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Trivial Pursuit 'cause I love knowing stupid things that mean nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Scrabble 'cause it's Scrabble

Does Battleship count? If so, that's my #3. The strategy was fun to mess with.

I used to like Mouse Trap as a kid 'cause it was fun to put together and destroy.

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Settlers of Catan is interesting too.

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Played this once, didn't get it and didn't have a good time.

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also my favorite, although I've always use it as a euphemism for choking the chicken.

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Oh if we're going with simple very well-known board games then I choose Stratego. I was really, really good at that game for some reason, had like a .900 winning percentage growing up.

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My background is in gaming, so I have played all of those and more. As far as a favorite, I would have to say Advanced Civilization, because the trading aspect is really interesting. Unfortunately, it is hard to play for the same reason. I like the 18xx train games, too.

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Connect 4.

I totally own at it (Evan has won prop bets on me), it's simple, and it's one of the pure 100% strategy games. I hate luck games because dice and cards and wheels always screw me over.

I also really like Mastermind and Pente for similar reasons.

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I like Cranium cause it can be fun with a bunch of teams.

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Used to be Statis Pro baseball for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statis_Pro_Baseball

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Used to be Statis Pro baseball for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statis_Pro_Baseball

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YESSSSS, awesome. I was mostly a Statis Pro Basketball freak though (and IIRC they had a decent football version too). Oh man I'm must have run the 1986 NBA Lakers-Celtics Finals That Never Happened about 100 times as a kid, and then later bought the 92-93 season which had "classic" teams on the back of the cards. But it was someone giving me baseball as a gift that got it all started.

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Chess + Go - two of my hobbies. Both are deep games that reward strategic thinking and can be enjoyed on several different levels. I also enjoy reading about + studying the games. I'm a geek, I admit it.

For family style games, I do like the aforementioned Settlers of Catan. Lots of interaction between players, and it rewards thought + strategy without being offputting to potential opponents who may not be as into games as I am. Much better than the traditional 'roll your dice, move your piece' family games.

I also like Ticket to Ride - very simple rules, and another game that rewards planning + strategy without being intimidating.

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Axis and Allies has always been my favorite too and the computer version makes the game go much faster. Risk, chess, Settlers of Catan, Trivial Pursuit are all good.