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Pikazard1
09/20/2025
03:35 PM
#1
will go with Finspan
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ParanoidObsessive
09/20/2025
04:08 PM
#2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A
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argonautweakend
09/20/2025
04:27 PM
#3
it's not so much a board game as it is a deckbuilding game, but I have a ton of fun with Ascension
ooger
09/20/2025
04:28 PM
#4
Don't Wake Daddy.
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Lokarin
09/20/2025
05:51 PM
#5
We play Settlers of Catan and Lords of Waterdeep the most, but I still really like classic Monopoly
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Antbregante
09/20/2025
06:12 PM
#6
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d684cb83.jpg
OhhhJa
09/20/2025
06:17 PM
#7
ooger posted...
Don't Wake Daddy.

captpackrat
09/20/2025
06:21 PM
#8
The 1987 version of SolarQuest.

It's like Monopoly in space... only with gravity, orbits, fuel, and lasers!

You can not only lose by going bankrupt, but also by running out of fuel or getting blasted by an opponent's lasers.

SolarQuest has 91 spaces and 48 purchasable properties, compared to Monopoly with 28 properties you can buy out of 40 total spaces. There is a wider range of properties per color groups as well, ranging for 11 for Jupiter to just 1 property each for Mercury, Venus, and the Moon.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a37223d9.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8f88919d.jpg
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rjsilverthorn
09/20/2025
06:46 PM
#9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Tower_(game)

OK, that probably isn't actually my favorite board game, but I have fond memories of it as a kid.

Not sure what my actual favorite board game is, would at least in part depend on what we are considering 'board games'.

Greenfox111
09/20/2025
06:52 PM
#10
What do you like about finspan over wingspan or wyrmspan? Do you just like fish? I've only played wingspan on switch, my gf and I are hoping they will do the others on there eventually
Don't ask.
captpackrat
09/20/2025
07:44 PM
#11
When I was a kid I had this absolutely insane board game called Oh What A Mountain! The board was vertical and the pieces had little hooks so they could hang off the face of the mountain. There were numerous obstacles such as a goat that would headbutt players, a giant snowball, a cave that would send you sliding down the board, and path segments that would move. If your piece fell off the mountain, you had to start over again. The great part was that there were multiple paths you could take.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a346a4ea.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/469e0eb6.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed339402.jpg
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
IqarP15
09/20/2025
07:59 PM
#12
Only board games I've actually played was Clue Life Monopoly and Sorry that I can remember. Think maybe that Guess Who which was probably the most fun since it plays like Go Fish in guessing. Does Battleship count?
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captpackrat
09/20/2025
08:22 PM
#13
I have 8 decks of Hanafuda, but I've never met anyone who actually knows how to play Koi Koi.

I have a deck of French Tarot cards, but I don't know anyone who knows how to play that game either. (It's a trick-taking game; if you know how to play Bridge you're already halfway there.)
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
ooger
09/20/2025
08:32 PM
#14
captpackrat posted...
When I was a kid I had this absolutely insane board game called Oh What A Mountain! The board was vertical and the pieces had little hooks so they could hang off the face of the mountain. There were numerous obstacles such as a goat that would headbutt players, a giant snowball, a cave that would send you sliding down the board, and path segments that would move. If your piece fell off the mountain, you had to start over again. The great part was that there were multiple paths you could take.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a346a4ea.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/469e0eb6.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed339402.jpg

Analog peak!
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Muscles
09/20/2025
08:33 PM
#15
That's a hard one. 7 wonders, ticket to ride, pandemic, betrayal at house on the hill are all up there
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captpackrat
09/20/2025
08:45 PM
#16
Muscles posted...
betrayal at house on the hill

If you like that, you'll probably love Scooby-Doo Betrayal at Mystery Mansion. It's basically the same game, but with all the Scooby Doo cast.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c267a71c.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/93b4adeb.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/650a1a48.jpg
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Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
ParanoidObsessive
09/20/2025
08:49 PM
#17
captpackrat posted...
If you like that, you'll probably love Scooby-Doo Betrayal at Mystery Mansion. It's basically the same game, but with all the Scooby Doo cast

Yeah, there's a few different variations of Betrayal. Like the D&D one "Betrayal at Baldur's Gate".

