Although I haven't played it for about 3 years now. #2 is likely Fallout 3 which I'm still playing.

I like Oblivion and Skyrim but in-terms of game-mechanics, gameplay options, leveling systems and fun; Bethesda peaked in TES with Morrowind. Somewhere in the gaming forum there is a link to a mod to update the graphics and take advantage of new technology. It was like getting a whole new game.

however there's been plenty of games that sucked up huge amounts of my time. here's some of the top contenders.

Collectible Card Game: Vampire: the Eternal Struggle. Magic: the Gathering and Legend of the Five Rings are runner's up, but I quit after they switched to type II set blocks.

Role Playing Game: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition by far. Call of Cthulhu is a runner up. I wish it was In Nomine, but alas you need players in the right mood.

Video Game Console system: a 4-way tie between Sega Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Nintendo Gameboy DS.

Video Games: again, either Phantasy Star series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms series (or other Koei game like Gemfire or Aerobiz), Shining Force series, Castlevania series, Diablo II, one of the PC triple threat sequels (Masters of Orion 2, Star Control 2, Civilization 2), some Paradox game (like Europa Universalis) or Railroad Tycoon series.

PC Video Games: Star Control 2 or Master of Orion 2. However the Kyrandia series makes a strong running.

Board Game: unwillingly, Monopoly; that game takes forever. Scrabble also comes up in the same unwilling category. willingly? either Parcheesi, Backgammon, or Trivia Pursuit. i wish my friends and i played more Arkham Horror or Mansions of Madness. GMT games, such as Twilight and Labyrinth, are good fun and would love to replace my unwilling categories.

Card Games: unwillingly, black jack, war, goldfish, hearts, spades, crazy eights, bridge. willingly, a tie between gin rummy, poker, or Uno. mah jongg is a willing also ran, but i need a 4 player quorum for good games, so not played as much as i like.

Parlor/Table Game: Billiards (unwillingly, 8-ball (too common); willingly, standard straight, 9-ball or four ball (pocketless), Darts (unwilling, 301 or 501 (just a challenge to overwork the 20 pt. slice); willing, Round the Clock), Carom.

that's about it for what I can remember. then there's all the solitaires, like crosswords, word-finds, and card solitaires themselves, but who doesn't have those already too high?

Not one to rule them all, but I would go with
Boardgames: many of the old SPI, Avalon Hill, GDW & Mayfair lines.

Miniatures: would be 1/1200 scale WWII Naval (Seapower) & 1/285th WWII Armor, 15mm ACW Rally 'Round The Flag & of course 25mm The Sword & The Flame.

Role Playing: it would have to be Tunnels & Trolls and Traveller

Those Dungeons and Dragons games on the 64c were the BEST.

Hmm, what were their titles again???

1) Pool of Radiance (1st one - absolute classic)
2) Curse of the Azure bonds - also very good.

I spent a lot of time playing those - would play them again if I could figure out a way to play them today...

They were like 8 disks for each game...lol.


Also, CIV2 and CIV3 - so much time wasted, lol.

If there's a more addictive game, I haven't seen it.

Me and my sweetie play for hours... she's freaking good...

I've been playing this pretty regular for more then a decade now.

I play several hours a day, and have for a year or more.

I used to play the hell out of Civ 2's One City Challenge. That's where you play on Deity level, and can only ever have one city. I'd regularly win by the early 19th century. Fun!

For a couple of years, it was Magic. I quit when they started releasing seriously broken cards, plus the tourneys I was going to interfered with visitation with my daughter.

Tabletop: Battletech

No one board game dominates now, as I have several German board games that we rotate through. Power Grid is my favourite, but we also play Power Grid: Factory Manager, Agricola, Puerto Rico, and Settlers of Cataan, among others.

On the PS3, it's a tossup between the Assassin's Creed games and the God of War series.

Been playing since the original open beta...

I really don't want to think of what it would tell me if I typed in /played


As a company, I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Blizzard games, spent a lot of time playing SC back in the day.

Tabletop games: Race for the Galaxy and to a lesser extent Dominion

For boardgames it would probably be a hex-style wargame, perhaps Victory Games "Vietnam 1965-1975". We played that one for the better part of a year, ten to fifteen hours a week.

Cardgame: MtG as well.

Console game: Probably Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

PC game: Most likely some crummy old Amiga game back in the late 80s.

