Board Game Brainstorm

[moominmuppet]

Trying to think of Games I'd particularly like to own:

I most definitely, really, really want to get myself an Icehouse/Treehouse set (In general, I'm in love with Looney Labs, and would happily collect all their games)
Ticket to Ride
Chez Geek
Othello (one of my all-time favorite games, but I only have an annoying little travel-board right now, and it's hard to flip the pieces.)
Checkers
Chinese Checkers
UNO
Trivial Pursuit
Scene It

By popular recommendation (or poking around online):
Apples to Apples
Taboo
Balderdash
Scattergories
Dirty Minds
Munchkin
Gene Pool
Cranium
Illuminati
Cosmic Encounter
Ingenious
Carcassonne

Have:
Mancala
Stratego
Can't Stop
Backgammon
Mastermind
Parcheesi
Yahtzee
Sorry
Battleship
Connect 4 (although Battleship and Connect 4 are both miniature travel size)
Chess
MindTrap
You Don't Know Jack
Peg Solitaire
And, of course, a few decks of cards

Guess whose parents passed on most of the family games to her?

Becca Has:
Pente which is fun and quick, and I enjoy a great deal.

I tend to get frustrated with word games more quickly than other types. I'll enjoy a few games of Scrabble or the like, but I hit burn-out point much faster. (Hmmm -- just realized that this doesn't apply to games in which word definitions matter -- I enjoy those. It's coming up with specific words for certain lengths divorced from meaning that fried my brain extra-fast)

I rarely get all that into war games like Risk. I think Settlers of Cataan is the closest I get, and although I enjoy it, it's not one I find myself randomly craving.

I particularly enjoy logic games, trivia games, abstract strategy games, and games that are quick and easy to pick up and play.

From the above list and notes, any suggestions for other games I should check out or be reminded of?

To be absolutely clear, this is a request for assistance brainstorming, not a request for presents.

Comments

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

*nod* I'm much better at things like Balderdash.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Not in years, but it looks like a good addition to the list

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

I love Taboo. It works best when you share a lot of the same culture as the people around. (I played with some other Cambridge people, and the word "hall" came up, and the reader said "Formal... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_Hall)" which wasn't on the card, and everyone said "hall" straight away.)

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

hee!