366 Question Meme for 2020 - 16th January

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16. What is your favorite board game?

I used to love Cluedo and I remember having an obscure board game called Quest that involved castles and a ring. Monopoly was another fun one, but I guess my favourite would be Cluedo.

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[corvidology]

I loved Cluedo as well, just called Clue in the US.

[dimity_blue]

I don't know why it's got a different name. It's a bit odd, IMO.

[swordznsorcery]

It's to distinguish between them, as they are slightly different (character names and weapons, I think).

[dimity_blue]

Oh yeah! We have Lady Peacock and Reverend Green. Yours are Mrs. and Mr.

[swordznsorcery]

The Great Game Of Britain! My whole family was mad on that game. You're a train, and you're dealt cards at the start that tell you which stations around Britain you have to pass through. You have to throw a certain number on the dice to pass through stations, and you have to catch ferries occasionally, and change to different rail gauges. One side of the board is steam, and the other is express. It sounds a bit dull, but it was brilliant, and we all loved it. Also Beat The Black Ball, though I'm not sure that was a board game exactly. You spin a black ball in a funnel, and when it stops spinning, it drops through a hole at the bottom. You're waiting with a marble poised, and you have to send your marble rolling down a slope to get "home" before the black ball. The narrower your squeak, the higher your points. Cluedo was good too though, certainly! We also had a fun one called Microdot, where you were a spy, and one called Buccaneer, where you were a pirate. It had "real" treasure! (little coloured glass shapes).

We played a lot of board games when I was a kid! Part and parcel of growing up in the middle of nowhere a million years ago, I guess.

[dimity_blue]

Wow, I don't remember any of those games! (Except for Cluedo, of course.)

Buccaneer sounds particularly appealing.

[swordznsorcery]

I remember it as being quite complicated, but that might just be because I was very small! Amazon has a picture: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buccaneer-board-game/dp/B003F17X0G and it even has its own Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer_(game)

We were always finding stray rum barrels that had escaped.

[dimity_blue]

Oh, that sounds fun. Was everyone required to talk with a pirate accent?

[swordznsorcery]

I don't think we ever thought of that!

[dimity_blue]

Oh, shame!

I guess pirate bandanas, wooden legs, and shoulder parrots didn't happen either?

[swordznsorcery]

Oh dear, what hopeless children we were! :D