I think you are looking at the wrong boardgames then. My wife, friends and I play plenty of games that are less than 2 hours in length and offer many different types of game play. Most of the time the rules take 10 to 15 minutes to learn and strategy, well that can take a few plays. Some of these games also reduce the amount of randomness in a game so it is much more about the play of the players than luck determining the winner of a game.<br>
<br>An example of these types of games are:<br>* Carcassonne<br>* Settlers of Catan<br>* Puerto Rico<br>* Ticket To Ride<br><br>Of course there are many many boardgames out there that are very complex and not "party" friendly. You will notice a couple of the games in my list above are now carried by Target and Walmart.<br>
<br>I find boardgaming an excellent way to spend time with family and friends. By all means, if you tire of some of the old staples of boardgames, and don't get me started on Monopoly, check out some I listed up above. Ticket to Ride is an especially family friendly game for all ages and usually takes about an hour to finish. For those die hard strategy fans, give Puerto Rico a try.<br>
<br>Dan Kulinski<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Mike Bean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beandaemon@gmail.com">beandaemon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Genghis Con is a tabletop games convention if I remember correctly. Not much of a fan myself. Mostly because most of those games have such high barriers to entry and opportunity cost. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Torren Beitler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:torren.beitler@gmail.com" target="_blank">torren.beitler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
wut?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:56 PM, David L. Willson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target="_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman">Sometimes, geeks are also gamers.<br><br>Genghis Con is this weekend.<span><font color="#888888"><br><span><br><span name="x"></span>David L. Willson<br>
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