Why such a disdain for electronic games? In what ways are they different, fundamentally, from non-electronic games? Is it just the social aspect? What about multiplayer video games, like Rock Band or Super Smash Bros? What about single player "traditional" games, like solitaire?
Also, why the assumption that single-player video games exist only to kill time? I play them for more reasons than that, and even if I didn't, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with "killing time," nor is it a given that a traditional game is always played for a higher purpose than killing time.
As a game designer I can tell you that the design concepts behind a traditional game are almost identical to the design concepts for an electronic one.
As for my list? There are countless, most of which I likely can't remember off the top of my head, and I'm not going to put as much time into it as you did for your's, but I'll list a few, in no particular order...:
Settlers of Catan
Carcassonne
Serenissima
Chess
Chinese Checkers
Go
Mastermind
Scrabble
The (Master/Secret) Labyrinth
Stratego
Sorry
Uno
Dungeons and Dragons
Magic the Gathering (although not so much these days, I have some problems with the game)
Also, why the assumption that single-player video games exist only to kill time? I play them for more reasons than that, and even if I didn't, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with "killing time," nor is it a given that a traditional game is always played for a higher purpose than killing time.
As a game designer I can tell you that the design concepts behind a traditional game are almost identical to the design concepts for an electronic one.
As for my list? There are countless, most of which I likely can't remember off the top of my head, and I'm not going to put as much time into it as you did for your's, but I'll list a few, in no particular order...:
Settlers of Catan
Carcassonne
Serenissima
Chess
Chinese Checkers
Go
Mastermind
Scrabble
The (Master/Secret) Labyrinth
Stratego
Sorry
Uno
Dungeons and Dragons
Magic the Gathering (although not so much these days, I have some problems with the game)
This message last edited by lord-of-shadow on 20/10/2009 at 07:51:48 PM
What REAL games do you like? (computer/video games don't count)
20/10/2009 07:06:58 PM
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My own list
20/10/2009 07:41:40 PM
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Wow, do you own a game store or something?
20/10/2009 08:28:02 PM
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If it weren't for the internet and death of retail, I would be tempted to open one
21/10/2009 05:06:09 PM
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"Forgetting something?" Surely you didn't do that all from memory? O_o *NM*
20/10/2009 09:18:04 PM
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Do you think I'm going to pull everything out of my games closet or keep walking over to look at it?
21/10/2009 04:57:11 PM
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Out of curiosity...
20/10/2009 07:50:14 PM
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Multiplayer video games are social as well. I just don't have friends who play them.
21/10/2009 04:59:55 PM
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I enjoy most games.
20/10/2009 08:29:28 PM
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Ping pong. *NM*
20/10/2009 10:24:01 PM
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I also played a card game called Lost Cities. It was new to me, but fun. *NM*
21/10/2009 01:39:54 AM
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How I read that subject bar
20/10/2009 11:49:26 PM
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I just learned a few new ones at a family reunion
21/10/2009 03:08:08 AM
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My Uncle had the triangle with the holes and the golf tees at his house
02/11/2009 07:47:23 PM
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Re: What REAL games do you like? (computer/video games don't count)
21/10/2009 02:48:42 PM
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I hear there is a lot of resistance to 4th Edition D&D
21/10/2009 05:04:07 PM
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Re: I hear there is a lot of resistance to 4th Edition D&D
21/10/2009 07:23:56 PM
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4E is poor. PATHFINDER is better, although not as radical as perhaps it should have been.
26/10/2009 05:05:18 PM
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