Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 54

Geek Syndicate
You really don’t like Monopoly, do
you?
No, it’s dreadful. I did like
Cluedo though, and Mouse Trap,
even though we could never
build the trap in a way that actually worked.
Bet your wet afternoons were fun
then.

Wait, permanent?
Yes, like writing in names for
places, or borders, or cities.
You also destroy some cards
from the decks, enact some
special rules but not others
and generally do all sorts of
things you’re not supposed to
with games. After ten games
you’ve got a completely customised and unique game
board that you and your
friends have created and can
continue to play your version
of the game on.
That just sounds...crazy.
I know, right? But this the
point I’m trying to get to - as a
form of social entertainment,

Board Gaming is more exciting as it’s ever been. It appeals
to a wider group of people,
with a wider range of cost and
time needed to play, from the
small to the sprawling. There
has never been a better time
to get some mates over, open
the snacks and beer, and get
playing.
Right, I’m in. Where do we start?
Well, first, we need to make
more friends…

Matt Farr
Editors Note: Images of
board games being played
taken from boardgamegeek.
com and used in meeting
with the licence applied
there to these images.

Image © Barnes & Noble, MTV 2012

I’d rather have had access to
the games we have now. Actually if you did have a regular group, there are games
that reward regular partners.
Some are like Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, where you have
a character and play scenarios, gaining experience that
you carry on to the next game.
It’s very much a hybrid of
old-school Fantasy Roleplaying and modern board gaming mechanics. There is also

Risk: Legacy, where gameplay
makes permanent changes to
the game board…

There’s a vast number of board games out there to try. Don’t let Monopoly stop you from having fun with friends!

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