Your Top Five Classic Boardgames

[Doctor Strategy]

1. Warhammer Quest by Games Workshop. It is a dungeon crawl, treasure gathering and monster slaying RPG boardgame hybrid.

2. Sanctuary by Mayfair Games. This is a boardgame based on the Robert Asprin Thieves' World series of books. You go around looting areas and taking money from your opponents while avoiding city guards.

3. Axis and Allies by Milton Bradley. Everyone knows about this one.

4. Hero Quest by Milton Bradley. Dungeon exploration and monster slaying RPG like game.

5. Risk and variants such as Castle Risk by Parker Brothers. Light strategy game of domination of the world.

These are my old favorites. What are your's.

[82ndAirborne]

1. Napoleon In Europe

2. Axis and Allies Europe
I can't think of any other favorites that I own at this time..

[DocD]

1)Axis and Allies #1 (AA-MB or AAR or AAP or AAE, doesn't matter!)

2)Advanced squad leader

3)Civilization (the boardgame)

4)Heroclix (Marvel and DC)

5)Future Fortress America REVISED!!

Fortress Revised is a dream of mine, but I can dream can't I!!:)

[Vollick1979]

Warhammer Quest was an allright game, it's kinda like a dumb-downed Dungeons & Dragons but it's ok for kids. ;) What would you say is the most powerful character DocS?

Anyways top 5 board games

1) Settlers of Cataan, this game is great for everyone.

2) Puerto Rico, it's hard to find people to play it with

3) Axis & Allies, (MB or AH)

4) El Grande, simple but complex ;)

5) Monopoly, why not? It was fun to try and get the RR's ;)

[Doctor Strategy]

I played AD&D and a whole bunch of other RPGs. I would have probably included the Warhammer Fantasy Battle as well but unfortunately it was a tabletop game. But all these don't qualify as boardgames as Quest does.

My favorite character in Quest is the barbarian. The most powerful though depends on the way you like to play. In a basic game I would probably say the Barbarian is but not overmuch. If playing by advanced rules they are fairly even and all have their advantages and disadvantages.

[sking500]

1. Axis and Allies original.
2. Squad Leader/ASL.
3. Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.
4. Conquest of the Empire.
5. Flat Top.

[Beast1313131]

Milton Bradley Axis And Allies
Chess
Risk
Stratego
A&A Europe

[holywolfman]

So many to choose from...but if I had to choose:
(not in any particular order)

1) A&A (Revised) -AH/Hasbro
2) Risk (2210/godstorm)-AH/Hasbro
3) Age of Mythology- Eagle Games
4) A Game of Thrones- Fantasy Flight Games

....man, I can go on and on...these 5 are on the top of my list!- :D

[82ndAirborne]

I am waiting to get Samurai Swords(on ebay I guess)

and also when released from eagle games, Conquest of the Empire and War! Blitzkreig and Bombers.

[boylermaker]

As long as we're considering future games:

(0. Future Kingmaker)
1. Axis & Allies
2. Present Fortress America
3. Kingmaker
4. Attack!
5. Battle Cry

[Y2UAsk]

1. Kingmaker (AH)
2. Advanced Squad Leader (AH)
3. Panzerblitz (AH)
4. Age of Exploration (TimJim Games)
5. Empires of the Middle Ages (SPI)

And, because I can never limit myself to just five:

6. A House Divided (GDW)
7. Wellington's Victory (SPI)
8. 1776 (AH)
9. Diplomacy (AH)
10. Imperium (GDW)
11. Napoleon's Last Battles (SPI)
12. Terrible Swift Sword (SPI)

Finally, to round out the baker's dozen:

13. The Russian Campaign (Jedko/AH)

Steve

[Da Black Gobo]

1. Conquest of the Empire. (with fixes, Caesars and Satraps)
2. Risk Napoleon (also LOTR Trilogy)
3. Battle Cry (AH version)
4. Space Hulk (1st version) Doom is starting to grow on me!
5. Zombies (I use a variant for fast play)

The game I dream of is.....
Romance of the Three Kingdoms the Boardgame. With cards for items, strategy, and events. Plastic units of infantry, leaders and minor leaders, Cavalry, chariots, strongholds and scenarios. (everything that Samurai Swords missed out on) Samurai Swords would have been my 6th pick.

Game on!

[msjells]

Can we put down "depends on time and mood"? I think it at least depends on 2-player or multi-player.

2 Player
1. Anzio (AH)
2. Paths of Glory (GMT)
3. Midway '64 (AH)
4. Rise of the Luftwaffe (GMT)
5. Waterloo (AH)

Multi-player
1. Age of Renaissance (AH)
2. El Grande (Rio Grande)
3. 1830 (AH)
4. History of the World (AH)
5. Princes of Florence (Rio Grande)

Of course, there are - hundreds - of others that I can be talked into playing!

