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Having required the populace of BoardGameGeek to cut their collections to a mere 26 games (see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/38595), Derk was pleased. Not overly pleased, mind you - he was particularly saddened to see Tichu lose out to Settlers of Catan by more than 4:1 - but still, he had met his goal.

But then Derk received a call from Hasbro, who noted that his decree had resulted in an overwhelming supply of their used games entering the secondary market. They had traced the issue to the miserable ranking of many of their games on BGG, and wanted to know what might be done about this issue. At first, Derk had no particular sympathy for their plight. But then the Hasbro representative suggested the possibility of untraceable Swiss bank accounts, and Derk's sympathy soared.

Thus, Derk was inspired to make a second decree - in addition to the 26 games taken before, each BGG user would be required to purchase an additional 26 games - one from the lowest ten ranked games on BGG, one from the next lowest ten, and so on until 25 games had been selected. For the 26th game, any game published by Hasbro or one of the corporations Hasbro had swallowed (Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Avalon Hill, Wizards of the Coast, TSR, Selchow & Righter, etc.) can be chosen.

Fortunately, this again is just a theoretical exercise. But if it weren't - which would you pick? For the first 25, please answer the polls below. For the 26th, just add it to the list. Kvetching about having to chose one of the awful games available in a particular set can be added through comments.

(Please note that polls don't always work well in geeklists; if one acts as if you have already answered, when you haven't, just click on "Questions" and make your selection - it should be registered properly.)

(And, an aside - in putting together the poll for this list, I discovered that of the bottom 250 ranked games, 218 are among the first 10,000 games entered on BGG, 22 are among the next 10,000 (ID 10,001-20,000), 9 among the next 10,000 (ID 20,001-30,000), and only 1 has an id 30,001 or higher, among IDs going over 40,500 currently.)
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1. Board Game: Tic-Tac-Toe [Average Rating:2.56 Overall Rank:7749]
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Whatever you do, don't choose the Worst-Case Scenario Survival game. Awful.
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I think Candyland is the only game here worth having. At least 2 year olds can learn color matching.


I guess your son isn't colorblind, huh?

Life is the clear choice, 'cuz you can play with the cars.
 
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If I do not choose 'tic-tac-toe' will I forever be denied the opportunity of using pens and paper lest I break my 26 game contract?
 
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Bingo is a ok game, if played as a speed / physical dexterity game, meaning each player takes as many cards as they can, and the numbers are called at a constant speed, like one number every 5 seconds.


Depends how big the prize is too of course.
 
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Tic tac toe: shortest game
 
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2. Board Game: Old Maid [Average Rating:3.41 Overall Rank:7740]
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Operation, because it's a fun dex game for the kids.
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New Moustrap nearly made me cry. Long story.


Do tell!

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Hungry Hungry Hippos - I've always wanted to try that one - what could possibly go wrong?


trip, slip, fall, and break neck over spilled marbles, That's what!
 
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Barrel of monkeys: it's a more accurate depiction of world politics and economics than Global Survival.
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How did the Ungame make into the second set? Joke votes?

The only good thing about that game was that it discouraged bad behavior. "No, I'll be good, just don't send me to the guidance counselor! She'll make me play the UnGame!"

Can I give the Ungame negative votes?
 
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rdonato926 wrote:
If you get buzzed you have to drink.


And here I thought when you drink, you get buzzed.
 
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3. Board Game: Monopoly [Average Rating:4.50 Overall Rank:7733]
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Monopoly, yeah . . . it's not that bad. It's not that good, but it's not that bad.
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I had to pick Battleship. I can't wait until my son is old enough so he can learn this game.

Growing up, my brother and I played lots of Battleship and a Dukes of Hazard card game...sure wish I still had that card game
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Battleship at least creates tension and mystery. The only mystery with Monopoly is how more games don't result in more tension...the tension that only a pair of hands around someone's neck can provide.
 
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Played dozens of exciting Pachisi games with my grandparents when I was young. Good game if you play with four people and dice instead of cowries.
 
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Definitely hangman. Its a good word game.
 
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4. Board Game: Outdoor Survival [Average Rating:4.42 Overall Rank:7709]
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Sorry seems the easy choice here.
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With the right crowd, ahem, TWISTER is the way to go.
 
