November 19, 2016, 11:21 am
![What Historical Figure Would You Bet On In A Poker Game?]( "What Historical Figure Would You Bet On In A Poker Game?")
Because there's nothing better for you to do at work today (besides play online poker), now seems like the perfect time to discuss how historical figures might fare in a WSOP tournament style. To get a little more specific, how the historical figures Bill & Ted collect in the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure would fare in a poker tournament.
For those of you unfamiliar with Bill & Ted (how dare you), they are a couple of slackers who travel through time in a phone booth to assemble a dream team of historical figures to aid them in their final oral presentation for their history class. Along the way, they encounter some of the most important historical figures of all time and then unleash them into the unsuspecting city of San Dimas where they cause general havoc among the present-day citizens.
Why Bill & Ted, you may ask. Well, positing how historical figures would fare playing poker seemed like an awesome idea and the majority of people who seemed really cool to pit against each other were already acquainted through the Bill & Ted universe, hence the idea to put them all at a Texas Hold 'Em table and see what happened once the cards flew.
For the sake of creating odds, some criteria we applied to the players, mainly that even though poker wasn't played in a modern-day style until the early 1800's in the U.S., that all the players would have a working knowledge of the game and some of the strategy involved. To be fair, the exact origins of the game are largely unknown with theories of its creation possibly traced to China c. 900 A.D. and to the French game "Poque" in the 15th century. Point is, all these competitors, for the sake of the poker tournament, would know how to play seven card Texas Hold 'Em.
What Historical Figure Would You Bet On In A Poker Game?,
Abraham Lincoln
Notable as: one of the finest American Presidents of all time
Potential Pros:
- He was a great decision maker who wasn't afraid to take a chance on something he believed in
- Able to quickly and efficiently weigh the pros and cons of a hand (knows when to hold 'em, knows when to fold 'em)
- Had a commanding presence and a piercing stare that would greatly enhance his ability to bluff if not for the fact that...
Potential Cons:
- He was known as HONEST Abe. How can a guy known as Honest Abe possibly bluff? Or maybe that's just what he wants you to think...
Odds: 8-1
Genghis Khan
Notable as: emperor of the Mongol empire
Potential Pros:
- Guy is fearless. He'll call somebody's bluff just to make sure nobody makes him look bad
- Does anyone want to cross a man who commanded a horde as they conquered Asia?
Potential Cons:
- He's a hothead; might make ridiculous bets when bluffing
- Might not be able to go the length of the tournament without breaking for food and women
- Would he have any semblance of a poker face or just throw his club up when he's dealt good cards?
Odds: 50-1
Joan of Arc
Notable As: French revolutionary commander who saw visions from God
Potential Pros:
- If she really is down with G-O-D, maybe he can whisper things about the other players' cards in her ear
- Spent a lot of time with the men in the French army and may have acquired some card playing skills in that time
- Does anybody really expect to lose to a girl?
Potential Cons:
- Only one woman has ever won a WSOP Main Event and that was at the inaugural WSOP Europe event (HOWEVER, the winner, Annette Obrestad, was just a day shy of her 19th birthday, so maybe that's a good age to win this sort of thing)
- While the peasant turned military commander DID lead the French army to several victories, she was convicted of insubordination and burned at the stake at 19, so maybe the decision making skills aren't all there
Odds: 20-1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Notable as: piano virtuoso
Potential Pros:
- Went deaf at the end of his life, so won't need any pesky headphones to drown out the rest of the competitors
- Germans have historically been known to be pretty ruthless, so he might just get crazy on the competition
Potential Cons:
- Was pretty obsessed with playing and composing, so might knock out early to carry on with that
- Can you honestly even fathom this guy being interested in poker?
