Board games closer.

In this post post I would like to talk about board games generally and I am going to concentrate on modern games.
What is board game every one know, but probably not everyone know that that not all games are simple and easy, there are games without dice... :) There are even games without board:)
More about common components you could read here.
There is many categories of games:

• Abstract logical/strategy games (Chess,Checkers, Go)
  
• Eurogames (German style games), like The settlers of Catan, Power Grid
  
• Race games (Backgammon)
• Roll-and-move games (Monopoly, Life, Talisman known in Poland as "Magia i Miecz")
  
• Wargames (Risk, Memoir'44, Tide of Iron)
  
• Word games (Scrabble)

My favorite one is Eurogames and Wargames.:)
But this categories are not only one way to discribe games, there is also clasyfication similar to this in video games. (Strategy, Economic, Takctic etc.)

What is magic in board games? In my opinion this is nice intellectual effort with friends, you could make some special atmosphere to play some particular game.. some horrors for example could be played in half dark rooms in light of candles.. :) Have I mentioned friends? :) It's really good time, a way better then playing video games or watching tv. It's enough funny to make break during programming or work. For example 30 minutes of Bluff (Liar's dice)
Most games could be played during 2h, but some could be played for 8 - 10 hours! My favourites are these witch duration are about 2-3hours, but maybe I would be able to play Civization , my dream game(picture on the right).
The best team for playing consist of 3-4 people and for such amount of players most of the games are designed, but anyway there is a lot of games for one or more then 4 players, everybody could find something suitable.
I mostly play with my girlfriend (1vs1) and it still generates a lot of fun:)
However, there is some games like The Settlers From Catan which is designed for 3 or 4 players, but this was our first game and we wants to play instantly, without searching someone more, few minutes with google and catching! I found custom rules for 2 ppl.! Try to do this with World of Warcraft:D

But there is some dark sides of board games, they're quite expensive, mostly price are starting from 90 pln and ends on 250 pln. But the most common price is 129 pln. Of course it's nearly imposible to pirate such game:) But there is some way to do that, not recommended for games wihitch you could still buy, but there is some situation when you can't(games are able to be out of print like books:( ). I had such situation with my Bluff, my girlfriend wants this game very mutch and only way I found was Photoshop and TADA! (picture on the right)
I have to buy 31 dice's and some optional cups for players, game is ready. 30 minuts of fun, cost 30pln :)

If you want start playing board games, try some games before with some already geeked friend or even in board games shop. More info about where to buy or play here.
For those ppl. who are interested there is some guys home site about games with a lot of video podcast and games demos(here).
On this the most famus board games portal ever, you culd find top list of best games, it could be helpfull during choosing your first and other games, but you have to remeamber that 1st place on thist list is not equal to your staisfaction. At every forum you could find big topics about choosing your first game, as I mentioned above, my first game was The Settlers Of Cottan and I think that it was good choice. By first game i have on mind games other then games bought before I become geek:) But about my collection I would like to talk in the next post.

For the dessert I will disclose my favorite game:)
bon appétit!

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