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Sorry! is a fine game and I enjoyed it as a kid. But Twister's potential to be played naked is undeniable. shake
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Neil Thomson wrote:
Sorry! is a fine game and I enjoyed it as a kid. But Twister's potential to be played naked is undeniable. shake


Watch out for the skid marks... gulp shake
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I always thought Trouble, Sorry, and Parchesi were the same game; so how did they each make a different list?

Don't you just roll and move one of 4 tokens until you return "home"?
 
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5. Board Game: A Question of Scruples [Average Rating:4.41 Overall Rank:7695]
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Yuk to all of them. I abstain.
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I like MindTrap.
 
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Arne, and then I'd immediately give it to my friend Arne as a gift, and refuse to take it back.
 
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I picked Sim City: The Card Game. The computer game was lots of fun back in the day, so I'd imagine the card game will be as well.

And Uncle Wiggily is an awful name for a game.
 
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I had to add Uncle Wiggly here for sentimental reasons. I was once stuck in a cabin at Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear...I am still not sure which one we were at. The cabin was freezing cold, the heat didn't work, it smelled of paint/stain (giving everyone headaches) and there was no wood for the fireplace.

We found our way into the crawl space under the house, looking for anything that we could burn...we found a bit of old junk and the one thing that burned best and provided the most heat, was Uncle Wiggly. He saved our lives man.

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6. Board Game: Slap Jack [Average Rating:3.09 Overall Rank:7692]
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Kind of weird to see Checkers so low. It's a strategically deep game. I guess people just remember playing it as a kid so think "Oh, it's a trivial kid's game."
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I recommend playing connect 4 on paper, using a larger board. Make the board large enough and it can become a fairly interesting game.
 
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Connect Four. This is a great game to play with kids.
 
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I just played a game of Slap Jack 2 weekends ago. We were at a friend's place and I joined in some Egyptian card slapping game. Of course when that game was over, we just had to play a game of Slap Jack because the girl teaching the other game had never played Slap Jack.
 
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Connect Four. It's the only game my girlfriend seems to enjoy.
 
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7. Board Game: Aggravation [Average Rating:4.63 Overall Rank:7690]
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I say Edison & Co. as I already own it, and it's not nearly as bad as people say. The problem is that people think it's a race game -- which it's not.
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I loved playing Spellfire back in the day.
 
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I can't believe that the 40th anniversary version of Life scores lower than the original, considering it has all the fun sucked out of it.


1) It scores higher, the games are being listed in the reverse order on this list, but it looks like you meant 'higher' anyway.

2) The reason it scores higher is that it has far fewer votes than the original and at this end of the ranking tables less votes means a better average rating (around 100 dummy votes are added in for 'balance', each one with a rating of 5.5 or so, much higher than the average rating of most games in this list)
 
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I played a game of Tom Clancy's Politika years ago, and remember enjoying it. I hadn't played many real boardgames before, though. We also played Nuclear War that night, which I really enjoyed.
 
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Aggravation is, at the same time, perfectly well named AND completely and utterly despicable. I've hated it in every decade I've been alive. I've hated it in multiple states. I've hated it even when not playing it.
 
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8. Board Game: Battlestar Galactica [Average Rating:3.80 Overall Rank:7659]
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Pass.
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Ninja Galaxy, so that I can set it on fire.
 
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Kriegspiel, it's the only wargame so far.
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Are you allowed to type Ninja Galaxy on BGG?
 
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Bunco for the booze.
 
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9. Board Game: Guess Who? [Average Rating:4.80 Overall Rank:7694]
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How bad can Crocodile Pool Party really be?
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Don't break the ice is a riot, and is an awesome game to play against little kids.

Come on, smacking little ice blocks with a hammer takes a long time to get old.
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Don't spill the Beans, because I can use the beans to complete a game of Bausack that's missing them.
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Don't break the ice is a riot, and is an awesome game to play against little kids.

Come on, smacking little ice blocks with a hammer takes a long time to get old.


eh... the game's been solved.

Despite that, my 6yo and I will throw down with some beer and pretzels.
 
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I'm in with Crocodile Pool Party, only if because it's in my "Personalized recommendations".
 
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10. Board Game: Strike Force One [Average Rating:4.14 Overall Rank:7583]
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Yay for Yahtzee!
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Star Fleet Missions, because I want to look at the starship cards.
 