Odds: 60-1
Napoleon
Notable as: legendary French army commander
Potential Pros:
- Had a lot of time on Elba and Saint Helena to play card games since his wife and kid remained on the mainland
- Guy wins at all costs. He's considered one of the greatest strategists of all time – military or otherwise – and routinely commanded his outnumbered troops to victory
- Makes it a point to find a way out of sticky situations (like being exiled to an island) to rise triumphant
Potential Cons:
- He's a hothead who likes to get his way. If he lost a clutch hand or two, he might dig his own grave
- Is he tall enough to see over the top of the table?
Odds: 4-1
Sigmund Freud
Notable as: the father of modern psychiatry
Potential Pros:
- Can effortlessly read everyone at the table and will know when people are bluffing
- A man of science, he'll likely play the odds successfully
- Probably bluffs like a champ
Potential Cons:
- Seems like he'd engage in a lot of table talk. Rude?
- Do snooty, intellectual types really take time away from books and acts of derision to play a lot of poker?
- Might be conservative with betting and miss out on big pot opportunities
Odds: 2-1
Socrates
Notable as: one of the founders of Western philosophy
Potential Pros:
- He's a thinker, which means he's not going to make any rash decisions when it comes to his cards
- Pioneered the concepts of irony and the scope of knowledge. So not only can he bluff well by throwing some shade at the other players, he knows that there's only so much he can know about what he and the other players know (about cards, at least)
Potential Cons:
- Thinking too much can hurt your chances of bluffing and tell your opponents a lot about your cards. It can also lead to folding or pushing in when the time's not right
Odds: 40-1
Death
Notable as: the last man you'll ever tango with (he's the Grim Reaper)
Potential Pros:
- IF YOU BEAT HIM HE CAN KILL YOU
Potential Cons:
- He is apparently an awful game player when it comes to anything but chess. He loses to Bill & Ted at Battleship, Clue, Electronic Football, and Twister before finally conceding defeat
Odds: 30-1
(note: yes, Death is not technically a historical figure, but come on, he's more interesting to have in the mix than the Princesses)
Billy the Kid
Notable As: Gun slinger, outlaw, general bad ass
Potential Pros:
- Dude is from the Old West where poker was THE thing. Literally, poker the way it's played in its modern form was invented on the river boats of Louisiana and the bars of Old West towns like Deadwood and Tombstone
- He killed his first man when he was 15, so the other players might want to avoid being on his bad side by winning
- Probably excellent at cheating
Potential Cons:
- Professional killers can be hotheaded; might push in at the wrong time
- The literacy and education rate at the time was low, so he may not have full command of the odds
Odds: 5-2
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November 19, 2016, 12:01 pm
![The Best Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard Regiment]( "The Best Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard Regiment")
Which Regiment will have the shiniest boots and win the voting?
Listing the best Imperial Guard Regiments of the 40k universe. Add items if you feel any are missing. Vote on your favorite Regiment/Commissar. Text and images from the awesome 40k Wiki.
Warhammer 40,000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K, WH40K or simply 40K) is a tabletop miniatures wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science-fantasy universe. Warhammer 40,000 was created by Rick Priestley in 1987 as the futuristic companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle, sharing many game mechanics.
The Best Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard Regiment,
31st Harakoni Regiment, the Helldivers
The 31st Harakoni Regiment, the "Helldivers," fought in the multi-military campaign against the various enemies of mankind during the Fall of Medusa V in 999.M41. They fought against Tau forces throughout the campaign on the Mining World of Medusa V.
12th Mordian Armoured Regiment
The Mordian 12th Armoured are a fine example of the customary discipline and rigourous drills of the Mordian Iron Guard. They are a regiment comprised of 15 companies, each consisting of 13 Leman Russ Battle Tanks, with the command tank in each company a rare variant of the mighty vehicle, such as a Leman Russ Vanquisher or Leman Russ Executioner. The crews of the 12th are trained to an exacting standard, and understand their roles and duties well enough to require only the most cursory supervision by their tank's commander. This, at least, is the theory. The Mordian 12th are untried and untested except in the mock battles of their training, fought through the cavernous holds of the troop transport Deliverance during the regiment's transit to the Calixis Sector. Recently moved from the reserves muster on Kalf to the eternally-dark battlegrounds of Nox on the Spinward Front, the 12th have yet to face more than a brief skirmish, against enemies wise enough to withdraw in the face of the brutal might of an Imperial armoured regiment. While each is a veteran of the constant conflicts on their homeworld, their skills as vehicle crew are still fresh from training, and have not yet been tempered by the realities of battle.
