Favorite games

Since more and more of you are either turning your back towards, or getting banned/suspended from the mighty database that is TOS, I opened this topic to learn your favorite games.

I think it would be best to just write down one or several TOP lists, of indifferent lengths, I don't care.

I will start out by posting one list per genre (war, AT, euro) with a length of 5 each:

War game
• Up Front
• Ambush
• Close Action
• Napoleon at Leipzig
• Thunder at Cassino

Ameritrash
• Battlestar Galactica
• Awful Green Things from Outer Space
• Fury of Dracula
• Wrasslin'
• Time Agent

Euro
• Primordial Soup (Ursuppe)
• Race for the Galaxy
• Galaxy Trucker
• Tom Tube
• La Citta

Schweig, is Galaxy Trucker really a Euro?

From watching a very detailed description of the game it appears to have a ton of luck involved and a lot of theme to go with it. I can't imagine being easily able to slap on some agricultural growing theme. It's one that I have high on my 'soon to buy' list because of the high luck factor in both pulling tiles and rolling dice of destruction.

Dune
Cosmic Encounter
Warrior Knights
Pax Romana
Galaxy Trucker
Nexus Ops
Hive
Arkham Horror
Acquire
The HellGame

I'm not much of a war-gamer (I'm not opposed to them, I just have very little experience of the):

War game
• Monsters Ravage America
• Star Wars Risk: Clone Wars
• Warhammer 40,000
• The Creature That Ate Sheboygan
• Starship Troopers

Some are Britrash, but that's just Semantics

Ameritrash
• Arkham Horror
• Descent
• Android
• Blood Bowl
• Space Hulk

I can only think of two I would ever play again, and one of those is an AT hybrid.

Euro
• Settlers of Catan: The Card Game
• Android
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Top Game Ever:

Fury of Dracula (FFG)

Wargames:
Awful Green Things (it IS a wargame)
Manoeuvre
ASL/SL
Freedom in the Galaxy
Valor & Victory (probably)

Ameritrash:
Cosmic Encounter
Dungeon Twister
Magic Realm
Legions of Steel (kicks Space Hulk's ass)
Dune

Eurogames:
Mall of Horror
Fearsome Floors
Carcassonne
Dracula
Return of the Heroes

Ameritrash:
Battlestar Galactica
Arkham Horror
War of the Ring
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
Warrior Knights (both)
Fury of Dracula (both)
Risk: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Fortress America
Shogun (Samurai Swords)
Axis & Allies (including variants)
Nexus Ops
Last Night on Earth
Robo Rally

Wargames (including AT-lite types):
Tide of Iron
Memoir-44
Wings of War
Lord of the Rings TMG Combat Hex

'Old School' / Classic:
Silverton
Kingmaker
Escape from Colditz
Formula-1
Acquire
18XX

Eurogames (that I'll actually play):
Power Grid
Age of Steam
Lord of the Rings
Princes of the Renaissance
Liberte
Die Handler
Puerto Rico
El Grande
Tikal
Big City

Wargames

* Twilight Struggle
* Hammer of the Scots
* Memoir '44
* Napoleon's Triumph
* Friedrich

AT
* Arkham Horror
* Titan
* Twilight Imperium
* Cosmic Encounter
* The Fury of Dracula

Euros
* Imperial
* Through the Ages
* Mare Nostrum
* Traders of Genoa
* Citadels

As I compiled this list I realised, with mounting horror, that most of my favourite games are actually high-interaction Euros. X(

MattDP wrote:

Wargames

* Twilight Struggle
* Hammer of the Scots
* Memoir '44
* Napoleon's Triumph
* Friedrich

AT
* Arkham Horror
* Titan
* Twilight Imperium
* Cosmic Encounter
* The Fury of Dracula

Euros
* Imperial
* Through the Ages
* Mare Nostrum
* Traders of Genoa
* Citadels

As I compiled this list I realised, with mounting horror, that most of my favourite games are actually high-interaction Euros. X(

We have noticed over the last few months that your fascade has been slowly slipping ...

Buuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrn the witch !

AmeriTrash:

Arkham Horror
The Hills Rise Wild
Mall of Horror
Battlestar Galactica
Fury of Dracula

War Games:

Divine Right
Starship Troopers

EuroGames:

Acquire

No Love for Chaos Marauders, Circus Imperium or any CMGS? Come on now people. LEts get our priorities straight...

Steve"Setting things aright"Avery

I'm not going to categorize...but here goes:
Axis and Allies (Not sure which variety. I like the original but the revised edition makes some needed changes and eliminates the early battles that would knock somebody out of the game by the 2nd or 3rd turn. I think of them all, Pacific is my favorite because it gives the most variation of moves)
The Fleet Series of Games (These was a set of games by Victory Games from the mid to late 80's. It was a more or less abstracted version of modern naval combat (you don't plot out every missile in excruciating detail). Of these, my favorite is 2nd Fleet because that is Tom Clancy land for the most part.)
The Crayon Rail Games (I like them all but I give the overall nod to Iron Dragon for it's foremen and ships. Gives a nice added touch to the game)
Twilight Struggle (I've only played it a couple times but it manages to capture the essence of the Cold War very well)
Settlers of Catan (I don't think I really need to say much about this one)
Samurai Swords/Shogun (Haven't played this one is a while but it's a nice diversion)
Eisenbach Gap (Don't have the others yet....but this one is a good simple version of "modern" combat. Reminds me alot of Firefight from the early 80's).
Axis and Allies Minis (I've played both the land and Naval minis. The nod goes to the Naval minis)

Some games that I think might have potential if I play more of them:
Panzer Grenadier (I only played the first couple Airborne missions. I think if I played some more of the other scenarios I might like this one more)
Flying Colors (Nice Age of Sail game)
Wooden Ships and Iron Men (I'd like to play one of the large fleet actions one of these days)

I loves me some WIN PLACE & SHOW. I'm such a whore for that game. Gamblin', whippin' the ponies, that's some good times there. SPEED CIRCUIT is a good game too.

My mostest favoritist game? ARKHAM HORROR. I could play that thing all day. Hmm. I could play that thing all day again.

I like BOGGLE too. I can come up with some humdingers in that game. I found d-e-r-r-i-n-g-e-r once.

TITAN is something else. That is the best strategy/tactics mix I've ever played.

Wargames (which I wanna get more into):
Hannibal: RVC
Warriors of God
Blackbeard (Avalon Hill)

AT:
Titan
Dune
BSG
Mall of Horror
SW: Queen's Gambit
Survive
Dead of Night
OGRE/GEV

Euro:
Tigris & Euphrates
Carcassonne
Settlers
RA

Potentials: Twilight Struggle (own, solo'd but yet to play F2F), Cosmic Encounter (1 of 2 Must Buys), 2 de Mayo (second Must Buy)

I would not call Galaxy Trucker a euro in the slightest. The second phase of the game, when stuff is coming at you is way random.

I like the game alot.

Now I just have to figure out where I put it/left it

Thaadd wrote:

I would not call Galaxy Trucker a euro in the slightest. The second phase of the game, when stuff is coming at you is way random.

I like the game alot.

Now I just have to figure out where I put it/left it

Thaadd, given the size and heft of the box how could you have misplaced?