the ones that started it all....

these are the ones that started the whole board game craze for me....

1) Fortress america
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99
i remember we were shopping for my birthday gift and we were around the orchard area. I remember we had to go do the basement to this shop that was so crowded with then D&D stuff. I was instantly amazed and wanted to look and see everything. Then we asked the owner for a recommendation and he recommended this game to us. Little did we know how daunting it is for just 2 players to play this game given my limited understanding of how certain things work. I think this game din hold any interest for my brother as it essentially pitted us against each other and usually we dissolve into just playing the little plastic tanks and planes in our imaginary battles :P
isnt it interesting how such a game like this in today's context might be appropriate? not sure where the game went already...

2) panzer leader
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2639
This was bought i think due to my attraction to WWII. This one is rather tough to play (as a teenager) due to the authentic army icons that represent troops and the various calculations involved. That and of course the lack of plastic tanks for me to play with :(. It seems to have been passed on to my cousin who still has it and plays it. He told me it contributed to his interest in board gaming :)... Glad i helped!

3) talisman
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27627
This was introduced to me by my primary school friend Keith (american as i recall). This was very fun for us as it was my first D&D type game. I am thinking of buying the new version (just to remember how it was back then).. hopefully i can peak the interest of some of my frens to play this as well!

4) dragonlance
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/795
Another game introduced by Keith and involves us flying dragons and killing each other. I think i wasnt too good at this but well, there were plastic dragons (see the trend here?) and that was fun :)

5) car wars
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2795
Can't remember how i got this game but the content it has provided me with several hours of fun just by reading and designing cars and imagining. There was a PC version of this game if i recall correctly. Ultimately though, those cardboard 2D pictures of cars and oil slicks etc provided me with hours of fun! not sure where this went....

6) lost valley of the dinosaurs
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3149
ah this game brings back so many wonderful memories. This game we played also with my cousins and involves us as teams of adventurers venturing into a valley to a temple to retrieve gold pieces. Along the way there are quick sands, serpents in swamps, swooping Pterodactyl, roaming T-Rexes and of course, the flowing lava. All in all, it provided for many a good fun (even without the game we would play with the t-rexes). not sure what became of this though.. but i remembered this was a XMAS or Bday present. Good times... good times....

7) Pay day
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1797
ah.......another very fun game. I think this one my parents played with us before. Quite fun involving living through the calendar and trying to earn as much money as you can at the end of the month. Think there's property involved too.... heheh its been so long ago....

there is 1 more rather unique one which my cousins had which involves buying shipping companies, having ships and transporting goods and selling them. Can't really remember the name so no reference so far.... but it was rather fun too as i recall (and also there are plastic ships if it wasnt :p)

of course we have the usual monopoly and cluedo and chess and uno etc. :) but those above are a bit more unique so i decided to highlight them.