Once a month my friends and I get together for game night. Sounds kind of corny, but it's actually tons of fun. With so many board games to choose from these days, the fun is endless.Last weekend we played a game called Quelf, which was actually hilarious. It's a game where you use your creativity, answer funny questions and perform ridiculous stunts. For example, one of our friends had her face wrapped in toilet paper and had to keep it on until someone rolled a six.
Wondering what board game to try out next month, I decided to see what the top searched board games are on AOL Search. To my surprise, many of the board games on the list were games I played as a child. I remember sleeping over my grandmother's house and playing Uno, Trouble and checkers. Those games were so much fun and, as you can see from our most searched list, these games are still very popular.
Other games such as Dirty Minds and Battle of the Sexes that showed up lower on the list are obviously skewed more toward the adult crowed. There are also some games that I've never heard of like Cluzzle, Blurt, and Gazootch. Have you ever played these?
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
61. Greetings, Yes, it is true; there is definitely a resurging trend toward board games. I recall as a child playing Monopoly with my friends. Sometimes the game would last for days. I dreamed of some day when I would design a board game of my own. Well, I have. It is titled, COLLISION. The game is based on my metaphysics theory, "Bi-Mass/Velocity Theory." The theory reveals non-randomness in the universe, that everything has a purpose in this life. One's fate is a result of one's own decisions and the decisions of others whose momentum is propelled toward each other. When human momentums collide, energy is exchanged, then propelled in another direction to engage in another collision. COLLISION allows participants to engage and experience everyday living situations and be rewarded or punished for their actions revealed on Vector Cards which they select that informs them which location on the board they are to proceed to. If they engage in a productive situation, they are rewarded to collect the location to which they have been directed. They then roll the dice and proceed to Goal Reward, for which they receive points, then select a Scalar Card, which gives them another course of action, sometimes positive sometimes negative. The object of the game is to acquire all 31 locations before your competitors. This appears simple enough; however, there is a Scalar Card, the Doomesday Card that commands you to release all of your locations and start over again. The game is being viewed by some board game enthusiasts as the Rubic Cube of board games, easy to maneuver but difficult to achieve. The game's attributes extend into human behavior, reminding us to make proper decisions when engaging in collisions with others.
Posted at 6:03AM on Apr 20th 2008 by Dr. Damon Sprock
62. Did anyone mention the game called "500 Rummy" ? ... I was big with that game as a midage child & am still today
Posted at 6:35AM on Apr 20th 2008 by Tom
63. another great game is Scattergories....me and my family have a GREAT time playing and more than once we have started laughing so hard that we start crying...a great game! you need to try it! you'll be hooked :-D
Posted at 4:00PM on Apr 20th 2008 by Bethany.
64. I don't think anyone mentioned the game "Yatzee" I just started to play it and everytime I have people over I want to play it. It's addictive.
Posted at 8:42PM on Apr 20th 2008 by Annemarie
65. The greatest board game is Sequence. Uses both board, chips and cards...it is based on strategy and luck!! Try it...you will like it!!
Posted at 10:21PM on Apr 20th 2008 by PAULA
66. You people need to read
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Posted at 2:24AM on Apr 22nd 2008 by davedaring
67. We enjoy playing games with a large crowd at family gatherings. The best game by far, is LOADED QUESTIONS. We dont even use the board, we just do the questions and each team takes turns as the guessers. The kids had as much fun and are able to compete as well as the adults. This is one you have to try. Another favorite is APPLES TO APPLES
Posted at 1:34PM on Apr 23rd 2008 by E
68. A new game that’s fun to play, either solo or as a group, is Baffle!. It’s a board game (there’s also a computer version) that challenges and entertains. When playing it with 2, 3, or 4 players, it can get very…uh…shall I say…competitive…
Baffle! is played on a game board (like a checker board) that has 25 squares in five rows and five columns. The 25 game pieces include five geometric shapes in five different colors. The object is to place all 25 pieces on the board so that no two shapes or colors appear in any horizontal row, vertical column or corner-to-corner diagonal.
Like chess, Baffle! is a game of strategy. You have to plan your moves ahead or you have a tough time winning.
Once you solve it, though, it’s not over. There are 57,600 (count’em) possible solutions.
It’s age appropriate for children from about eight years old to senior citizens.
The game is relatively new on the market so it may not be in your neighborhood store yet. You can buy the board game, CD-Rom, or download Baffle! at www.bafflegame.com. You can also play a five minute demo to get a feel for it.
Diane
Posted at 6:58AM on Apr 24th 2008 by Diane
69. Let's not forget "Feds & Heads", a Monopoly style game where the first person to score a key of weed wins. It has colorful characters: Country Cowfreak, John D. Ghettofeller, Skinny Benny, Groover McTuber, etc. From those Fabulous Furry Freak Bros.!
Posted at 3:19AM on Apr 30th 2008 by NickKnight74
70. Hello, me and my friend Pamela used to play Candyland everyday during recess. For some reason we stopped playing. I haven't heard from her in a long time and now I'm sad. We used to play for days. Sometimes Pamela would laugh so hard that she would start crying. We used to pretend that the candy on candyland was mangos & pineapples because that was Pamelas favorite food. Also, Pamela has cooties even though my mom says she doesn't.
Posted at 7:02PM on Jun 10th 2008 by Richie from Chicago