Board Game-Mania
And the 10 best are:
10. Pictionary
One time, my friend drew a little squiggly line (supposed to be the ocean), and then started to draw a vertical line going up from the squiggly one and my other friend screamed out "A LIGHTHOUSE!" (He was right.) To this day, I'm convinced they cheated.
9. Sorry
Be honest, were you the one, who, every time somoene had to slide backwards, you'd go "Sooooooorrryyyyy!" Got annoying real quick.
8. Operation
"Ok, I'm going for the wishbone...almost...almost got it...almost...[BUZZ!!!]...ah, crap!!!" Could anyone else never get the elastic off?
7. Trouble
Not really a fun game, but the dice inside that little "pop bubble" was just too cool.
6. Hero's Quest
Never heard of this one? I'm not suprised. This game was like the bastard cousin of Dungeons & Dragons. If you were like me, and never really got into the whole D&D thing, this was the game for you. The board was already big, and it folded out like 6 times, so the playing board had tones of squares and places to land. The idea was really similar to D&D (be an elf or a wizard or whatever, and go on one quest after another). My freind was the "dungeon master" and we used to get in big fights over the quests he would create. ("How can a tiny little elf beat a giant 3 times his size? You suck!")
5. Trivial Pursuit
Nothing like this game to remind you how dumb you are.
4. Double Dare
Yeah, they had a home game for the TV show. I bought it thinking it would come with ice cream, slime and any other gooey substance that you slather all over your house (like the TV show's obstacle course), but alas, it mostly involved nerf balls, paper airplanes and the occcasional glass of water. But, I gotta say, it did comes with TONS of stuff. You could perform like 50 of the "physical challenges" and it even had instructions on how to make your own (dry and safe) obstacle course.
3. Mousetrap
Very intricate, kinda confusing, but just the right amount of fun for 10-year olds. As you played, you were building this complex, Rube Goldberg-like moustrap. ("...the shoe kicks the bucket, which spills the marble, which rolls down the slide, hitting the hand which...") The idea was to trap all your opponents under the net (all the game pieces were mice, hence the game's title). Let's hear it for the wonders of engineering.
2. Hungry, Hungry Hippos
The loudest, craziest, most violent board game ever. "Ready? Go!" And everyone proceeds to slam their hand down onto their "hippo", trying to "eat" the marbles. This game was good for about 5 plays before you either broke your hippos, lost all the marbles, or your mother screamed at you to knock off all that damn noise.
1. Monopoly
The grandaddy of them all. Still relevant today.
Favorite Monopoly moment: Playing with 6 people, being down to my last 100 bucks, and somehow coming out the game's sole winner.
Worst Monopoly Moment: My friend's brother let my friend and I start with all the monopolies, and he only had the railroads. 45 minutes later, he had completely wiped us out. (I still think he had trick dice, but whatever.)
10. Pictionary
One time, my friend drew a little squiggly line (supposed to be the ocean), and then started to draw a vertical line going up from the squiggly one and my other friend screamed out "A LIGHTHOUSE!" (He was right.) To this day, I'm convinced they cheated.
9. Sorry
Be honest, were you the one, who, every time somoene had to slide backwards, you'd go "Sooooooorrryyyyy!" Got annoying real quick.
8. Operation
"Ok, I'm going for the wishbone...almost...almost got it...almost...[BUZZ!!!]...ah, crap!!!" Could anyone else never get the elastic off?
7. Trouble
Not really a fun game, but the dice inside that little "pop bubble" was just too cool.
6. Hero's Quest
Never heard of this one? I'm not suprised. This game was like the bastard cousin of Dungeons & Dragons. If you were like me, and never really got into the whole D&D thing, this was the game for you. The board was already big, and it folded out like 6 times, so the playing board had tones of squares and places to land. The idea was really similar to D&D (be an elf or a wizard or whatever, and go on one quest after another). My freind was the "dungeon master" and we used to get in big fights over the quests he would create. ("How can a tiny little elf beat a giant 3 times his size? You suck!")
5. Trivial Pursuit
Nothing like this game to remind you how dumb you are.
4. Double Dare
Yeah, they had a home game for the TV show. I bought it thinking it would come with ice cream, slime and any other gooey substance that you slather all over your house (like the TV show's obstacle course), but alas, it mostly involved nerf balls, paper airplanes and the occcasional glass of water. But, I gotta say, it did comes with TONS of stuff. You could perform like 50 of the "physical challenges" and it even had instructions on how to make your own (dry and safe) obstacle course.
3. Mousetrap
Very intricate, kinda confusing, but just the right amount of fun for 10-year olds. As you played, you were building this complex, Rube Goldberg-like moustrap. ("...the shoe kicks the bucket, which spills the marble, which rolls down the slide, hitting the hand which...") The idea was to trap all your opponents under the net (all the game pieces were mice, hence the game's title). Let's hear it for the wonders of engineering.
2. Hungry, Hungry Hippos
The loudest, craziest, most violent board game ever. "Ready? Go!" And everyone proceeds to slam their hand down onto their "hippo", trying to "eat" the marbles. This game was good for about 5 plays before you either broke your hippos, lost all the marbles, or your mother screamed at you to knock off all that damn noise.
1. Monopoly
The grandaddy of them all. Still relevant today.
Favorite Monopoly moment: Playing with 6 people, being down to my last 100 bucks, and somehow coming out the game's sole winner.
Worst Monopoly Moment: My friend's brother let my friend and I start with all the monopolies, and he only had the railroads. 45 minutes later, he had completely wiped us out. (I still think he had trick dice, but whatever.)
posted by Glenn at 10:44 AM
2 Comments:
I must say that although I think this list is great, I could not keep silent my belief that CLUE is MOST DEFINITELY one of the top 10.... plus, it was a really funny movie...
Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
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