dancer67 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Just the two of you? If so what are your favorites? My DH and I like Scrabble, but getting tired of it. My kids(older now anyways, besides 12 yo) LOATHE board games. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 It depends: how important to our relationship is it that one or the other of us has a chance to win? Him: Scrabble, Monopoly Me: Rummikub or Pinochle (although that's a card game) Games like Trouble or Aggravation tend to be a free-for-all; either of us might conquer. We play cards often, though, as well as Yahtzee. Does that help? Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarymelon Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 My husband has an almost religious like devotion to board games that I can't match, but there are some I like that are way more fun than the old standbys. Dominion, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, and Cash n' guns are all games that get pretty regular rotation at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I won't play him in any 100% strategy game unless I want a divorce. Since he's pretty cute and I want to keep him, I stay away from those;). In games with any sort of luck involved, I stand a chance of winning and will play. We like Ticket to Ride, Small World, Carcassonne, Guillotine, Killer Bunnies, Blokus, Tri-Ominoes, Battleship, Life (we don't really like it as we think it's a pathetic description of "life." I mean, really, who earns their entire retirement on a freaking game show?" but it's kinda fun when we're bored) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We both really love board games but we don't really get a chance to play them together but a few times a year. When we do, we usually just play Rummy, Boggle, or Yahtzee. We LOVE to play games when a group comes over there. Our favorite game of all time is Catch Phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 No, my dh has the worst luck with board, and even card, games. He swears I cheat so I don't play if it is just the two of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We like Scrabble and Yahtzee a lot, and have recently started playing Minotaurus and Bananagrams since ds received them as gifts. We usually play those with him though, not just the 2 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 It's not a board game, but dh and I like Mille Bornes a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Scrabble. The only game dh & I play 'alone together' is Scrabble. I wish we played cards. I am not good at cards, sadly. Maybe you would like Bananagrams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Othello. I love that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 If you're tired of Scrabble, you can use your set to play Upwords. No expenditure. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithseed Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 :iagree: Ticket to Ride and Agricola are also fun with 2 players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We totally love Pandemic! It's a cooperative game in which you all try to save the world from an outbreak, utilizing the different skills of your character. Recently we also started playing Settlers of Catan. Although that one we're now using more on the iPad or laptop. DH loves and is super good at strategy games, so someone as spontaneous as me has to be prepared to lose, hehe. We play Kinder Bunnies with our daughter (with Killer Bunnies lined up next), as well as Gamewright games like Sleeping Queens and Frog Juice. I have tons of games I have lined up to play sometime - Small World, Ticket to Ride, Dominion... DH is always so super busy though, he's in Chile for 10 days right now. :( At least I have dd to play with. Agricola has been on my wish list for a few years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We play Backgammon most nights for a break from our reading or other work. We also like to play Boggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 My dh will not play board games. He despises them.:glare: Just one more good reason to have kids!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Guillotine is the big favorite here. We've also enjoyed another silly card game called Chez Geek. When we are in a more serious mood, we play Carcasonne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We've also enjoyed another silly card game called Chez Geek. That game cracks me up! Especially the sofa. We didn't get rid of our brown sofa until we were in our mid-20s. :lol: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Othello. I love that game. Oh! I love Othello too!! And Abalone. :thumbup: We also play a Cranium card game called Ziggity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 My dh will not play board games. He despises them.:glare: Just one more good reason to have kids!:001_smile: Same situation here. My sibs and I spent our childhoods playing board games. My college buddies and I played. Dh has played exactly one game one time with me (and the kids). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We really like Forbidden Island, a cooperative game from Gamewright. We like Scrabble, but we love Bananagrams. DH wants to teach me how to play cribbage? Never heard of it, but he's excited. Does Mario Party count as a board game? If so, we enjoy those. :001_smile: Card games are usually a hit, DH likes various poker games he has to re teach me every time we play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We like Othello. Maybe you'd like checkers or (gulp!) chess? (Chess intimidates me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I love to play board games. My husband on the other hand is more of a movie guy. So I try and play with the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles together. He's very methodical about putting together the edges & solid-color sections; I randomly put pieces down according to where they go based on the picture. It ends up working really well. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 My DH's favorite passtime is board games. He's downstairs working on creating one right now. :001_smile: We play a lot of games but the best ones we've found to get started are: Carcassonne Ticket to Ride: Europe Dominion Pandemic 10 Days in Africa or 10 Days in USA Settlers of Catan Forbidden Island Zooloretto Dixit Some that are a bit heavier that we love are: Power Grid Railways of the World Through the Ages Fresco Oh, I see that most of these have already been suggested. Just consider my suggestions a seconding of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 never. dh came from a family with cutthroat competivitness. He cannot "just enjoy playing a game". (neither can his sister.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxanne23 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) . Edited January 4, 2023 by roxanne23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I like Scattergories! "Pandemic" sounds cool, I'm going to check that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We'll occasionally play backgammon (I usually lose dreadfully), but I'm not that much of a game player. It's more likely to be my daughter and husband playing together. Even on the computer, I'm most likely to play some version of solitaire than anything else. So that they get a chance to play board games, we do go to a monthly family board game night at church, a monthly family board game night at a friend's house (where there is usually a hard-core strategy game and a lighter game going for the adults, while the kids run around, play, do video games, maybe board games), and I take my daughter to a monthly homeschool family board game afternoon at a local comic and gaming shop. During all of these, I am more likely to be chatting than playing. I do enjoy Blokus, Scrabble (though I personally think one ought to be able to define the words one uses rather than just memorizing the 2 letter combos in the Scrabble dictionary), Bananagrams, Yahtzee, etc. I'm horrible at role-playing or hardcore strategy games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We play together but we also play a lot with our game loving 8 year old. Favorites are: Blockus Jenga Bananagrams or Scrabble, mostly Bananagrams these days Chess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We play Chess and Chinese Checkers occasionally... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 aaahhhh..............a nice good list. Thank you! I can't play chess. I mean, REALLY can't play. I never could get how to play it.:lol: Hmmm.............Twister???:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We play Yahtzee almost every day , it is a supper time ritual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Dh and I used to play Backgammon before the kids. Now we just play games with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Not awake yet. Read the title as "beard games" the first time. We play Bananagrams, Milles Bornes, and others, usually with the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Just the two of you? If so what are your favorites? My DH and I like Scrabble, but getting tired of it. My kids(older now anyways, besides 12 yo) LOATHE board games. Suggestions? Dh and I play two games fairly regularly. Chess - we are pretty evenly matched so if we don't put a time limit on moves, the game takes a few days to complete because we rarely have more than hour to play at any time. The other, and again, it can go on for quite a while, is Equate which is the mathematics version of Scrabble. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Settlers of Catan is really fun. When just the two of us are playing, we change the rules a little and put down 3 settlements at the beginning, but work toward 12 points to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We play Munchkin (although, really you need more people to play), and Stratego. I like board games, but I'm not big on the regular classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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