Board Games

[COMaestro]

Ninja'd regarding Betrayal at House on the Hill. Up to 6 people can play and you are playing a character that is exploring an old house. There are room tiles that you draw when you go through a door, so the house is created on the fly. Depending on the room, you draw one of three types of card when you enter for an event to occur, to find an item, or to find an omen. If you find an omen, you have to roll dice to see if the Haunt begins. If it does, you check a book to see which Haunt occurs, at which time (usually) one of the characters becomes a traitor (not necessarily the person who rolled) and tries to accomplish some objective, which the other characters need to stop. There's about 70 different Haunts, so the games all end up different. A ton of fun, with games usually lasting about an hour.

The Fury of Dracula is one I had a lot of fun with in high school. One person controls Dracula and then up to three others play the hunters after him. Draclua moves throughout Europe trying to create more vampires while the hunters try to stop him. Had a good time playing this one as well.

Fortress America was another classic, though out of print and very hard to find now. The world decides they are tired of America so invade to take it over (everyone but Canada, apparently). So the map is just the United States with invaders coming from the West, South and East, attempting to capture the major cities. Plays similar to Axis and Allies, but there's no money, for the invaders, reinforcments are point based until you run out of pieces (American player keeps the killed pieces) and the American player gets cards each turn with bonus ones for retaking cities. It's really hard to win against an experienced American player, but it's really hard to play and win as America if you aren't experienced

Lots of other fun games I could go into (usually out of print). I'll just leave a list: Quest for the Magic Ring (LotR based), Space Hulk, Talisman, Munchkin card games, Blood Bowl (Warhammer football), Nuclear War (card game).

 

[J.McMillen]

Hmmm.. seems to be the place to ask...

Anyone know a game that's like the old Heroquest board game?
As much as I'd like to get a copy of the original for some nostalgic amusement, I'm not quite willing to pay upwards of $250US on ebay for it.

Er...Advanced Heroquest

I sold mine on ebay a little while ago and got about £25 for it, so it probably won't cost that much.

Also there are old Amiga and probably DOS ROMs of the computerised versions. Not sure how they compare to the board game though.


Finally for the OP. Dunno if you count it as a board game, but Space Hulk. It's out of print and only 2 player but a lot of fun. 1st edition can be picked up relatively cheaply with 2nd and 3rd getting progressively more expensive, primarily because the models packaged with them got more fancy.

Actually both Heroquest and Advanced Heroquest existed. I should know, I still have both. And no, they aren't for sale.

BTW, I've heard that Star Trek Catan is great alternate version of Catan.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Actually both Heroquest and Advanced Heroquest existed. I should know, I still have both. And no, they aren't for sale.

Really? What system was Advanced Heroquest on? I might like to pick that up.

 

[Naeras]

I love board games. My girlfriend loves board games. My family loves board games. 95% of my social circle loves board games. Soooo, yeah, I've played a lot of them. Here's some stuff that might be worth checking out if you want:

Dominion
It's basically a card game where you choose which cards are available each turn, which in turn means most games will be different depending on which combos are available and which cards you acquire. Easy to get into, plays fast, and is really fun.

Carcasonne
Each player draws tiles from a box, and use these tiles to build a massive landscape with cities, roads and other stuff, and try to get more points than their opponents. Great fun.

Ticket to Ride
Build railroads all over [insert geographical location here]. It's one of the best for-all-ages-games I can think of.

Fluxx
This.. is probably the most random card game ever. I can't really describe it, basically because the nature of the game is to screw up the rules and the goals for the game constantly. It's fun, though.

Munchkin
It's a tabletop RPG parody that's not really a tabletop RPG at all. It's all about getting treasure, leveling up and being a dick. You kind of need to be somewhat nerdy to enjoy this, but considering you're posting on this forum, it might be worth a shot.
Also, see Chez Geek and Ninja Burger for similar games with different settings.

Cosmic Encounter
One of those weird games that are way easier to get into than you'd first expect. It's mostly a game about strategy, diplomacy and zapping people with cosmic rays. It plays a lot faster than other, somewhat similar games too, so it's never really boring, and the ability to change races adds some spice to each individual turn.

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
This is one of those "you're putting off an entire evening to play a round of this"-games. You don't need to be familiar with the series to enjoy it, however, but interestingly enough it does capture several important aspects of the series. The entire game is basically "two or more people are Cylons(aka evil murder-robots that look like humans), but you don't know who, and since everything is played face down it's gonna be a cat-and-mouse game to find them". It's all about subtlety and mindgames, and it's great. It takes all evening to play a round, however, so be prepared to sit down and play for four hours.

Settlers of Catan
Already mentioned in the OP. And yeah, it's great fun. You should try it.

Cards Against Humanity
The game describes itself as "A party game for horrible people", which is a very accurate description. And that alone should spark your interest. It's great fun in the right setting.

There you go, you should have some options now.

 

[J.McMillen]

Actually both Heroquest and Advanced Heroquest existed. I should know, I still have both. And no, they aren't for sale.

Really? What system was Advanced Heroquest on? I might like to pick that up.

They are tabletop games, not video games.

Heroquest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/699/heroquest

Advanced Heroquest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1758/advanced-heroquest

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Actually both Heroquest and Advanced Heroquest existed. I should know, I still have both. And no, they aren't for sale.

Really? What system was Advanced Heroquest on? I might like to pick that up.

They are tabletop games, not video games.

Heroquest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/699/heroquest

Advanced Heroquest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1758/advanced-heroquest

OK, I believe there has been a misunderstanding here.

Jaythulu asked if there was a similar board game to HeroQuest. I suggested Advanced Heroquest. My reasoning being, well...it's kind of in the name.

I then went on to mention that there are ROMS of the Heroquest computer game available.

I am guessing you thought that I was "correcting" Jaythulu when I said advanced HeroQuest, and thus "corrected" me. Then I assumed you were telling me that there was also a computer version of Advanced HeroQuest.

So, in summary, Yes, I know HeroQuest exists, I know they are both board games.