Beyond Monopoly: The 15 Greatest Board Games Of All Time

By Queuebot in Toys on Oct 23, 2009 at 10:01 am

People often blanche at the thought of playing a board game, but that’s because they have only been exposed to the old "classics" that really aren’t worthy of the title due to poor rulesets that promote luck over skill. Here are 15 games that are probably superior to the old standbys like Monopoly, including Last Night on Earth, a zombie thriller:

Last Night on Earth is essentially a survival game. Participants can play as either the “Hero” team or the “Zombie” team. The objective is for one team to complete their “scenario objective”, thus defeating the opposite team. The game is designed to have a horror movie feel, and even comes with it’s own soundtrack!

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Timothy Johnson
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
This is one guy’s opinion. And while I might,agree with a lot of it, it might be more useful to get the whole list of every board game ever, top to bottom, aggregated by a large group of people, in which you can find 5583 games ranked better than Monopoly: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame
Tracie
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 10:51 am
Love Settlers of Catan, and I’m a recent newbie with Dominion. Apples to Apples is always fun with any age group that has basic knowledge of pop culture.

These are some great suggestions!
Abby
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
Apples to Apples is great. I still laugh when I think about the time I was playing with my sisters and mom and cousins. My mom was the judge and she picked “charging rhinos” as the best answer for “sexy”. Because of the horns.
Gauldar
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 11:50 am
RoboRally is a fun game, it’s based off those championships where guys build robots to trash each others. If you want a really good horror based board game, look up Betrayal at House on the Hill. The outcome is different each game since the board is made of tiles, and one of the players becomes a traitor where he is set against the rest of the gamers.
Alex
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Ah, I suck at the Settlers of Catan. When I play it, it’s more like the Sucker of Catan.
Gauldar
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Got wood for sheep?

Heh, I love that joke!
Vorple
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Two words: Cosmic Encounter.
Marcus
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
One word: Risk.
Hiddnfox
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I have ‘Last Night on Earth’ and I love it!!! so does my 6 year old. She’s a good zombie killer.
k8
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Alls I have to say is I’ll trade you two sheepies for some wood.
CelticCatEyes
Oct 24th, 2009 at 1:42 am
As the owner of about 90 board/card games, I can say such a list is almost impossible to make (highly subjective). Oddly, I do not own some of the games on that list.

I would recommend boardgamegeek.com if anyone is interested in trying to learn more about what is out there and building their own list.

I definitley agree with Pandemic and Settlers of Catan! And while I wouldn’t put Agricola near the top, my husband would call it number 1 or 2.
Joe Bison
Oct 24th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I’ll second Betrayal at House on the Hill. That game is amazingly fun especially because the second half of the game is always completely different.
drew2369
Oct 25th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I am amazed that Diplomacy did not make the list. This game is social and strategic at the same time, a rare combination.
erak
Oct 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
To Drew: Considering the bulk of games on this list are party games, I’m not surprised they left of Diplomacy, a game known for ending friendships.

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