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  1. Re:Think outside the xbox. by figa · · Score: 1 · on The Last Games You'd Play?

    This is great advice. I have Carpal Tunnel (RSI, really), and I gave up gaming for chess. It pushes most of the same mental buttons, and I don't find myself missing gaming too terribly. In a way, I'm happy to have made the trade, since I've always wanted to be a decent chess player. RSI has forced me to take chess seriously and put in the hours necessary to really learn the game.

    If you're interested at all in board games, check out boardgameratings for ideas. I've played Settlers of Catan, and it's about as satisfying as playing Civilization.

    If you like FPS, have you considered paintball?

  2. Re:Think outside the xbox. by figa · · Score: 1 · on The Last Games You'd Play?

    This is great advice. I have Carpal Tunnel (RSI, really), and I gave up gaming for chess. It pushes most of the same mental buttons, and I don't find myself missing gaming too terribly. In a way, I'm happy to have made the trade, since I've always wanted to be a decent chess player. RSI has forced me to take chess seriously and put in the hours necessary to really learn the game.

    If you're interested at all in board games, check out boardgameratings for ideas. I've played Settlers of Catan, and it's about as satisfying as playing Civilization.

    If you like FPS, have you considered paintball?

  3. You could also try by gameguy01 · · Score: 1 · on Fun Tabletop Games?

    Gamefest and Board Game Ratings.

  4. Best games of 2004 by gameguy01 · · Score: 1 · on Fun Tabletop Games?

    Board Game Ratings posts a list of the best board games each year. This year they picked Memoir '44, Ticket to Ride, and St. Petersburg. I really like St. Petersburg.

  5. Acquire by Shambhu · · Score: 1 · on Fun Tabletop Games?

    Acquire is another simple, but well-balanced strategy game. It's somewhat as if a game theorist made Monopoly. (It's nothing like Monopoly). Very fun.

  6. Modern Art by Shambhu · · Score: 2, Informative · on Fun Tabletop Games?

    For quick games, Modern Art is exellent. A game takes about 20 minutes, IIRC (it's been a few years). It may not be what you want for your centerpiece game, but it is really good. You're basically buy and selling art pieces (cards) via different auctions. At the end of each round you total the value of the pieces in your collection plus whatever cash you have left over from the buying and selling part of the round. There's more to it than I make out, though, as the value of the work of each artist is based on the average value of all of the artist's pieces sold during the first half of the round. It's a subtle, well-balanced game, and unlike most of the big games, it is quick to play.