Tallarn Desert Raiders 3rd Regiment, the Desert Tigers
Fought throughout the Macharian Crusade (392-399.M41) alongside the 4th and 5th Tallarn Regiments. Subsequently it was all but destroyed fighting under the command of the Imperial Warmaster Solon. On the planet of Kallastin the regiment took part in a hard but successful war against mutant human rebels, receiving a commendation from the Inquisition.
Tanith First-and-Only
The Imperial Guard regiment known as the Tanith First and Only, officially called the Tanith 1st Regiment but better known as "Gaunt's Ghosts", is a regiment that was raised from the world of Tanith in the Sabbat Worlds Sector. The regiment has been heavily engaged in the combat to retake the Sabbat Worlds from the Forces of Chaos during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The regiment's nickname originally came about as a result of the name of their commanding officer, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, and the disenfranchised status of the original Tanith soldiers after their homeworld was destroyed.
1212th Valhallan Regiment, Cold Bloods
The "Cold Bloods" were raised for service during the Eastlight Nebula Wars, but their first battle was among their last. With their supply and logistics lines overstretched, only one in every three Guardsmen in the 1212th were issued a Lasgun. Their first mission saw a forced-march across the frozen and toxic wastelands of Triox against a larger force of Traitors. Despite their survival skills, only half the Ice Warriors made it across the plains to assault the Traitors' flank. Once again displaying the sheer tenacity of the Ice Warriors, many of the Valhallan Guardsmen recovered weapons on the fallen and in the end decisively defeated the enemy forces.
Armageddon 16th Steel Legion
In 776.M36 the 16th Armageddon Steel Legion Regiment put down a rebellion by a Chaos Cult on the world of Cassell called the Way of the Emperor's Flesh in less than 6 hours.
9th Vostroyan Firstborn Regiment, the Old Irascibles
Earning their name the "Old Irascibles" through hundreds of battles, the vaunted 9th Vostroyan Regiment served for three and a half centuries during the late 41st Millennium. The 9th Vostroyan became one of the most veteran formations in the Segmentum Obscurus, before finally meeting their match on the world of Nimbosa. Around 790.M41, the 9th Vostroyan defended the Imperial world of Nimbosa against the Tau's effort to expand their burgeoning alien empire and annex the world. The Vostroyan regiment heroically sacrificed themselves to a man defending the factory city of Polia. Inspired by the Vostroyans' sacrifice, the populace refuse to submit to the Tau Empire. Reformed after their destruction on Nimbosa, the 9th Vostroyan once again met their ultimate fate during the Fall of Karak Prime in 998.M41. They held the hive city for 18 months against the brutal onslaught of a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Moloch, valiantly facing a Tyranid swarm that stretched from the base of the city's walls to the distant horizon. With the onset of midwinter, and with the rapid depletion of ammunition and supplies, the 9th Vostroyan knew that they were doomed and vowed to sell their lives dearly. Only when the bulk of the Tyranid swarm had passed into the city did the regiment detonate its nucleonic stack, incinerating the hive, its defenders and an estimated 85% of the Tyranid swarm. With the coming of midwinter, the few surviving Tyranid organisms eventually starved to death and the splinter fleet was entirely defeated.
8th Cadian, the Lord Castellans Own
The soldiers of the Imperial Fortress World of Cadia form the Cadian Shock Troopers regiments of the Imperial Guard, famed throughout the Imperium for their skill and discipline.
