Reply To: Let's talk about board games

The Goq:

people think since its a dice game its mostly luck this

is false there is a great deal of strategy involved

While you’re right in some cases, I don’t think backgammon is

one of them. Although how you play does matter, for two players

with equal levels of knowledge, it comes down to luck.

Here are 2 experiments you can try:

1. Play a good number of games against an opponent who agrees to

play as conservatively as possible, and see who wins more games.

2. Play a good number of games, recording how many times in each

game each player rolled a double 3 or more (unless they weren’t

able to move at all with it). See how many times the person who

rolled more of them won that game.

I play rather aggressively taking off many pieces

while risking having pieces open

Sounds like you might like push-your-luck games (or those that

allow for such a playing style). I guess I’ll add that to my list.

i like the one on one aspect and for

good or bad I am extremely competitive

Two-player strategy games (perhaps abstract ones like backgammon).

Already on the list.

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skripka:

i love scotland yard.

You might like Mister X, which is kind of a modernized version

which I’ve seen describes as “Fury of Dracula without the combat,”

and I know that one’s really well-thought-of. I don’t know much

about the game, but hidden-location games are on my list now.

never play battleship against

Anyone who’s figured out that you should simply cover the board in

diagonal lines, allowing more space between them once the smallest

ship is eliminated, if you don’t know this yourself.

Anyone who insists on… that goes >here.<

(Anyone at all. Play something else.)