Some of my favorite board games. Which were your favorites?

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ilazul@reddit

fireball island, hero quest.

I sold my HQ stuff for a ton of money a while back, but will never get rid of fireball island. Absolutely love that game.

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alexsummers@reddit

Do you have a pic of that for nostalgia? Loved fireball and hotel

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LeftOn4ya@reddit

I’ll do you better - watch this Board James “review” of Fireball Island: https://youtu.be/xYfZZBIQkr8

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alexsummers@reddit

Wow you have revolutionized my nostalgia thank uou

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freedraw@reddit

Avalon Hill has been releasing all the HQ sets with updated minis the last few years.

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Roscoe10182241@reddit

I’m in my mid 40’s and still play a couple rounds of fireball island each year at Christmas with my brothers and teenage son. Each game ends with us all furious at each other. It’s the best.

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I accidentally left my copy behind when my family moved right after I finished High School. I’m still sad about that. (Although if it were still at my parents’ house, my nephews probably would have trashed it by now.)

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ilazul@reddit

that stinks. They remade the game, but they modernized it a bit and I think it's too fiddly.

I love the old one, that giant molded plastic board is amazing.

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LeftOn4ya@reddit

Restoration Games made some changes to “modernize” it to add more strategy and had 2 versions- The Curse of Vul-Kar is a bit bigger and even more strategy, and The Race to Adventure is slightly smaller but is easier (and cheaper). Both are more expensive than MSRP of old games even counting inflation, but cheaper than eBay prices for old games now. See a post I made comparing the two

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LeftOn4ya@reddit

They remade both of those games. Hasbro/Avalon Hill brought back HeroQuest almost as it was. Restoration Games made some changes to “modernize” it to add more strategy and had 2 versions- The Curse of Vul-Kar is a bit bigger and even more strategy, and The Race to Adventure is slightly smaller but is easier (and cheaper). Both are more expensive than MSRP of old games even counting inflation, but cheaper than eBay prices for old games now.

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GaracaiusCanadensis@reddit

Forbidden!

My favourite was Battle Masters.

Ogre Move, Ogre Attack!

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Kim_Wexler8336@reddit

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Tacothekid@reddit

We never did get the mouse trap to work in, uh...Mouse Trap...

Never heard of the Forbidden Bridge; Life has been screwing me over as long as I can remember; been "Getting into Trouble" just as long, and it ain't fun, either!

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noonesaidityet@reddit

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noonesaidityet@reddit

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noonesaidityet@reddit

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noonesaidityet@reddit

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KillRobotsSuperior@reddit

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Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur was the best

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Shaolinchipmonk@reddit

Followed by Shark Attack

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KillRobotsSuperior@reddit

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l0sth1ghw4y@reddit

Fireball Island!

Also, one time as a teen I was at a friends house and we were playing Life, four of us, and the friend wound up with every single spot in his car filled with kids. As he’s moving his piece it tipped over and all his kids spilled out so he decided his in-game guy had an accident from drunk driving and the kids that fell out got taken away by CPS. We all thought it was hilarious and kept on playing. Good times.

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bwreier55@reddit

Stratego, Payday, Dynamite when I was younger. When I was older it was Axis and Allies, Fortress America, or Shogun

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panteragstk@reddit

The only one I don't currently play with my kids is trouble.

I don't think I've actually ever played it that I can remember.

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JoshDunkley@reddit

Mouse trap? Has anyone ever actually completed a game? I cant count how many times we set it up, played with the trap, and then got bored and put it away.

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COV3RTSM@reddit

The only day you had all the pieces was the day you unwrapped it.

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nofateeric@reddit

zero clue how to play lol

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AndromedaGreen@reddit

We just used to see how high we could make the seesaw guy fly.

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foozebox@reddit

it was the journey not the destination

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

I wanted mouse trap for the longest time and never received it as a gift. Years later I played it at someone’s house and was greatly disappointed.

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waywardviking208@reddit

Mouse trap was the coolest game conceptually till you spent ten minutes seeing it up to watch a marble roll around. I’m still nostalgic about it more than the others

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soopirV@reddit

Gotta be the original though! I bought the new version for my kids and it SUCKS!! The game play is insipid and the trap is crap.

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Vegskipxx@reddit

When I was young there was a kids game show on TV where kids competed on a life-size replica of the mouse trap board game.

