British Expatriate Network

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Do you play board games and card cames? Will family games feature in your lives this week? And if so are they a chore or a pleasure? We have almost every game known to mankind -they overflow a 6-foot bookcase- and will probably play most of them over the next couple of weeks. The whole family likes playing board and card games. I was brought up on Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Canasta, Crib, Rummy and Whist. (And a game called Shipping, which I can't find anywhere, not even on ebay). We had an Atari system when we were kids, but it never really held the same interest as the non-electronic games. My dad used to keep a "games book" with records of everybody's wins and high scores in every game (what do you mean "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree"?), and it was always more satisfying to get a new high score in Scrabble than on that one on the Atari where the burglar drops the bombs and you have to catch them in a bucket of water. Although that was quite amusing at the time.

And while I'm on the topic, does anyone have Settlers of Catan or Carcassonne? What do you think of them?

Carcassone is an excellent game. We played it in Germany a few times and I have bought it for my wife because she loves games and we had no idea it is available here until I saw it by chance.

thanks

Dont play as much as i used to, we play card games when Melanies folks come to visit .

I have a uk set of monopoly which is rarely used cant get anyboby to play unless its the short game ( thats not for me)when i play i usually win . I play chess but rather badly .

I dont play computer games very much except for f/f which has become a habit i have 7 teams this season .
soccer i gave up as im not in touch with most of the teams and chose players poorly .

I have Risk, Monopoly and Escape from Colditz.

I like board games but rarely play them. Card games are ok.

Generally, I just play the card games on Xbox Live if I want to play other people - UNO and Texas Hold 'em Poker are pretty good - you never lose the cards or have to clear up with video game versions either.

Escape from Colditz....now there's a great game. They probably don't make that any more do they?

Speaking of games they dont make anymore I used to play play one of those moronic bored as hell games called "wack a mole " i cant find it anymore lost in transition on a upgrade i quess .

I loved that game when I was a kid. After googling for it, I found this little gem: "Sorry, but if you're looking for Escape from Colditz, the license to produce the game has now been sold by the copyright holder to a US company who are stopping any versions of the game being produced ahead of a potential film release."

Found it here:

http://www.gibsonsgames.co.uk/familygames.shtml

It's pretty pricey on ebay too

Got mine on ebay in great condition. We'd had it for years growing up and then I stupidly swapped it for some Star Wars figures when I was about 13.

Think it was about £25 plus shipping from UK but that was about five or six years ago.

I have Escape from Colditz - my mum bought it for me one Christmas when it was my favourite tv programme. I think I only played it a couple of times. I had no idea it was so sought-after. It' definitely an original.

I was thinking of getting Settlers of Catan for hubby but I've put it on hold for now.

I am really hoping I can get the family to play some games this Christmas.