What is the best boardgame ever ?

Answer 1

Monopoly... Besides the fun aspect, it taught you to spend wisely and to plan and build for the future. It either taught you to be a ruthless landlord or taught you to give the "little guy" a break.

Answer 2

The Starfarers of Catan by Klaus Teuber.
Available in the U.S. through Mayfair Games.
3 or 4 players, with a 5-6 player Expansion.

Answer 3

I want to turn people on to some great games that they've probably never heard of (because the games are European and aren't mass marketed in the U.S.).

According to those who play them, Puerto Rico is the best boardgame ever (and it is very good). Here is a list of the best (mostly) Euro boardgames rated by others like me who have discovered how fun they are: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=game&sortby=rank

Answer 4

Scrabble is my favourite sport, yet i imagine Mancala stands out as the perfect boardgame ever. it really is an historic sport of attitude that has been present day in a lot of cultures. it really is effortless to benefit, effortless to play, and a sport strikes alongside right now and could be complete in a jiffy. it really is outfitted to each age - I play it with my grandkids. it really is deceptively hassle-free, yet amazingly complicated. in case you do not have a sport you could make one from an empty egg carton and 36 or 40 8 pebbles. attempt it and also you'll see why it has withstood the try of time.

Answer 5

Monopoly, Rail Baron, Scrabble, Win Lose or Draw, Trivial Pursuit, Mah Jongg, Mousetrap, Green Ghost!!!!

Answer 6

I believe the best game ever should be Twilight Imperium 3 from fantasy Flight Games. It has every element that one might be looking in a game, from player interaction to strategy to economics to territory conquest to resource management to technological trees to battles between players using miniatures. Random events and political agendas are also there to increase the interest in a game that is not the same twice. I have given a shot to many different board games, both known and obscure and I have to admit that TI3 is the only game that I will be looking forward with anticipation tothe game day whenever I schedule it with my friends. Forgot to say that its only drawback is that it takes from 6 to 10 hours per game.

Answer 7

Monopoly

Answer 8

Monopoly

Answer 9

Chess because:Chess, perennially popular game of skill between two players, involving intense intellectual competition, with almost no element of chance. Each player has 16 chess pieces, one set being called White, the other Black. Each set consists of a king, queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks (or castles), and eight pawns. The game is played on a square chessboard, divided into 64 alternate light (or white) and dark (or black) squares, that is always placed between the players so that the corner square to the right of each player is white. The eight vertical rows of squares running from the front edge of the chessboard nearest one player to that nearest the other are called files; the eight horizontal rows that are at right angles are called ranks; and the rows of squares extending diagonally across the board are called diagonals.

Chess Board and Pieces A chess board consists of 8 rows of 8 alternately light and dark squares. There are 64 squares in total. Each player commands 16 pieces of 6 different types. Each type of piece can move in a certain way, either by rank (from side to side), by file (forward and back), diagonally, or a combination of these ways. Most pieces can move only along a path unobstructed by other pieces. Most pieces capture other pieces by moving into a square that the opposing piece occupies. Once captured, a piece is removed from play. The object of the game is to force the opponent's king into a position from which it cannot escape. This is called checkmate.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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The object of the game, which symbolizes warfare, is to capture—that is, “checkmate”—the opposing king. The defeated king is never removed from the board, however, as are the other pieces and pawns when they are captured. The basic rules and principles of chess are easily mastered, but the subtleties of advanced play require intensive study and concentration. Because of this characteristic, chess is one of the few games that everyone can enjoy; weak or inexperienced players will gain as many thrills and pleasures in games with opponents of their approximate strength as will two master tournament competitors.

Over the centuries chess pieces have been made in many forms, representational and abstract, and in a wide variety of materials. Wood or stone, ivory or bone, silver, gold, and bronze, alabaster, crystal, and china have all been worked by master artisans to produce sets of incomparable beauty and value. Modern chess, however, is primarily played with pieces of wood or plastic in the classic design known as the Staunton pattern, which was devised in the 19th century in Great Britain. So popular is chess that small portable sets are manufactured for convenient play when travelling; by the late 1970s technological advances made it possible for more and more players to pit their skills against sophisticated electronic computer games that simulate master play. The 1990s saw the growth of chess played across the Internet.

Answer 10

Monopoly and of course Clue for great fun