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I have probably played a million games of Yahtzee during my lifetime. My grandparents loved this game and I enjoyed the time I spent with them playing the game. We always played all 6 columns at once because its nice to have a junk column or 2
 
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I had PAC-MAN as a kid. It was pretty fun, using that big plastic Pac Man to eat marbles. I don't remember anything else, but that part was cool.
 
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I too had the Pac-Man game as a youngster. Brings back memories of a strange Christmas visiting relatives in Michigan...

Anyway, I vaguely remember that there were large marbles for the Pac-Man to be able to go after the ghosts, and that those marbles messed up the plastic Pac-Man (Pac-Men?) ability to pick up the smaller marbles. Game design flaw.

Some of my marbles were lost before I even got the game home. I don't remember what ever happened to it from there. Was fun tho, so I voted for it, for nostalgia's sake.
 
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11. Board Game: Electronic Battleship [Average Rating:4.50 Overall Rank:7660]
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Oh, I really don't want any. But . . . Electronic Battleship would be oh kay, I guess.
 
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Electronic Battleship. Because my sister is smart enough to not let me give my niece a drum set, but this one might sneak buy. The noises are truly annoying.
 
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Doctor Who for the collectible factor. Goes with my Harry Potter collectibles.
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Escape from death star... for sure. Souvenirs, souvenirs...
 
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Anything but Phase 10.

For some reason my girl cousins like this game, and yet they repeatedly accuse us of playing long boring games! Last game night my cousins and I played Marvel Heroes with 2 new players, and four of my cousins started playing Phase 10 at the same time. We invited one of my cousins to play and she said "No I don't like those long games you play" Then she sat down and played Phase 10! I bet my cousin that we would finish our game first (with 2 new players!) and I was right. Two and a half hours later, we were done and they were still playing!
At one point my cousin came over to watch and when we asked if she was done she said, "No, I've just been skipped for the next 4 turns though, so I have some free time"

What an awful game!
 
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12. Board Game: Gother Than Thou [Average Rating:4.48 Overall Rank:7612]
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Can Penguin really be that bad?
 
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Yeah what William said

It's the annoying penguins that mess up the game.


 
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Hey I can have the Penguins fight with my monkeys & cooties. Nice. Although, I've heard mystery on the nile isn't horrible.
 
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I've heard that, without the stacking of the plastic pieces, Penguin is a decent game. So I'll definitely opt for that one.
 
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C'mon... pirateology! The bits are fantastic!
 
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13. Board Game: Bowling Dice [Average Rating:4.28 Overall Rank:7654]
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My kids would shoot me if I had a chance at Pretty Pretty Princess and passed.
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I had never heard of it before this thread, but I am now seriously considering purchasing Devil Bunny Hates the Earth.


I think Devil Bunny Needs a Ham is a much better game. My kids like Devil Bunny Hates the Earth just because they can gang up on me. We play it with paper punches of frogs to represent the squirrels in the game, because frogs fit the theme just as well and we don't have a squirrel paper punch.
 
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Chinese checkers. Because you never know when I'll be sitting around on a rainy day with five kids. Seriously.
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I loved Bowling Dice as a kid, but when I look at it now I can't figure out why I ever liked it yuk
 
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If you can look at this photo and not want Pretty Pretty Princess, you have no soul.


Those are mardi gras beads. The cheap kind.
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14. Board Game: Charades [Average Rating:4.85 Overall Rank:7556]
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It appears that Don't Wake Hulk does not have a separate entry, so my vote for Don't Wake Daddy is for Don't Wake Hulk.
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I'll take Dragonology: The Game for the bits


Nice looking bits, but they are too soft (fragile). One of them broke just taking it out of the insert. And, "nice looking" is about all they're good for, because they don't actually fit on the game board itself.

I haven't played Pirateology (above at #12), but it's hard to believe they made a worse game than Dragonology.
 
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Anyone from Sweden must choose Bondespelet! I think almost every gamer in Sweden has been... hmmm... tormented by this once or twice in their life.
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I'll take Dragonology: The Game for the bits



ME 2
 
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Slamwich for the 50+ games that you can play! I'm a Slamwich convertee!
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15. Board Game: Spare Time Bowling [Average Rating:3.81 Overall Rank:7598]
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My nephew tried to explain Yu-Gi-Oh to me once. I had no clue what he was talking about. And yet, I have given him nearly 600 Yu-Gi-Oh cards that I found in thrift stores.
 