The Legacy version of the game is really cool, but the downside is that, like with many legacy-style games, it basically expects you to destroy your game as you go, so you can really only play through it once (unless you buy multiple copies of the game).
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Pikazard1
09/20/2025
10:02 PM
#18
@Greenfox111 have played wingspan a few times (love looking at the art & facts for the birds), played wyrmspan once (have a vague memory of it though), but the best thing about finspan next to the card art, is how easy it is to digest (in the its not too complicated with trying to roll dice for food, etc.)!!
we are who we are. who we meet in life, adds to the journey
ultra_magnus13
09/21/2025
05:16 PM
#19
captpackrat posted...
The 1987 version of SolarQuest.

It's like Monopoly in space... only with gravity, orbits, fuel, and lasers!

You can not only lose by going bankrupt, but also by running out of fuel or getting blasted by an opponent's lasers.

SolarQuest has 91 spaces and 48 purchasable properties, compared to Monopoly with 28 properties you can buy out of 40 total spaces. There is a wider range of properties per color groups as well, ranging for 11 for Jupiter to just 1 property each for Mercury, Venus, and the Moon.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a37223d9.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8f88919d.jpg

This looks like the nerdiest game ever made.
?huh?........ it's just a box.
ooger
09/21/2025
05:19 PM
#20
It looks fun to me.
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pedro45
09/21/2025
06:02 PM
#21
IDK if I'd say favorite, but Sorry is a classic game and you rarely get groans from anybody. It's simple and basically self explanatory.

I usually put card and board games together. My favorite is probably Skip-bo. It's so fun, works your brain a little but isn't too hard at all. It's a lot less aggressive than Uno, making it better for "sensitive" players, and you kinda play against yourself and others.
Warning: Sometimes biased
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MagicalPrincess
09/21/2025
06:08 PM
#22
Scrabble
I love Lord Jesus, Family Matters (for Steve & Laura which I typed up a beautiful alt from Just One Date episode) and FFIX (for Zidane & Garnet).
MrBonez
09/21/2025
06:24 PM
#23
The game of Life.

Ever wondered how many pegs you can pack into one of the moving piece cars?

I still laugh about the time a friend was playing with us and they kept getting recycled, over and over again to the same area of the board and THEN kept hitting the "You had a baby" space.....
There just wasn't enough car to handle them all, the little pegs stuffed and piled on would fall out everytime they moved their gamepiece.
Ogurisama
09/21/2025
06:26 PM
#24
go
http://cdn-android.apptap.com/img/870/mobi.colortrilogy.bitlink/267135850.png
https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/5/uv4r7nGyrE6ylt2lHGWpiQ2.gif
captpackrat
09/21/2025
07:24 PM
#25
I've been a fan of Mille Bornes since I was a kid, but I don't really like the current card design. I preferred the old bilingual English/French cards from 1962, which is the deck my parents had. The first French words I ever learned were roulez, creve, roue de secours, essence, panne d'essence, limite de vitesse, fin de limite de vitesse, reparations, vehicule prioritaire, citerne d'essence, increvable, and as du volant.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2528d5d4.jpg

The deck I have currently is the 1982 edition, which is still bilingual, but the artwork has been oversimplified.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/769a68ff.jpg

The current version uses the old style artwork, but only in English, which just isn't the same.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1a30d39a.jpg
I can't yell "Creve!" at someone as I hit them with a flat tire.
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
rjsilverthorn
09/21/2025
07:32 PM
#26
captpackrat posted...
preferred the old bilingual English/French cards from 1962, which is the deck my parents had.
I learned on the same set. I have no idea what happened to my parent's copy of the game unfortunately.
ParanoidObsessive
09/21/2025
08:20 PM
#27
ultra_magnus13 posted...
This looks like the nerdiest game ever made.

Look into the modern Eurogaming scene. That game doesn't even come close to the epic levels of nerdiness games can reach.

It's not even necessarily the nerdiest game of its own era, considering this was a thing in the 80s:

https://s.ecrater.com/stores/236921/4f0b54f65308a_236921b.jpg
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ooger
09/22/2025
12:03 AM
#28
These card images unlocked a core memory.

I know there is a deck of these in a family members garage someplace.
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Roachmeat
09/22/2025
03:57 PM
#29
Mansions of madness

More as a game that impresses me with the scale of the multiple miniatures and floor setups. If I could make a board game, MoM would be the inspiration.
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