[Meush]

mine are
1=betrayal at house of the hill
2=risk 2210
3=cranium
4=hotels
5=axies and allies and weirdly, clues, come in a tie at 5 :)

i could never forget those lost night impersonating mustard with the english accent and stuff :)

[holywolfman]

mine are
1=betrayal at house of the hill
2=risk 2210
3=cranium
4=hotels
5=axies and allies and weirdly, clues, come in a tie at 5 :)



...yeah "Hotels" is a Cool game (I wouldn't call it my fave though)-I actually "enhanced" the game a bit by making cool "Event Cards" for it...every time you roll a 6, draw a card (don't move!)

Some cards include:

1) Car Repairs- pay "x" Dollars
2) Hurricane hits....lose a hotel "section"
3) Fire in the grand entranceway...lose an entrance!
4) Inheritance...gain a FREE Deed (if available)
....to name a few~!!! It makes for a more exciting game!- :D

[Meush]

i agree with you for the cards ) its render it a bit more random :P my and my friend use the version on with you have to build your entrance(exept the free one) everyturn,make the game more random too, and remove some of the frustration of having players rushing to put entrance over you and winning the game in 20 minute

[Striker]

I've Barely have 5 influential games period :rolleyes: .

1. Battleship (later a talking clone and star wars battleship) First war theme game for me.
2. Then came risk(and later risk 2210), first "war/strategy" game.
3. Monopoly - Yes i know its luck and common sense, but I've had fun with it.
4. Also play a fair bit of chess.
5. Axis and Allies - Wouldn't be on this board if not for it... My peak of "strategic" (I know some say it isn't, boo hoo) boardgaming right now, I could go more realistic but since im in highschool it would be hard to find other players.

[custersluck13]

!) Squad Leader/advanced squad leader
2) American Civil War Series
3) Any of the Panzerblitz series
4) War and Peace
5) S&Ts Civil War Quads
Any gamers here in SE MI? Esp old west minatures?...Leigh

[newaxis]

Top 5 random order:

1. Settlers of Cataan
2. Risk
3. Chess
4. A&A pantheon (so many versions & variants...)
5. Trivial Pursuit

[Enderson]

1.A&A:Europe
2.Chess
3.Risk(Somehow I always end up in Austrailia with hundreds of cannons pointed at me....)
4.Monopoly
5.A&A: D-Day
6.Axis and Allies

[Moderator Sinister]

1. Strat-o-matic baseball. There's nothing like drafting old time players and playing against current players.
2. Axis and Allies Pacific
3. A&A Revised with Enhanced Rules
4. Republic of Rome - Renamed "die scum" by my gaming group.
5. Talisman with every single expansion - that was always fun.
6. Junta - Get seven people trying to run the bannana republic and this game is a blast.
7. Nightmare/Atmosfear -always fun to play with new people.

[Maj.Striker]

Top 5:

1. A&A Revised
2. Napoleon in Europe (almost tied with A&A, the tactical aspect of NiE is amazing!)
3. The expected re-release of Conquest of the Empire (Eagle Games)
4. Memoir 1944 (Days of Wonder)
5. Bloodfeud in New York (pretty good for a mobster game; Rebel Forge)

Diplomacy
Age of Mythology
Age of Imperialism
Hitler's War
Cosmic Encounters
Risk 2210, Risk Godstorm, Castle Risk, Risk et al (They're all the same in my opinion).
Civilization (not as much fun as anticipated)

[AxisRoll]

1. AAR & Enhanced
2. AA
3. Risk
4. Chess
5. Monopoly

[SeaKing]

Since i'm an grizzled counter pusher i don't have any of those game with plastic peices.

My Top 5

1. Flat Top (AH) The best imho game of WWII carrier carrier combat out there.

2. Advanced Third Reich & Third Reich (AH) Will fix WWII Strategizing itches.
AWAW by GMT is the current evolution of the series. Is a monster game
game covering both European & Pacific theatres. Worth the money if your into
grand strategy.

3. The Russian Front (AH) out of print, (ver 3) but L2 design studios is now producing ver 4 & it looks excellent. Had some excellent battles in it ftf &
hope to play some more games using VASSAL seeing that it's rather hard
finding local players for ftf sessions.

4. Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz (AH) are great for quick battles.

5. Operation Market Garden GDW is an excellent game covering the
Market Garden paradrops.

[axis_roll]

1). A&A Revised Enhanced
2). A&A MB second edition
3). Rail Baron
4). Life
5). Stratego
6). Trivial Pursuit
7). Magnificent Race
8). Fortress America
9). Pictionary
10). Broadsides & Boarding parties