Comments on: Beyond Monopoly: The 15 Greatest Board Games Of All Time

By: erak

erak — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:34:10 +0000

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.

By: drew2369

drew2369 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:21:38 +0000

I am amazed that Diplomacy did not make the list. This game is social and strategic at the same time, a rare combination.

By: Joe Bison

Joe Bison — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:22:03 +0000

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.

By: CelticCatEyes

CelticCatEyes — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:42:30 +0000

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.

By: k8

k8 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:39:54 +0000

Alls I have to say is I’ll trade you two sheepies for some wood.

By: Hiddnfox

Hiddnfox — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:18:05 +0000

I have ‘Last Night on Earth’ and I love it!!! so does my 6 year old. She’s a good zombie killer.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:12:40 +0000

One word: Risk.

By: Vorple

Vorple — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:31:19 +0000

Two words: Cosmic Encounter.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:42:46 +0000

Got wood for sheep?

Heh, I love that joke!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:23 +0000

Ah, I suck at the Settlers of Catan. When I play it, it’s more like the Sucker of Catan.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:50:07 +0000

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.

By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:01:18 +0000

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.

By: Tracie

Tracie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:51:46 +0000

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!

By: Timothy Johnson

Timothy Johnson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:25 +0000

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