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Oh Man rats! If I had known Spare Time Bowling was coming I wouldn't have wasted my pick on Bowling dice earlier.
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Adverteasing isn't really that bad for a party game. It at least makes us laugh every time because it's loaded with opportunities for sexual innuendo.
 
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I have no idea about Outrage. But if its about stealing jewels, I'd give it a try.
 
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I want the Marlboro brand Poker dice... AKQJT987 on d8's.
 
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16. Board Game: Airlines [Average Rating:4.52 Overall Rank:7600]
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I'd probably have more luck getting players for Skip-bo than any other game on this list. So I pick that.
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My wife plays Skip-Bo a lot. I could have one card left and she could have thirty and still beat me. I had a 1988 Mustang GT stolen from a Pizza Hut parking lot and the Skip-Bo game was in the car. I told her I had the car stolen to get rid of the game...I never did get the car back, or the game.

She still plays the game a lot with her sisters...but I haven't played in a long time.
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We played Airlines recently at game night - it wasn't that bad. Not a "perfect information" game, but not a terrible game at all...
 
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For the art.
 
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Besides Yahtzee I also played quite a bit of Skip-Bo with my grandparents. Maybe they didn't play the most exciting games, but I certainly would give anything to be able to play games with them again.
 
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17. Board Game: Lord of the Rings: The Search [Average Rating:5.08 Overall Rank:7603]
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How bad can "The Search" be? Really?
 
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OMG, How can WYvern be rated so low. That was a good CCG.
 
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Wow, didn't realize UNO is rated so bad!


And here I was wondering how it got rated so well!

How did UNO beat Yahtzee, Skip-bo, Checkers, and Monopoly?!!
 
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I can't imagine not liking a game with the cool name "Wyvern"


What if it was called "Collectible Stratego" instead?


That would be Stratego Legends.
 
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We play a variant called "Fast Uno" and it's not too bad.
 
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18. Board Game: Looney Tunes Trading Card Game [Average Rating:3.39 Overall Rank:7433]
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At one point, I had all 28 (at the time) NFL teams for Electic Football when I was a kid. I played out an entire season and kept stats on season. I wish I still had that notebook...
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Buffy was pretty well done!
 
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I totally had to go with Toss Across. Not exactly rocket science, but fun for kids. I remember it getting hauled out at picnics.

Trivial Pursuit, that's pure evil. None of my family knew squat about sports so the game dragged on and on...
 
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Point of Law isn't bad.

At least it teaches a little bit about the legal system.
 
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Trivial Pursuit for me!

Why do Trivia games get such bad press on BGG? Apparently there's not as many geeks as you would think?

I love playing trivia games, but maybe that's because I really enjoy showing off.
 
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19. Board Game: ¥€$ [Average Rating:4.20 Overall Rank:7477]
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In a Pickle, this time for my Sister in Law. She loves it.
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I cannot believe the amount of Swedish games that pops up in these lists. Tjuv och Polis is actually a half decent game for children. I have lost my copy and wouldn't mind getting a new one (or rather the same old version that I used to own).
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Ants in the Pants?! I told you to get me the Yellow Megaman!!!
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Dread Pirate, but only for the bits of the deluxe edition.
 
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Dread Pirate, for the bits.
 
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20. Board Game: Pass the Pigs [Average Rating:5.20 Overall Rank:7613]
 
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Uh, sure. Tactics II. (I already have it.)
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So between Derks 2 decrees, are we allowed to buy gamin accessories on our own? I mean, should I take po-ke-no just so I can have something like poker chips? Or can I get those on my own because they aren't a game?
 
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I'll keep my copy of Haunting House. Sure it's chaotic and crazy, but I still find it fun.
 
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So between Derks 2 decrees, are we allowed to buy gamin accessories on our own? I mean, should I take po-ke-no just so I can have something like poker chips? Or can I get those on my own because they aren't a game?


Derk has made no decrees, so far, on gaming accessories.
 
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Air War: Modern Tactical Air Combat continually gets the shaft on this site, but I really like the game (am I really the only one? Surely somebody else likes this game - anybody?). Although since I already own it, I would have to vote for Tactics II.
 
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River, Roads, & Rails. Bad game, but good free form activity.
 
