Board and Tabletop games

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, not exactly sure where this could have gone, can't really go wrong here though, right?
But yeah, I love board and tabletop games, I actually think I enjoy them more than video games. What are your favorites? I personally love Monopoly and Diplomacy for board games. Risk is alright, never really clicked with me though; GodStorm is pretty cool, I will admit. In terms of tabletop games, I'm not too experienced, but I love D&D, currently have only played 4th edition, but I own all the Pathfinder (D&D 3.75, basically) books, and after my group's current 4e campaign is over, I'm going to DM a Pathfinder game, and I'm also looking to play Call of Cthulu, Aces & Eights, and kill puppies for satan. 
Also, if anyone wants to get a D&D game going, or if anyone wants to get into it, we could start a game on MapTool or something :D
So what about you guys?

@MikeGosot said:

@Fistoh: Did you tried Risk: Legacy? It's my favorite Risk game! And actually... The only one that i like. I'm trying to get more boardgames, so i usually watch the reviews in the Dice Tower channel in Youtube, it's pretty fun.

Isn't that the one which can only be played 14 times and then it's done?

I have been getting into D&D recently, fun stuff. I have also have interest in tabletop games but they are too expensive to get into fully.

@Daveyo520 said:

I have been getting into D&D recently, fun stuff. I have also have interest in tabletop games but they are too expensive to get into fully.

Infinity is retardedly cheap if you're looking to get into tabletop wargames. <$130 and you're set. The rules are free on their website.

@Artemesia: While I like tabletop stuff I like other stuff more and put my money towards that.

Not a fan of Pathfinder but I huge supporter of 4.0 have run multiple campaigns with the 4.0 system. The bi-weekly game that I run is off the wall crazy. A by-product of having players with short attention spans all of us liking really dumb stuff.

@Fistoh: If you are going to run a game online, I suggest Roll20. It is the best virtual tabletop out there. It is in open beta now and will be free whenever it fully launches in last August.

If you like boardgames you should watch Tabletop. It is a great show that showcases a bunch of fun games. I personally have started collecting and painting a Warhammer 40k army but I also love most boardgames. Some of my favourite are: Summoner Wars, Stronghold, Dungeon Run, and Munchkin. I've dabbled in D&D and other pen and paper RPGs but can never manage to get a consistent group going.

I've done a bunch of tabletop gaming. But for me the best part was always hanging out with my friends and joking around with each other. The games themselves I'm tired of now, because every system I've tried punishes creativity and excitement and rewards boring gameplay.

@MikeGosot said:

@Fistoh: Did you tried Risk: Legacy? It's my favorite Risk game! And actually... The only one that i like. I'm trying to get more boardgames, so i usually watch the reviews in the Dice Tower channel in Youtube, it's pretty fun.

Isn't that the one which can only be played 14 times and then it's done?

Just started watching that episode of TableTop, its fun so far, and now I really want to play SmallWorld :3.

My favorite board game is Supremacy: The Game of Superpowers. It's similar to Risk but with a stock market, nuclear weapons and a bunch of other variables.

My favorite table-top wargame is The Longest Day from Avalon Hill. It wasn't a fast moving game as you can imagine, but it was a lot of fun back in my grognard days. Here's a video review by a guy on YouTube. It really taught me a lot about WWII history.

My favorite table-top RPG was Shadowrun. It's sad that there aren't more video games set in that rich and captivating universe. I liked it much more than AD&D2.

So is anyone interested in getting a D&D game going? I'm itching to get into another game...

I've played D&D (4th and a bit of 3.5 but I hate that), Star Wars RPG, Shadowrun, Exalted and World of Darkness. The one I've stuck to for the last three years is World of Darkness, I ran a year long Hunter/Geist game, then a big mix game that turned into Mage and then kind of drifted away. Since then I've played Werewolf and Changeling, and they're alright. Me and this other guy just started a Hunter game that we're going to trade off DMing for, because he can't always write enough and I make super complex political scenarios that never get resolved because no one has the time or interest to dig in there.

As for board games, I've played some Arkham Horror (takes too damn long and requires way too much groupthink), Pandemic, Civilization, the basics (Risk, Catan, Axis & Allies) a few card games (your Magic, Warcraft, etc). Board games are alright, but it's the storycrafting part of tabletop that I like.

I'd really like to play Shadowrun but my group doesn't give a shit and doesn't have the time to actually get invested in the fiction. That's why World of Darkness works best for them, I don't have to explain what Philadelphia is.

My staples are: Settlers of Catan, Twilight Imperium (it's essentially Master of Orion and awesome), and Arkham Horror (a cooperative game).

I think the section you were looking to post this in would be the Real Message Board.