The 8th Cadian is comprised of approximately 8,000 Guardsmen divided into roughly 24 companies, led personally by the Cadian Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed during the 13th Black Crusade.
1st Elysian Drop Troops Regiment
This Elysian Regiment is a part of Ultima Segmentum's strategic reserve of Imperial Guard Regiments waiting for rapid deployment against any emerging threat to the Imperium. The vaunted 1st Elysian Regiment has a long and glorious tradition, having fought in the Emperor's cause across the galaxy; including having fought against heretic rebellions around the Eye of Terror, the Orks of WAAAGH! Urgok and Eldar pirates in the Barbarius Sector.
83rd Death Korps Infantry Regiment
The "inspirational founder" of the modern Death Korps, Krieg's 83rd Imperial Guard regiment was commanded by the legendary Colonel Jurten at the onset of the planet's civil war when he initiated the "Purging," the nuclear armageddon unleashed upon his homeworld that turned Krieg into a ravaged Death World, which later served to shape the character of its people forever.
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October 17, 2016, 11:31 am
![The Best Board Games for 4 People]( "The Best Board Games for 4 People")
Board games are some of the most classic ways to pass with the time with family or friends. It's an easy and cheap activity to set up for everyone and can keep a number of players occupied with fun for hours on end. Some of the most popular board games are classics that have been around since the invention of board games, while others are newer and bring new twists to the genre of games. Which board games for 4 players are your favorites?
This list is geared specifically for if you have four people playing. Vote up all of your favorites on this list, and if there's a four-person board game that's your favorite and isn't listed here, feel free to add it. Let your voice be heard to see which board games are most beloved by the Ranker community.
The Best Board Games for 4 People,
Power Grid
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Dominion
Small World
7 Wonders
Eldritch Horror
Lords of Waterdeep
Carcassone
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November 19, 2016, 3:11 am
![The Best Board Games For 6-8 Players]( "The Best Board Games For 6-8 Players")
Six to eight player board games are some of the most classic ways to pass with the time with a large group of family or friends. They are an easy and cheap activity to set up and can keep everyone occupied with fun for hours on end. Some of the most popular board games are classics that have been around since the invention of board games, while others are newer and bring new twists to the genre of games. Which board games are your favorites?
There aren't many 6-8 player board games, as the majority of them only support up to five players. But this list is geared specifically for if you are looking for board games for 6 players or more. Vote up all of your favorites on this list, and if there's a board game that's your favorite and isn't listed here, feel free to add it. Let your voice be heard to see which 6-8 player board games are most beloved by the Ranker community.
The Best Board Games For 6-8 Players,
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Shadows Over Camelot
Tsuro
7 Wonders
Cash N Guns
The Resistance: Avalon
One Night Werewolf
Citadels
Colt Express
Telestrations
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November 19, 2016, 9:41 pm
![The Best Strategy Board Games]( "The Best Strategy Board Games")
Board games are some of the most classic ways to pass with the time with family or friends. It's an easy and cheap activity to set up for everyone and can keep everyone occupied with fun for hours on end, especially when strategy is involved. Some of the most popular strategy board games are classics that have been around since the invention of board games, while others are newer and bring new twists to the genre of games. Which strategy board games are your favorites?
Vote up all of your favorites on this list, and if there's a strategy board game that's your favorite and isn't listed here, feel free to add it. Let your voice be heard to see which strategy board games are most beloved by the Ranker community.
The Best Strategy Board Games,
Chess
Power Grid
Settlers of Catan
Risk
Carcassonne
Ticket to Ride
Civilization
Dominion
7 Wonders
King of Tokyo
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November 20, 2016, 2:03 pm
![The Best Classic Board Games]( "The Best Classic Board Games")
Board games are some of the most classic ways to pass with the time with family or friends. It's an easy and cheap activity to set up for everyone and can keep everyone occupied with fun for hours on end. Some of the most popular board games are classics that everyone has played, like Scrabble, Monopoly, and Chutes and Ladders. Which board games are your favorites?
