Monopoly, I’ll defer to Dane Cook.

I mean, if that can be considered a board game. Other favorites include Monopoly, Pachisi & Trouble. There might be more but I’ve forgotten.. vidya games have rotted my brains.

I’ve never heard a single person have a single negative thing to say about it

When I was little I was in gifted education and they used to get me to play chess against other kids and adults. I’m fucking awful at chess. However, I’m pretty good at monopoly and scrabble. Also, Battleship is fun if you don’t play it for awhile and then pick it up.

I can’t stand Risk. No patience.

BRING IT. Shaking off the rust ain’t nothing, it’s only been about 12 years.

My favorite game is chess, but I’m pretty bad at it. Becoming good at chess is one of those goals I’ve neglected since the moment I conceived of it. I like Scrabble and RISK too… and did anyone else play Sequence? That game was the shit!

board games >>>>>>>> video games

That game changed the social landscape of my 4th grade class forever, and battle lines were drawn that produced bitter consequences for an entire marking period.

dont ask me how it was played, i just remember it was pretty fun and i wanted to play it everyday. i loved Guessters, the one with the movie thing, and i like this other game but i dont remember the name, all i remember is you had to place odds like 2 to 1 or 4 to 1 and if you were right you get all the money. Its “something Money” ahhh when i get home i’ll see it and write it

but I love me some Skippo. A truly awesome card game.

Sorry! was our favorite board game. I remember making my brother cry when I beat him badly this one time.

although, if poker counts, i may have to reconsider.

but i did play scattergories today, and i never knew how important it was to bluff in that game until now. one of my opponents unveiled this brilliant strategy: instead of leaving a blank, write something random and say that it’s from Africa. no one knows enough about Africa to ever call you out on it, especially if you’re a convincing liar.