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BeardiusMaximus7@reddit

Our Mouse Trap game became a playset for my Monster in my Pocket collection

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jamabastardinit@reddit

What!? No fireball island?

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aimademedia@reddit

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LeavesOfBrass@reddit

That was my first thought based on the first pic. Sure enough, same publisher.

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Podwitchers@reddit

Sweet Valley High board game. I was obsessed. Anyone else remember it?

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The-pfefferminz-tea@reddit

I was going to say this! I had a friend who had this game and we played this all the time. So much fun. Even though she always got to be Jessica because it was her house. 😆

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Podwitchers@reddit

Haha, I used to want to be Lila! IIRC, no one ever wanted to be Enid 😅

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thisisnotme78721@reddit

my grandma got me Which Witch? for my maybe fifth birthday. then when my nephew was about the same age, I got him and me copies on eBay. it's silly but super fun with kids

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icanith@reddit

My mom would of said something about the devil and forbid me from hanging out with you.

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thisisnotme78721@reddit

awwwh

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

Mouse trap, but the pieces didn't last long before lost so we made a lot of our own traps

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SteveEcks@reddit

Crossfire!

"You'll get caught up in the... CROSSFIRE!!"

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soopirV@reddit

My friend had that, and all I can remember about it is hurt knuckles. Was that common with that game?

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SteveEcks@reddit

My brother and I played it all the time. I have no recollection of knuckles hurting.

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soopirV@reddit

Maybe we just threw the targets at each other…thanks for clarifying though!

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Stsberi97@reddit

Legendary tv commercial for Crossfire.

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

Those BBs were way too easy to swallow 🤣

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

Weapons and Warriors! It was fun until I lost all the little red balls.

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icanith@reddit

You had a good childhood clearly!

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Elegant_Maximum@reddit

Oh hell yeah. I still have it and my wife and I will play every so often.

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icanith@reddit

Hungry hungry hippos is missing. I feel sorry for your childhood.

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MarkyGalore@reddit

I played Life with my 8 year old nephew and at the final rolls he said, "I'm bored" and I agreed because it's a boring game.

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MarkyGalore@reddit

Did you actually play Mouse Trap? i've never known anyone who liked or even actually "played" that game.

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daughtersofthedragon@reddit

My friend used to have this game called Elixir when we were kids. I always wanted to play it at her house. I bought a vintage one recently and I love it.

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DateCard@reddit

Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and Hungry Hungry Hippo

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geese_moe_howard@reddit

Escape From Atlantis

Lost Valley Of The Dinosaurs

Go For Broke

Treasure Hunt

Mysteries of Old Peking

Key To The Kingdom

Ghost Castle

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No-Artichoke-1912@reddit

Good call on Key to the Kingdom. No one knows what I’m talking about when I reference it.

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geese_moe_howard@reddit

I remember it taking forever to play.

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Kijin777@reddit

Weapons and Warriors, Crossbows and Catapults when I was older. Mouse Trap, The Grape Escape, Pizza Party, Monopoly, Candy Land, Pop-O-Matic Trouble and Sorry when I was younger.

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Anyone else into board gaming as an adult? I love Wingspan, Codenames, Power Grid, Sagrada, etc.

We are in a board game renaissance!

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

In the same vein as mouse trap, I always loved playing The Grape Escape Game.

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PhoneJazz@reddit

🎵 that’s the way you do it when you play the Grape Escape

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

OMG! YES!

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Spectre_Mountain@reddit

I got pretty good at setting up Mouse Trap as an adult….

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KillRobotsSuperior@reddit

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KillRobotsSuperior@reddit

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

Fire Ball Island. Hero Quest. Crossbows and Catapults. Torpedo Run. Risk

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Ph4ntorn@reddit

I’m really into modern board games now, but as a kid, my favorites were Upwords, Mall Madness, Superfection, Hungry Hippos, Rack-O, Boggle, and a Monopoly knockoff called Pittsburgh in a Box (because I grew up in Pittsburgh). I also liked playing with the components for Mousetrap and Cootie.

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

My partner and I started playing Rack-O and it is one of our favorites!

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Ph4ntorn@reddit

I haven’t played it in a long time, but I should see if my parents still have a copy because I think I’d still enjoy it, especially with my kids. Another game you and your partner might enjoy is Tranquility. The goal is still putting cards in order, except it’s cooperative instead of competitive.

