Cheap Entertainment - Board Games and Cards

[tinapbeana]

Re: Cheap Entertainment - Board Games and Cards

oooh, i have mancala and really enjoy it!!! drives DH nuts b/c he never wins

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Re: Cheap Entertainment - Board Games and Cards

Tina,

I thought about Magic the Gathering but let's face it, that's not a frugal way to go because you end up buying/collecting the cards. My kids just found my wife and I's old box of those cards. That is a nice game because you can play a couple of hands in under an hour.

I was never to a convention but I was the proud owner of the original D&D set, prior them going AD&D.

AD&D becomes frugal because you end up having no life, just playing every weekend, never going out and meeting the opposite sex, LOL.

It reminds me of this "serious group" I played with once - every Friday and Sat. night, from 7:30 to 3:30 a.m. Hey, man, I love AD&D too but after 4 hours, enough is enough. . .saw that game break up a couple of marriages.

I had an idea for an online game that you would only play 15 minutes/day - I'd call it "World Politics" Every morning in your email, you'd run a country and the "World Master" would send you events that you had to deal with - collapsing currency, military build-up on your border, etc and you respond.

Fun stuff, LOL. Probably already is a game out there like that.

[threebeansalad]

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We're fans of Settlers of Catan.

[tinapbeana]

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so many gamer geeks here, who knew!!!

i was about the only person at the company that wasn't really into the games (although age of empires and sim city both tried to suck me in). i'd leave the office at about 8p and everyone else would just be getting set up for a lan session. come in the next morning, and sure enough they'd still be there, asleep at their desk or on the couch, or sometimes still playing.

ah, the good old days, when mountain dew flowed freely and everyone had stock options and dreams of going public.... remember that tech bubble that burst? yeah, got some on me... still own 25000 shares of nuthin'

[shelbylovesmelby]

We play monopoly, Yhatzee, computer games mostly Mahjong is one of our favorites besides the other standards like solitare.

[cschin4]

I was looking at the Settlers of Catan the other day. It has good reviews. But, I was wondering if the video generation would have the patience to play such a game. We have also been play poker with chips but that is probably not the best thing I should be teaching the kids!

[tinapbeana]

I was looking at the Settlers of Catan the other day. It has good reviews. But, I was wondering if the video generation would have the patience to play such a game. We have also been play poker with chips but that is probably not the best thing I should be teaching the kids!

actually, i think in a lot of ways poker can be an excellant money lesson. it's a very real experience in the concepts of risk and reward when it comes to how you handle your money: nothing is worse than going all in the first hand, loosing everything, and having to watch everyone else play the next hour...

[cschin4]

Yes, the kids like to play with chips. Actually, black jack is quick and easy. I don't care for Texas Hold em. I like the 5 card draw better.