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21. Board Game: Jacks [Average Rating:3.87 Overall Rank:7661]
 
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I still think 'Maul Of America' is ok, it just suffers from absolutely horrendous components.
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Rocketville, which I'm guessing is not as bad as its reputation would have it. But where'd you get that image for Jacks? It's great, and I want to thumb it, but I get an Image Error. Image Does Not Exist?


My FLGS gave me Rocketville as a thank-you present. I have played it once and found it to be enjoyable, if not flat-out stellar.
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I actually want a copy of Rocketville, so that was an easy choice.
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Rocketville actually gets semi-regular play with my gaming group. I have never participated, and I realize a lot of people on this site hate it, but it must have some sort of appeal or they wouldn't continue to suggest it.

Most of the guys at our meetings are not BGG regulars though, and therefore the negative opinions here don't affect (infect?) them.
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Rocketville is a far too maligned game. It is lots of fun and everyone that I have ever played it with has wanted to play it again.

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22. Board Game: Star Wars: Episode I; Battle for Naboo 3-D Action Game [Average Rating:3.90 Overall Rank:7478]
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I was gonna say Ivanhoe, thinking it was Knizia's Ivanhoe, but it's not. But I'll say it anyway.
 
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Hotels is clearly the answer according to Ebay.
 
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Hotels! This game is great compared to Monopoly
 
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Mastermind was awesome. How did it end up so far down the overall rankings?
 
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Mastermind is a fun game. At least it makes you think. It's the hands down winner in this group.
 
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23. Board Game: Mausoleum [Average Rating:4.63 Overall Rank:7481]
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Cashflow 101, which I will immediately sell on eBay. cool
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I guess I'll just take the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and try to recapture some of that childhood fun.
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Cashflow 101, which I will immediately sell on eBay. cool


Precisely.
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I'm playing in a rock'em sock'em tournament this Friday night at a convention!
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Drew1365 wrote:
Cashflow 101, which I will immediately sell on eBay. cool


Same reason I picked it!
 
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24. Board Game: The Campaign for North Africa [Average Rating:5.07 Overall Rank:7224]
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Has to be Campaign for North Africa. Just so I can threaten people with it. Though I'm intrigued as to whether it can be played.
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Kings on the Corner . . . yeah, that was fun. But it can be played with a standard deck of cards.

Vampire Hunter always looked like some Ameritrash fun for kids.
 
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Campaign for North Africa is the game that got me interested in the Geek - I don't even own it, but the legends that surround it were enough.
 
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I've played Kings in the Corner a few times with regular cards and I remember it being tolerable. So I'll take that one.
 
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Campaign for N. Africa, as I have actually purchased this game.
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Campaign for N. Africa, as I have actually purchased this game.


Never has a post and a handle been more fitting.
 
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25. Board Game: Award Show [Average Rating:4.02 Overall Rank:7495]
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I hear Bibleopoly is a good Bible game. Anyone want a copy of Award Show? cool
 
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Award Show actually gets my vote as it has swankily dressed Monkeys and is an "Award Winning Game" I'm not sure I need a copy... but maybe I'll look you up next time I'm passing through Eau Claire!
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I hear Bibleopoly is a good Bible game. Anyone want a copy of Award Show? cool


I actually owned Bibleopoly for a while. I didn't play it, but I read the rules. It has properties like Monopoly, but instead of building hotels, you are trying to be the first to build your church. They have like 4 levels. The thing is you can't actually start your church until you commit an act of charity. (start somebody elses church or buy them a property, or pay their rent, or something) It seemed like it might have been interesting to try. But couldn't talk anybody into it. I almost kept it for the pieces, but wound up taking it back to the goodwill it came from.
 
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I haven't played my wife's copy of Bibleopoly yet, but I'm intrigued by some of the rules it has to make it shorter than the average Monopoly game. I'll keep that one.
 
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Most shocking low rating on this list: dungeonville!
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Dungeonville it is.
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Man I'm beginning to hate Derk...
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Thanks Derk for dropping my average rating.
I had played more than I wanted to admit much less rate.
On the plus side I will not complain the next time I have to play a game I rate a 6.
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Funny... my 26st game would be the same in this GeekList than in the other one: Scrabble!!
 
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As someone with three kids, this list presented some hard choices.
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These GeekLists have totally nailed Derk's true nature as an opportunist. I'm impressed.
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