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What are your favorite/most underrated games of all time?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Two Sandwiches, Oct 21, 2003.

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  1. RunninRaven

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    I LOVED this game! My brothers and I used to play it all the time when we were little. I had completely forgotten it existed until I read your post.

    As for the other old school board games, Operations was some truly sweet cob. Was there ever a board game that taught real life skills relevant to the game? Meaning, it was a board game simulating a doctor performing surgery. The main skill you needed was steady hands. It taught that (or tried).

    Chutes and Ladders sure as hell wasn't teaching me any life skills.
     
    #41 RunninRaven, Oct 22, 2003
  2. mr_gootan

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    My friends and I used to skip class to play Sweet Valley High.
     
    #42 mr_gootan, Oct 22, 2003
  3. Austin70

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    I know an overreted game. Any Knick - Heat game from the the 90's. But the only good thing that came out of it was JVG humping Zo's leg.
     
    #43 Austin70, Oct 22, 2003
  4. A-Train

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    Uno sucks...way too much luck involved with Uno. Yahtzee sucks, too...far too repetitive...Monopoly also sucks, even more so when you have too many people playing and nobody can get a monopoly, so the game goes on for eternity.

    I always thought checkers was underrated. People think of it as a dumbed down version of chess, but there is actually quite a bit of strategy involved...
     
    #44 A-Train, Oct 22, 2003
  5. AstroRocket

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    Damn straight.
     
    #45 AstroRocket, Oct 22, 2003
  6. Castor27

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    Just went to ToysRus last weekand took them up on the buy one get one free game offer. I ended up buying my 3 year old CandyLand, Chutes N Ladders, memory and a couple of other newer games. i also bought my nephew Mr. Munch. all of those are classic good games.

    My personal favorites were Monopoly, Clue, Hungry-Hungry Hippos, and Trivial Pursuit (although no one would play with me because I memorized a ton of the cards).

    I also played Crossbows and Catapaults. We didn't really play by the rules we just built stuff and shot it down. I was pretty damned good with the crossbow.
     
    #46 Castor27, Oct 22, 2003
  7. twhy77

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    My girlfriend is addicted to that game. You aren't related to my girlfriend are you?
     
    #47 twhy77, Oct 22, 2003
  8. Rip Van Rocket

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    Does anyone remember this game from the 70's. Its called NFL STRATEGY. I still have this game.
     
    #48 Rip Van Rocket, Oct 22, 2003
  9. MR. MEOWGI

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  10. Kam

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    I liked Don't break the ice, and Ants in my pants. There was this other game with a winter related thing.


    Ants in my pants was this game where you flicked ants into a pair of pants shaped like a bucket. I loved flicking the ants all over the place.


    I don't know what game this is called. It might be don't break the ice, or the other game I am going to describe might be it.

    In this game, you wet a paper towel, and then you would proceed to drop marbles on the paper towel. When the paper towel broke, you lose.

    This other game was you would fit some "ice cubes" on this table, and the center of it was this bigger square with this penguin, or a snowman on it. You would take turns taking a hammer and knocking out one square at a time. If the center piece fell out, you lost. I thought that game was fun.
     
    #50 Kam, Oct 22, 2003
  11. underoverup

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    Battleship and Connect 4!
     
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  12. Kam

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    What is the name of this game?
     
    #52 Kam, Oct 22, 2003
  13. Just B

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    Some of my favorites:
    Cooties
    Don't Spill the Beans
    Monopoly
    LIFE
    Guess Who?
    Mall Madness (I know it's a girls game, but my sister had it and I loved playing that thing)
     
    #53 Just B, Oct 22, 2003
  14. TheFreak

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    pencil break
     
    #54 TheFreak, Oct 22, 2003
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    I remember it. One of my favorites. That is until I learned of the existence of Strat-O-Matic (Football, Baseball, Basketball and Hockey)

    [​IMG]
     
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  16. Two Sandwiches

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    I have no clue.:(
     
    #56 Two Sandwiches, Oct 22, 2003
  17. candycane

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    What about Old Maid, Trouble, Go Fish, Operation, and Hot Shot Basketball? Just trying to think of some that haven't been mentioned.
     
    #57 candycane, Oct 22, 2003
  18. candycane

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    Oh and Trivial Pursuit. I was so happy when they made Junior Trival Pursuit.
     
    #58 candycane, Oct 22, 2003
  19. Apollo Creed

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    Don't Break The Ice was awesome. You'd just hit these little plastic ice cubes and hope that you didn't break it enough to where the little purple guy sitting in the chair didn't fall through.

    And no love for Mouse Trap? Well, it certainly seemed great in theory. It was kind of like a very unsatisfiying sexual experience. There's this huge buildup, playing through the whole game, just waiting to set off that series of traps that ultimately ended with the cage falling down....and when it finally did...

    It was kind of a letdown.
     
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  20. Just B

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    Oh yeah, your name just reminded me of another one: Candy Land!
     
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