This list is geared specifically for board games that have stood the test of time and are still some of the greatest board games to have ever existed. Vote up all of your favorites on this list, and if there's a classic board game that's your favorite and isn't listed here, feel free to add it. Let your voice be heard to see which classic board games are most beloved by the Ranker community.
The Best Classic Board Games,
Chess
Cluedo
Draughts
Jenga
The Game of Life
Trivial Pursuit
UNO
Yahtzee
Risk
Battleship
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November 8, 2016, 12:31 pm
![The Best 2 Player Board Games]( "The Best 2 Player Board Games")
Playing board games is one of the most entertaining ways to pass time with family or friends. It's an easy and cheap activity that provides fun for hours on end. Some of the most popular board games are even great for just two players. Not every game is going to be Which board games are your favorites for two players?
Whether it's you and your son or daughter, you and a friend, or you and an old man in the park, 2 player games can be just as fun as some of the best party games. Think of the hours of fun you've had playing Guess Who, Battleship, and chess. You don't always need 4-6 players to turn a boring afternoon into a fun one with a board game.
Vote up the best board games for two players below, or add your favorite 2 person board games to the list. Then grab a friend (just one) and break out one of these awesome board games for 2 players.
The Best 2 Player Board Games,
Backgammon
Chess
Go
Guess Who?
Lost Cities
Mancala
Carcassonne
Battleship
Dominion
Small World
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November 21, 2016, 5:51 am
![The Best Trivia Board Games]( "The Best Trivia Board Games")
A list of entertaining trivia board games, ranked by game lovers and trivia nerds alike. This list features the top board games for all ages to play, which also test your trivia knowledge on countless fascinating topics. While classic board games are fun, the added element of showing off your trivia skills can bring even more excitement to a game night with friends or family. Think Trivial Pursuit is the only trivia game worth your time? Think again.
There are lots of awesome trivia board games for adults and kids that cover many different areas of interests. Whether you love movie trivia, know everything about the 80s, or can rattle off minutiae from history and world events without a second thought, the seriously fun board games on this list are sure to make for a successful (and educational) game night.
What are the best trivia board games of all time? Trivia games ranked on this list include Cranium, Scene It?, Trivial Pursuit, Wits and Wagers, and many other enjoyable games that will test your knowledge of a vast array of subjects and teach you interesting facts about almost anything you can think of.
The Best Trivia Board Games,
Cranium
Trivial Pursuit
Wits and Wagers
Pub Trivia
Loaded Questions
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
Smart Ass
Jeopardy
Scene It? Movie Deluxe Edition
Would You Rather?
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![The Best Point-to-Point Tabletop Games]( "The Best Point-to-Point Tabletop Games")
On boards of games with point-to-point movement, there are certain spots that can be occupied by markers or figurines, e. g. cities on a map. These points are connected by lines, and movement can only happen along these lines. It is not enough that two points are next to or close to each other; if there is no connecting line between them, a player cannot move his or her piece from one to the other.
The Best Point-to-Point Tabletop Games,
Arkham Horror
Fury of Dracula
Pandemic
Notre Dame
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October 29, 2016, 1:01 pm
![The Best Poker Apps for iPhone]( "The Best Poker Apps for iPhone")
Want to ante up on some gambling fun, but don't feel like bluffing your way through a real-life social interaction? This is a list of all the best poker apps for iPhone or iPad, with links to download the games from the Apple App Store. Wanna play cards in real time with live people all around the world? Or would you rather stick to multi-player poker at private tables with your own friends? This list includes the top rated apps for every skill set, from beginner to seasoned professional, from the official World Series of Poker app to Zynga Poker. While Texas Holdem is, by far, the most popular poker variation available for an iOS app, some listed offer other versions of the classic betting game, like Five Card Draw and Stud Poker.