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AmericanWanderlust@reddit

Forbidden Bridge was fun. I feel like Mouse Trap always fell apart when you tried to get the ball rolling - like the entire structure just collapsed. I really liked some game called "13 Dead End Drive" with Aunt Agatha or something like that.

https://www.dadsuggests.com/home/13-dead-end-drive

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nowhammystop@reddit

Anyone else play this one?

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Malekith_is_my_homie@reddit

Heroquest

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plotholesandpotholes@reddit

HeroQuest, Mutant Chronicles and of course Battle Masters.

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

13 dead end drive!

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

This was such a fun game as a kid.

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just-be-whelmed@reddit

Always wanted that one but we never got it! Same with the Forbidden Bridge game.

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

Forbidden Bridge was one I always wanted as well.

I forget the name, but there was a game where you moved little penguins up an iceberg that I really liked too. At least that's how I remember it.

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DeschainSWNC@reddit

Key to the Kingdom

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LeftOn4ya@reddit

The Mad Magazine Game. It is the opposite of every other game in that you try to loose all your money. Just make sure never to play if your name is Alfred E Newman - and don’t play on a Tuesday.

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Trixxstrr@reddit

Crash Canyon!

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ButtplugSludge@reddit

Holy shit! Thank you for unlocking this memory!

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Due_Book3232@reddit

It From the Pit!

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Zsirhcz1981@reddit

Life, Parcheesi, Risk, and Monopoly were our most popular family board games.

Then we quit playing for about 10 years…. Then we started up again with Catan and Ticket to ride.

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ShibaInuDoggo@reddit

Fireball Island

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Vegskipxx@reddit

Ghost Castle. The glow in the dark skull was so cool

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Groundbreaking-Good7@reddit

Quicksand !!!

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cellrdoor2@reddit

Connect 4 or Battleship.

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Cozmo525@reddit

Fireball Island or Crossfire

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universe-zen@reddit

Crossbows and Catapults

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westcor@reddit

Ghost Castle! Its kinda obscure but great for this time of year with kids.

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BeardiusMaximus7@reddit

Crossfire!

What happens when you take air hockey and trade the paddles for a marble gun? CROSSFIRE! It was a blast for like the first two or three times and then eventually all the marbles went missing.

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garygnu@reddit

Good- Clue: Master Detective, Life, Tripoley, Scattergories.

Later- Axis & Allies, Diplomacy.

Please no- The Ungame.

Obscure- Hotels, Solarquest.

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loptopandbingo@reddit

Diplomacy is for when you have a lot of time and you want to lose some friends

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garygnu@reddit

It works best via email with strangers over many weeks.

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Piccoloshis_Island@reddit

This game was great. It said "Chitchen Store" instead of "Kitchen Store" which made it extra fun. We wound up using it as a playset half the time.

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SteveEcks@reddit

It took me far too long to realize that Trouble and Sorry! we're basically the exact same thing, and the tamer rip-off versions of Aggravation at that.

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OldBanjoFrog@reddit

Party, Pizza Party

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singleguy79@reddit

I had Mouse Trap but I usually only set it up to see if it worked and then never actually played it

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SonSuko@reddit

Oh, this popped up in your YouTube feed also?

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Lil_ah_stadium@reddit

Mouse trap was my favorite

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ryhoyarbie@reddit

I liked Trouble, Guess Who, and Sorry. People can get competitive at board games.

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ImitationCheesequake@reddit

When I was really young always loved Hi Ho Cherry-O and Candyland. Connect 4 was always a rainy day recess favorite of mine too. When I got older I really got mostly into HO slot car tracks but still love Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit.

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just-be-whelmed@reddit

Ooh forgot Candyland on my list. We loved that game!

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Ryuujin_13@reddit

For one brief, glorious few months, I had a fully functioning ‘Torpedo Run’, and it was great. It was huge and broke easily, but still amazing when it was working (and the board wasn’t warped).

Also, honest question: has anyone actually played Mouse Trap? I mean, we all built the machine, but has anyone played the game? I had it for years and could t tell you a single thing about the rules.

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Mother_Echo4502@reddit

I still had my copy of Trouble from the 80s and started playing with my kids, they promptly lost the pieces.

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just-be-whelmed@reddit

Enjoyed a lot of board games as a kid. Ask Zandar, Talking Girl Talk, Life, Clue, and Sorry were some favorites. Monopoly too but that involved a commitment. lol