What Games do YOU play?

[Fulvio]

I was just searching for something else (which I didn't find) when I tripped over this long-forgotten thread. And Trout just said he's playing Clash of Clans (which I didn't bother with after deciding it was too cartooney...).

So anyway, turns out I've pretty much ditched all the MMORPG games I was playing (or they ditched me, with way tooooo many updates and annoying bells and whistles). Nowadays most of my game time is spent in Minecraft strip-mining abandoned mineshafts and building skyscrapers with the booty. Though I must admit that after one creeper too many blowing up my buildings, I did switch to peaceful mode... kinda takes the fear factor out of it when only stupidity will kill you.

[Ozcoins]

This brought back some memories....
In no particular order
Apogee and Sierra companies spring to mind.
Duke nukem (platform game)
Prince of Persia
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego
Kings quest
Space quest
Bards tale
Wolfenstien
Doom

[JeffH]

Yahtzee; with dice, pen and paper.
Can do it anywhere and no computer required. But, easiest to download a score sheet and photocopy.

[Fulvio]

Can do it anywhere and no computer required. But, easiest to download a score sheet and photocopy.

Computer-assisted games are an interesting field. And in many ways much better than playing on a computer.

We used to play the board game Rail Baron many many years ago. It was great fun but the mechanics were a real pain. So I wrote a program to handle all the record-keeping and calculations, and we'd play with the computer alongside, entering moves as we went. It made it much more enjoyable, and gave more time for socialising.

In a similar vein, there are Risk versions under various names on iOS that allow you to pass the device around for people to enter their moves while it handles the mechanics. We played that at the MICOM BBQ in January, and it was a great success.

[Pedro]

Just about wore out "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" with the kids. Yahtzee also a family favourite.

Used to play Risk back in the uni days (definitely a board game!) - now my son is a huge fan (and we didn't introduce it to him!)

Pedro

[Fulvio]

Just about wore out "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego"

I think the last time I played any of the Carmens was on one of my Mac Plusses about 9 million years ago. I'm not even sure if it made the jump to OSX or even later MacOS's. Let alone iOS! I may have to dust off one of the plusses and mount a search for a disk, eh?

[Bigfellani5]

One of my old favourites was load runner on an apple II

[Fulvio]

One of my old favourites was load runner on an apple II

Ah, Apple ][ games... I played Tumblebugs every chance I got at a mate's place. Much as I would have loved it on other platforms, it never did resurface anywhere else.

[Bigfellani5]

Either did load runner. The only way to play it now is via an emulator

[interest]

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING TITANS CHESS (bugger caps) windows 7
out of 247 games played on level 10
I have won 24
drew 8