What are the coolest, most fun card apps for iOS? The highest rated games in the App Store have flashy graphics, exciting tournaments, and smooth instant game play with easy instructions, internal chat, and real prizes. This list ranks the top rated free online poker games as well as those paid apps that offer in-app purchases. If you want an app to play cards for real money, well, too bad, because that is illegal in the US. Vote up your favorite mobile poker apps to see them move up the list.
The Best Poker Apps for iPhone,
PokerStars.net Free Poker - Play Money Texas Hold'em Game
Poker LIVE!
Texas Holdem Poker
Gamentio 3D
VIP Poker
TX Poker - Best New Free Texas Holdem Poker Game
World Series of Poker - WSOP Texas Holdem Free Casino
Zynga Poker - Texas Holdem
Poker™
Live Holdem Poker
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![The Best Traitor Tabletop Games]( "The Best Traitor Tabletop Games")
There are many games with what can only be described as the Traitor Mechanic. In some games, such as Mafia, treachery and deceit are central to the game; you are trying to discover each person's role, with not much else on top of that. In other games, it's more of a subtle feature, usually involving variable win conditions for each player or team, but with more traditional gameplay mechanics for the main duration of the game. In the following descriptions, I'll sketch out how the "traitor" mechanics work for each game versus how the whole game works. Hopefully learning these games can influence your future designs.
The Best Traitor Tabletop Games,
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Shadows Over Camelot
Diplomacy
Battlestar Galactica
The Resistance
Shadow Hunters
Dead of Winter
Spyfall
Werewolf
Lifeboat
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![The Best Toddler Board Games Ever]( "The Best Toddler Board Games Ever")
Want to battle it out over a round of Hungry Hungry Hippos? Try your luck at Chutes and Ladders? Visit the Sugar Plum Fairy on the way to Candyland? If so, these toddler board games are the best board games for kids... and the young at heart! Many of these board games are educational as well as fun, and will teach children important life skills, such as mathematics, memorization, and attention to detail.
The games featured on this list include: Money Bags: A Coin Value Game, Sudoku, Candyland, The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Elefun: The Classic Butterfly Blasting and Catching Game and Don’t Spill the Beans. If we haven't listed your favorite toddler board game here, please add it!
Which of these board games is your favorite? Let us know in the comment section.
The Best Toddler Board Games Ever,
Don't Break the Ice
Carefully tap out ice blocks, but be careful--you don't want the polar bear to fall! The player who causes the polar bear to collapse first loses.
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Join in on the feeding frenzy when a set of marbles are released onto the playing board. Use your hippo handle to try to "eat" the most marbles. The hippo who gathers the most marbles wins!
Chutes and Ladders
Spin the arrow to try to land on a square with a "good deed" on the playing board. "Good deeds," such as cleaning up a mess or helping a friend, will allow the player to climb up a ladder. But be careful! Doing "bad things," like eating too much candy, will make you slide back a few spaces. The first player to reach 100 squares wins.
Concentration
Take turns matching up cards in this fun game.
Kings in the Corner
This is a competitive version of Solitaire that is sure to entertain! Keep a card streak going as long as possible. The first person to reach 100 points wins!
Elefun: The Classic Butterfly Blasting and Catching Game
Catch the most butterflies to win! The elephant will shoot 25 butterflies out her nose, and each player will try to catch them with their butterfly nets.
Don't Spill the Beans
Each player starts out with a handful of beans. They must carefully place the beans in the pot, doing their best not to spill the pot over. The player who gets rid of all their beans first, without disturbing the pot, wins!
Cootie
Mix, match, and assemble these crazy Cootie critters!
Ants in the Pants
Be the first player to flip all of the ants into the dog's pants.
Candyland
"Once upon a time, King Kandy, the Imperial Head Bonbon and grand Jujube of Candy Land disappeared..." And now, it's up to you to find him! Travel through the Candy Kingdom to track down King Kandy and his sweet friends.
