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Traditional Games 100 - Rating 2003's Boardgames

Posted by simoniker on from the germans-and-mayflowers-oh-my dept.

Thanks to OgreCave for pointing out The Traditional Games 100, the favorite board and card games of 2003, as voted by the editors and playtesters of GAMES Magazine. The site explains that "...each year since 1980, GAMES Magazine has published a Buyer's Guide to Games in their year-end holiday issue", and this year's overall winner is Alan Moon & Aaron Weissblum's New England from Uberplay. Elsewhere, "Face 2 Face Games tops our Family Games category with Sid Sackson's hilarious I'm the Boss! [and] Days of Wonder won the Family Cards category with Queen's Necklace", among many other category winners.

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  1. Re:I've seen exactly... by neglige · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but the effort required to train enough people to play a new game with weird or complex rules just isn't worth it anymore

    Ah, you need to find the right people. I agree that for the average family (or friend) players, who get together every few weeks to play for a couple of hours, complex rules and games are a no-no. Simple rules with a lot of interaction - the reason you want to play in the first place - are a must.

    Complex games with complex rules are for the avid player. You need to play those games regularly, otherwise you've forgotten 50% of the rules next time you play ;) Ppl that play many boardgames are also more willing to try new games and give them a second or third shot if they didn't like them the first time. This allows for a higher obscurity factor.

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  2. Re:Note to self... by Cuthalion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Games Magzine does not sell these games. Funagain, the online vendor of games, however is hosting a copy of the Games 100 list, with links to their own database.

    If I wasn't personal friends with the owner of a local board game store I would buy all my games from Funagain. They've got a fantastic selection, and since Games's top 100 list is only listing games that are in print, there's no reason Funagain should not carry each and every one of them.

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  3. Re:I've seen exactly... by dtolman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are a lot of great games out there with very simple rules (take less than 10 minutes to teach). Check out Settlers of Catan if you ever get the chance - pretty simple to learn - lots of fun.

  4. Fluxx! by metamatic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How could they not include FLUXX?

    Anyone got any recommendations along the lines of "If you love FLUXX, you'll also love..."?

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  5. Yep, people still play board games. by Tofino · · Score: 3, Insightful
    One gets broken out every 2 or 3 weeks at my house, when we have friends over. And it's nearly always a Cheapass Game. Amazingly well-designed games that take no time at all to learn but can be quite deep, and always entertaining. Most importantly, they are fun to both geeks and non-geeks alike, AND they play in a short time (unlike, say, Monopoly).

    Kill Doctor Lucky is especially recommended.

    And the Mario Party series of Nintendo games are all fantastic, and are all basically board games. Mario Party 5 night tonight! :)