Yes... board games, and anything that doesn't require a gamingconsole. I know that many of us aren't social, so a get together with friends to play a game as a group activity might be a rare event for some of us.
Still; does anyone play any (non-digital, so bascially, analog) games from time to time?
While I don't have numerous games around, mostly because of space reasons, I'm willing to say that I prefer said games more than playing videogames. To me, it requires active rules enforcing (which might be interesting/good for an aspie and/or control freak, it might be a good excercise even), a bit of social interaction, anticipating on rather random events... and it's usually a good way to kill a lot of time (which I should add, I don't do just out of boredom; but looking at it, I've spent anywhere from 2 minutes up to 8+ hours on a single game).
Clearly there's a few types of games one can play ranging from Role playing (Dungeons and dragons), quizzes (Trivial pursuit), card games (ranging from Poker up to Pokemon, Magic: The gathering and the like), tabletop wargaming (Warhammer, Hordes etc.), Strategy (Risk, Stratego) and "roll and go" (Monopoly would be a good example). Quite sure there's more than just these types.
As for myself; I "actively" play some card games and wargames with my friend quite regularly. Every now and then I'll end up playing card games with my girlfriend (and no, I'm not talking strip poker)
- Magic: the gathering about 13 or 14 years now (including some tournaments across the country)
- Pokemon, which I can excuse myself of, since I dated girls that were really into it, heh. And the game in terms of mechanics and all, it's quite solid IMO.
- Warhammer 40.000 (should convince my friend to start Warhammer Fantasy as well, heh)
I used to play a lot of Trivial pursuit (which... I somehow should; seeing I have 6 editions of that game around, lol). As a kid I prefered Stratego and Risk over card games which were the game of choice of my mom, since she didn't understand those strategy games rules. "roll and go" I do like from time to time if it at least has some interesting elements to it... I never got into Dungeons and Dragons (or any other role playing games), maybe because it requires setting up appointments and being with a lot of people instead of just 1 vs. 1 games.
Currently I'm thinking if I should invest in Arkham Horror, the game itself looks like fun, and I could technically play it on my own.
So any other boardgamers here? Any recommendations of good board games I might look into? Any pro's and/or con's?
Still; does anyone play any (non-digital, so bascially, analog) games from time to time?
While I don't have numerous games around, mostly because of space reasons, I'm willing to say that I prefer said games more than playing videogames. To me, it requires active rules enforcing (which might be interesting/good for an aspie and/or control freak, it might be a good excercise even), a bit of social interaction, anticipating on rather random events... and it's usually a good way to kill a lot of time (which I should add, I don't do just out of boredom; but looking at it, I've spent anywhere from 2 minutes up to 8+ hours on a single game).
Clearly there's a few types of games one can play ranging from Role playing (Dungeons and dragons), quizzes (Trivial pursuit), card games (ranging from Poker up to Pokemon, Magic: The gathering and the like), tabletop wargaming (Warhammer, Hordes etc.), Strategy (Risk, Stratego) and "roll and go" (Monopoly would be a good example). Quite sure there's more than just these types.
As for myself; I "actively" play some card games and wargames with my friend quite regularly. Every now and then I'll end up playing card games with my girlfriend (and no, I'm not talking strip poker)
- Magic: the gathering about 13 or 14 years now (including some tournaments across the country)
- Pokemon, which I can excuse myself of, since I dated girls that were really into it, heh. And the game in terms of mechanics and all, it's quite solid IMO.
- Warhammer 40.000 (should convince my friend to start Warhammer Fantasy as well, heh)
I used to play a lot of Trivial pursuit (which... I somehow should; seeing I have 6 editions of that game around, lol). As a kid I prefered Stratego and Risk over card games which were the game of choice of my mom, since she didn't understand those strategy games rules. "roll and go" I do like from time to time if it at least has some interesting elements to it... I never got into Dungeons and Dragons (or any other role playing games), maybe because it requires setting up appointments and being with a lot of people instead of just 1 vs. 1 games.
Currently I'm thinking if I should invest in Arkham Horror, the game itself looks like fun, and I could technically play it on my own.
So any other boardgamers here? Any recommendations of good board games I might look into? Any pro's and/or con's?
I understand there could be newer games, so, if you know any new games, feel free to teach me a few, King_Oni. 