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November 20, 2016, 4:41 am
![The Best War Board Games of All Time]( "The Best War Board Games of All Time")
This. Means. War! Defeat your enemies and vanquish your foes while playing these popular war board games. Battleship, Risk, Stratego, and Axis and Allies are some of the best war board games for kids. Do you have what it takes to lead an army? Command a cavalry? Conquer the opposing teams? Find out by playing these fun war board games!
The games featured on this list include: Risk, Axis and Allies, Memoir ’44, Stratego, Chess, Battleship, Diplomacy, Commanders and Colors: Ancients, Shogun, Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie, BattleLore, Tide of Iron and Warrior Knights. If there’s a game listed here that you think is the absolute best one out there, please share your opinion and vote! Also, please feel free to add any games that aren't already listed.
What's your favorite war board game? Discuss in the comments section below.
The Best War Board Games of All Time,
Axis and Allies
Five major world powers are struggling for for supreme rulership.
Chess
Use strategic moves and lateral thinking to protect your queen at all costs.
Diplomacy
This strategy board game is all about cunning deception and strategy. Hatch your brilliant plans for world domination and form allies with other players.
Twilight Struggle
The US and the Soviet Union go head to head, each trying to make the world a better place according to their own ideaologies.
Combat Commander: Europe
Two players command the Axis and the Allies in this WWII European Theater combat game.
No Retreat! The Russian Front
This two-player game retells the story of the battle between Germany and Russia during WWII.
Advanced Squad Leader
This game teaches Infantry combat on a tactical level.
Commands and Colors Ancients
Battle it out in the ancient worlds of Carthage and Rome in this fun strategy board game.
Commands & Colors Napoleonic
History comes to life during this strategy game set in the Napoleonic time period.
Kemet
Manage an ancient Egyptian civilization and control your troops to defeat your enemies.
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October 29, 2016, 9:01 am
![The Best Party Board Games of All Time]( "The Best Party Board Games of All Time")
Spice up any party with these awesome party board games! You've got chips and dip. You've got drinks and soda. You've got helium balloons, and a wicked playlist ready to go. The only thing that's missing is an awesome board game to get the party started! Maybe you'll play a rousing game of Clue. Or perhaps test your knowledge of film and entertainment with a round of Scene It? You might even want to spread out that iconic, polka-dotted mat on the ground for a hilarious game of Twister. Whatever you choose, we've got your party covered with these super fun party board games.
The games that are featured on this list include: Pictionary, Taboo, Smarty Party, Wits and Wagers, Balderdash, Guesstures, Scattergories, Apples to Apples, Party Pooper, Trivial Pursuit Party, Scrabble, Axis and Allies, B.S., Monopoly and Say Anything. If there’s a game listed here that you think is the absolute best, share your opinion and be sure to vote for your favorite one on the list. Also, please feel free to add anything we might have left out or forgotten.
The Best Party Board Games of All Time,
Apples to Apples
This game is all about hilarious comparisons. Match the Green Apple adjective cards with the Red Apple noun cards to come up with funny, true, or just plain weird comparisons.
Cluedo
Try to solve the mysterious death of one of the characters!
Guess Who?
Ask questions to find out the identity of your opponent's mystery person!
Jenga
The game starts with a set of wooden planks arranged to form a tower. Each player tries to successfully remove individual planks from the tower without causing it to collapse. Whoever knocks the tower down loses the game.
Pictionary
The quick-drawing game in which the guesses are just as hilarious as the sketches! Try to guess your teammate's terrible interesting drawings of seemingly simple items!
Scattergories
Time to get creative! Teams come up with answers to the categories listed on their cards.
The Game of Life
Spin the spinner to move yourself through the various stages of life around the board game. Will you go to college? Get married? Have kids? Lose your job? Live in a house? Find out by playing the Game of Life!
Yahtzee
This game is a combination of luck and strategy. Players try to roll the dice and come up with the best combination of numbers to win.
