'Axis And Allies' vs Risk: What is the best board wargame in the world?
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Hello Everyone! I have both Risk and the Original Axis and Allies games and we play both frequently since we are in the military. I must agree with Greg, when it comes to the differences. Risk is the childrens version of Axis and Allies. While their is strategy involved in Risk, Axis and allies requires much more strategy and money management to be successful. We play risk on friday nights because its a quick way to have a war and end it in enough times to head out drinking. Once a month around noon, we play Axis and Allies, and it lasts pretty much the whole day when we have someone new playing. When all of our experienced players show up, it lasts the weekend. I have a rule to where you can be the same country twice in a row. It changes up the results and gives everyone the chance to learn the stragies and styles of all fo the countries. I have seen the allies win more than the Axis, but i have seen the Axis destroy when the right people have control of them and if they act swiftly. Both games are fun, but ill have to say that if you are looking to have wars that will give your friends a real reason for saying things like " Down With America!" then Axis and Allies is a must!
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Race for the Galaxy is also a deck building game, so similar principles apply. This game is themed on space travel and conquest, so it different. I would not consider it better or worse, but both Dominion and RftG are good games. Dave Boardgames4us
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One of the best locations I have found for alternate language instruction sets for many games is boardgamegeeks.com
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I looked at the board pictures online and they all look pretty tame and boring compared to TTR-Europe. The central section of the Eastern side of the board is similar to the other game board options (Asia, Africa, the Original), with long stretches, few double tracks, and not much use of locomotives or tunnels to lay tracks. Europe is by far the best.
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You cab download the instructions on the hasbro website, and there is a optional variant in the files section of trouble on board game geek that makes the game actually fun and strategic it is a must download if you are an adult and want to play. http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/95461/trouble-variants-add-a-little-strategy-and-speed http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/trouble.pdf
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Race for the Galaxy is also a deck building game, so similar principles apply. This game is themed on space travel and conquest, so it different. I would not consider it better or worse, but both Dominion and RftG are good games. DaveBoardgames4us
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Start with Forbidden Island. If you like it and would like to step up, Pandemic is the way to go. Adding the On the Brink expansion to Pandemic brings even more thrills with a hidden terrorist player, who battles against the rest of the players.
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Hi and Happy Holidays! There are a ton of games. The regulars like sudoku, backgammon, checkers, chess, chinese checkers, battle ship, tile games, lots of word games, dominos, etc. Just look at the list. What makes it a lot of fun is the avatars that talk and make comments.
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I think it looses some of its features but my husband and I have tried it. I would recommend Dominion or Love Letter if you want to play with two players. We seem to favor those for the two of us. Munchkin Deluxe is still one of our favorite overall games though. :)
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W&W Family is the best edition when playing with young kids. The questions make sense to a 5 year old, the game does not use poker chips (there is no gambling), and the rules are the most simple of all three editions. The original W&W is a little more complicated than the other editions. It incorporates the excitement of Vegas by including a felt mat that has different payout odds for each of the guesses. The questions in this edition are the most academic of the three options. It was designed as a party game for adults. None of the content is inappropriate for kids, but some of the questions are about things which they will not have heard of (like Michelangelo's David sculpture, Copernicus theory of the Earth revolving around the Sun, or Martin Luther King's I have a Dream speech). W&W Party is a combination of the other two editions. The rules are very simple (like the Family edition), but you are allowed to bet your poker chips on the last question. The questions are lighter than the original W&W (some of them are very silly), but they are not geared for kids. This edition was designed to play with all three generations over the holidays. It was designed to get people interacting and having fun as quickly as possible. This is the edition I would recommend for your family. You won't regret it! Cheers! Dominic Crapuchettes Designer of Wits & Wagers and Say Anything
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I would recommend the non-beginner one. The adults in my family are addicted to it as well as all the kids. Would recommend. All the Think Fun games are great.
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This is a fantastic starter game and is pretty typically the game that gets everyone into gaming. Ive never met a board gamer that hasn't played it, it's kind of the gateway game. Games like this require reading all of the rules, however I typically watch YouTube for quick game rules whenever my friends and I are about to get into a new game. The Tabletop Channel with Wil Wheaton is probably the best for learning a new game and the videos are funny!
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I have played it many times with 2 players. It is a little less cut throat and a little more strategic because the board changes a lot less with just two players in between your turn. I would recomend it as a 2 player game.
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It depends on how many people you have playing at the same time - if you are looking for sheer player expansion either Intrigue or the Dominion Base Cards set would do the trick. If you are a newer player definitely go with Intrigue first, then as you grow more accustomed to the game I'd go with Prosperity, Seaside, Guilds, and Dark Ages though not necessarily in that order. Honestly I do not believe there is a wrong answer as far as the best expansion.
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I'm not familiar with the board game version, but electronic is very portable. For a board game I'd recommend Imaginiff, my family loves it and we often play several rounds because it's so much fun and keeps us laughing for hours.
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One of the extensions has provision for military takeovers (it is not the first extension). I have played that only once and it seemed to skew the game too much toward focussing on military, but in a 4 or 5 player game, you could still win if you are the only one fucussing on consumption because the takeovers only apply, I think, to military worlds.