I haven't really kept up on newer cards since the Mirrordin set, and last night I got a few packs of 2012 core set, and I have a planeswalker card called Gideon Jura. There are three sets of abilities, but I'm not sure how those abilities are triggered. On the first set of abilities there is a +2, second set has a -2, third set is shows a 0. I don't have a clue what those numbers mean, or how those abilities are triggered, unless they are always...on? I know I could look this up online, but since you play it a lot I know you can explain it to me better.

Also, has the term planeswalker, replaced the term legend, or is planeswalker another type of creature.

Speaking of Amiga games, do you recall the game called "Boomerang?"

Last block I collected was Mirrodin as well, though I've played with other folk's decks since.

The Planeswalker abilities like Gideon Jura's are pretty simple; there's a big number on the bottom that represents the number of Loyalty Counters with which the card enters play. Once per turn you can activate one of the Planeswalker abilities as a Sorcery; the ability takes effect and then you add or subtract the indicated number of Loyalty Counters. If the card runs out of counters it goes to the graveyard.

on edit: Damage to Planeswalkers hits their Loyalty; two points of damage from a blocker would remove two counters from an attacking Planeswalker. An opponent can choose to attack a planeswalker rather than you; your creatures can block the attack.

Planeswalkers aren't actually creatures; they're powerful allies who will work with the player until they get sick of it, basically. Think of them as another player working alongside you. Managing their loyalty adds a nice dimension to play.

There's a Legendary-type rule attached to the cards; if multiple Planeswalkers of the same name come into play then they all hit the graveyard.

I don't recall Boomerang, actually.

I never would've guessed how to use it. I've played since Mirrordin, I just haven't bought any of the ongoing expansion sets, or core sets(til now).

Boomerang was a two player game, or one player against the AI system, you would throw a boomerang and you could control it via a maze of obstacles and the purpose of the game was to hit the other opponent with your boomerang. I also put a lot of time in the game Beachead, and Zaxxon.

I missed a few very important points about Planeswalkers.

I assumed that's what would happen if they took block damage, or direct damage.

It's intended to bridge the gap between the sit-down card game and the "official" online tournament game. It's quite fun and includes the things you've been discussing here.

If you get it, let me know and I'll play against you. And if anyone else wants to play, invite me and if I'm home and have time I'll join. I'm the same username on Steam as I am here.

although I spent a lot of time playing Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.

Risk was a huge time waster in college. Then cribbage got me through the "bad" years.

The first console games I got hooked on were the Koie Genghis Khan and Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Then I discovered Madden. Madden may be the winner - I played the Patriots in franchise mode for decades, repeatedly...

As I transitioned to the PC platform I started Civving, and played the heck out of the Close Combat series. (I need to reacquire some of those titles, too. Still good.)

Nowadays, you can find me playing Skyrim, Civ V, and the Total War series, which I think is a great franchise and is never mentioned here!

I played lots of other things: hockey, golf, car racing, civil war, etc... but the above are the games I love.

rogan! habidacker!

Board game: Monopoly. Second place: Life.

Card game: MTG, card and the Steam version.

Digital, by genre:

RPG: Baldur's Gate. Second place: Diablo II. Skyrim is, thus far, a distant third, but it's only a matter of time because Skyrim is new.

PvP, 2D: Mortal Kombat 3 (version w/all chars)
PvP, 3D: Guild Wars (signed up to be considered for GWII beta)

FPS: Left 4 Dead 2. I love this game and play it weekly. A close second in time played is the whole of the Half-Life 2 series.

Puzzle: Any Myst game. That shit was dope, and tough as nails. (There's supposed to be a movie coming out soon).

Strategy, real-time: Starcraft II. Command & Conquer 3 is a close second in time spent.
Strategy, turn-based: This is a tie between Civilization V and Galactic Civilizations II. While Civ V has the polish and production values one would expect from a series of its pedigree, and is a great deal of fun, Gal Civ II is staggeringly intricate and has the look and feel of a (if you wish it to be) massive board game. I've spent about the same amount of time on both.

Indie: Minecraft, easily.

I'm sure there are other genres I'm not thinking of at the moment, so that's a partial list. I think I'm going to go play something.

Card: Yu-Gi-Oh!
PC: Star Wars: KotOR, Star Wars: KotOR II TSL, Skyrim.
Console: Skyward Sword, Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country 2, Dragon Age: Origins.
Handheld:Ocarina of Time 3D, Mario Kart 7.

At this rate I'll pass my Oblivion time by June. I've played D&D for thirty years.

Board game that I play online, so it technically covers both categories.

I spent an entire year on that game. No other game can top that.

strangely, I first learned it with a friend's real-world, physical set of tiles