Battleship
You sunk my battleship! Use logic and guessing to find the other player's battleship location on the playing board. Hit their ship with a correct guess to fill the ship with pegs. The person to sink all of the other player's battle ships first wins!
Trivial Pursuit Party
Team up to answer fun trivia questions.
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September 11, 2016, 12:21 am
![Good Educational Board Games for Kids]( "Good Educational Board Games for Kids")
Alright, Smarty Pants, do you have what it takes to win some of the best educational board games? Put your thinking caps on, and get ready to go head-to-head with some of your smartest friends! If you're a great speller, a math whiz, or an expert at strategizing, these educational board games are right up your alley!
The games that are featured on this list include: Bananagrams, Scrabble, Chess, Scattergories, Cranium, Trivial Pursuit, Guinness World Records, ThinkFun Zingo, ThinkFun Roll and Play Board Game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Monopoly, Scrambled States. and Guess Who? If there’s a game listed here that you think is the absolute best, please share your opinion and be sure to vote for your favorite one. Also, please feel free to add any we might have forgotten.
Good Educational Board Games for Kids,
Chess
Use strategic moves and lateral thinking to protect your queen at all costs.
Cranium
Cranium is awesome because you get to explore different mediums of creativity. Sculpt artwork out of play dough, act out a scene from a movie, or sing a song to win!
Guess Who?
Ask questions to find out the identity of your opponent's mystery person!
Scattergories
Time to get creative! Teams come up with answers to the categories listed on their cards.
Trivial Pursuit
Team up to answer fun trivia questions.
Concentration
Use your memory to pair up matching cards. The player with the most card pairings wins!
Operation
Use tweezers to remove the patient's ailing parts. But be careful! If you touch the sides, the buzzer will go off, and you will lose your turn!
Bananagrams
The anagram game that will drive you bananas! Players arrange their tiles to form crossword grids. The person to get rid of all of their tiles first, wins!
Guinness World Records
Based on the best-selling Guinness Book of World Records, this game tests your knowledge with a series of trivia questions.
Simon Says
Simon says, stand on one foot.
Simon says, jump up and down.
Simon says, stop.
Jump up and down!
Did you just jump? I didn't say "Simon says," so, you just lost the game! Simon Says is all about following directions according to exactly what Simon says.
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![The Best Wargames (Board Version)]( "The Best Wargames (Board Version)")
The Best Wargames (Board Version) to try and comment, chess not included for too obvious reasons ,as too Classic and Category of its own)
The Best Wargames (Board Version),
Empires in Arms
Starship Troopers
Fief
Okinawa
East & West
R&d of the Third Reich
Millennium
Blitz (Alex Randolph)
Dama
Attack
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November 17, 2016, 10:41 am
![The Best the Price Is Right Games]( "The Best the Price Is Right Games")
Think back to your youngster years - what's one thing that sick days, snow days, and summer vacation all had in common? Daytime TV! And at the top of that list of game shows and sitcoms sits the classic game show, The Price Is Right. On this list, we're paying homage to that 11am time slot and commemorating all the best The Price is Right games.
While all 75 of the featured games held our attention and kept us glued to the cushions, there were definitely some stand-out challenges that got us more excited than others. Who can resist watching Bob Barker or Drew Carrey practicing their put put game in Hole in One? Or how about that inexplicably exciting little Yodeler that ascends the fake mountainside in Cliff Hangers? And then there's Pinko - the Holy Grail of Price Is Right games.
Maybe it's the games themselves, or the skinny microphone, or maybe it's the audience that acts like it's the first time the show's ever aired, every time, but there's something about The Price Is Right that surpasses all your other favorite game shows. So vote for your favorite The Price is Right games, rerank the list if you feel so inclined, and add any of your favorite games that aren't listed yet!
The Best the Price Is Right Games,
Pathfinder
Price Tags
Hole in One
Race Game
Money Game
Dice Game
Punch a Bunch
Plinko
Let 'em Roll
Cliff Hangers
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