Fun topics: whats your favorite game board, card, or videogame

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I don't know if this will count, but I have fond memories of my family playing CandyLand.

I believe we had the 1970's version, and as a kid, I wished the board and all its treats would come to life, because I wanted to dig right in!

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"Gum Drop Pass" was always my favorite.

But for as cheery and bright as all that candy appeared, I always suspected that the house at the end had a Hansel and Gretel vibe. As much as I wanted to win, I was also convinced a wicked witch was waiting there to gobble me up.
I loved this board game as a kid it was always so fun to break out and play it
 

cinder

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I was an intellivision kid and spent quite a few hours playing various intellivision games ( the Minotaur one especially. Night stalker and the cloudy mountain one also got played a lot, and utopia and subhunt).

Currently on my computer I have the following board games (or at least their computerized equivalents since I usually want to play games more than there are people around to play games with):
Terraforming Mars
Wingspan
Splendor
Munchkin
Root
The tree (I think it was a board game thing, I've never played the board game but it was like $1 and that's about what it is worth)

Other honorable mention boardgames are:
Sherlock holmes consulting detective ( I think there are 4 of them now)
Commissioned ( early church themed game that plays like reverse pandemic as you try to spread churches across the roman empire)
Castles of mad king ludwig


As for computer games:
Ori and the Blind forest is a good 2d platformer

and I've found I rather like good point and click games with a humorous story and that aren't too obscure about what you're supposed to do
The sam and max series and Deponia games stand out there for me
and though I no longer have it on my computer, plants vs zombies still holds a special place in my heart
 
May 14, 2002
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I was an intellivision kid and spent quite a few hours playing various intellivision games ( the Minotaur one especially. Night stalker and the cloudy mountain one also got played a lot, and utopia and subhunt).

Currently on my computer I have the following board games (or at least their computerized equivalents since I usually want to play games more than there are people around to play games with):
Terraforming Mars
Wingspan
Splendor
Munchkin
Root
The tree (I think it was a board game thing, I've never played the board game but it was like $1 and that's about what it is worth)

Other honorable mention boardgames are:
Sherlock holmes consulting detective ( I think there are 4 of them now)
Commissioned ( early church themed game that plays like reverse pandemic as you try to spread churches across the roman empire)
Castles of mad king ludwig


As for computer games:
Ori and the Blind forest is a good 2d platformer

and I've found I rather like good point and click games with a humorous story and that aren't too obscure about what you're supposed to do
The sam and max series and Deponia games stand out there for me
and though I no longer have it on my computer, plants vs zombies still holds a special place in my heart
Awesome list one of my fav point and clicks was shadow gate and that game the torches always had my heart racing and as if ya don't die a ton in that game already your always searching for more torches lol
 

Lynx

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Not me, I loved Squall Leonhart! And also, not a popular opinion, but I preferred FFVIII over FFVII.



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Y'know I actually saw an article on why the gunblade would be impractical in real life.

This was not when the game was released. This was a RECENT article. Somebody is desperate for column material.
 
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Oh man, it's so hard to pick just one favorite! I’m a sucker for retro NES games, but recently I’ve been getting into some fun math games on math playground too. They’ve got some brain teasers that are just as addictive as the old school stuff. Mixing things up a bit!
 

enril

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For myself, anything with a good story. A video game with a great story is like a book that you can walk around in and explore all the side stories (or not) as you will.

For parties, something that's not 3D. I know, I know, all the great party games are full 3D these days. But it gives some people motion sickness and they can't join in the fun.
have you ever played the ur-quan masters? it is free on steam or for download. it has an amazing story. I have gone through and beat the full game 3 times. it was released 35 years ago, this year it is getting a sequel.

the Flare: Empyrean Campaign is a top-down, 2-d isometric role-playing game. it has amazing music, a good story, by that standard, but the final ending is locked behind the boss. so difficult (really as difficult as he should be, modern games bosses are too easy for the story behind them) but the boss is so ridiculously hard that I have not actually ever beat him.
 

enril

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I agree a great story is what makes it that more enjoyable like final fantasy series has been one of my favorite RPGs that and legend of the dragoon the story is what makes those games awesome
I played some of ff1, 2, and 5 or 6.
 

enril

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Legend of Zelda, links adventure and link to the past I liked the most ocarina of time was alright just got lost alot major as mask I hated that timer for the moon lol but I always liked the story's but trying to keep track of the time line was a mind boggle lol
did you hear that botw was deleted from the timeline?
 

enril

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Ocarina of time was the one I really loved, though I didn't get to play the one you describe. I played the ones on the first Nintendo too. Not as fancy but not as heavily steeped in paganism. I rather felt disappointed on one of the old ones, though, that you were supposed to go find out the secret path through the forest. Well, wouldn't you know that I found it by accident just by screwing around exploring early on. Rather spoiled it.
I have not played any oft he 3-Ds except botw and totk, I prefer link to the past, and the minish cap. mario rpg is cool too.
 

Lynx

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has anyone played warzone 2100?
Are you talking about the RTS with tanks and howitzers, oil wells and energy bars?

If so, yes. Kind of a trite story, but interesting gameplay. The "New Paradigm" voice-overs were nice. "You are in contravention of the New Paradigm."