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Nov 2, 2019 7:16 PM
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squishybaker
If kids don't like board games, why are board game cafes a thing, and are almost always busy.
Huttulungaronk
That fakelated quickly.
thevortexmaster
Me and my dad shared beer and cocaine
ZandarianBloodfang
Wish I was in this, and I'm not happy.
TheOvy
By someone out of touch with younger generations -- board games have been going through a renaissance, we're playing shit like Catan
PitWolf87
That sounds fake af.
Threadnomancer
What is this wholesome shit? Why isnt a boomer telling me I'm a lazy lump of fuck? I dont know how to process this
theSLOWwalk
Fiction can be fun!!
ElbowDeepInATshirt
Showing my 7 year old all I can of the wonderful world of boars games! They DO appreciate it! Or.. at least he does! :-)
KenjiKando
As someone who grew up with board games, most are boring. I need some fun ones like It From the Pit.
rd220
So many good board games out there and he’s complaining about Monopoly pieces.
glitchead
GOD I FUCKING HATE MONOPOLY ITS THE WORST BOARD GAME IN HISTORY AND THE STRATEGY IS ALWAYS THE SAME, BUY EVERYTHING AND HOPE.
glitchead
PICTIONARY, SCRABBLE, DOMINOS, POKER, ANY OTHER FUCKING BOARD GAME THAN MONOPOLY PLEASE. SETTLERS OF CATAN! HOUSE ON THE HILL! ANYTHING!!!
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Sooo, ya wanna play Monopoly?
KiowaBrave
Wait this isn’t funny it’s normal
YouL0stTheGame
There’s more
statelessnfaithless
Boomers: ha ha, marriage sucks | Also Boomers: so why aren't you getting married?
dcwldct
We went to myrtle beach a couple years ago when a hurricane trashed our plan A. It’s an “interesting” place
MackanK
Old people love to hate their wives.
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
Just like young people love to cheat with their “side hoes”. If you believe everything you hear online its a feat anyone’s in a relationship
captainikag
It's because their wives are also boomers
Skrosk
I actually bought a rubber band gun from Myrtle Beach when I was about 10 that I still have and hit my older siblings with still
Xenarion
On a side note, it there a hairdryer out there that activates with a trigger? I've only seen sliding switches.
NotACanadian
I need more ameliorated boomer comics.
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
Somebody needs to check on the cartoonist who made the top part.
Rogahar
Standard "Boomer Humour." 'Wife bad, kids dumb, technology bad, me only smart one.'
PileOfLooseUnsortedRaptors
Father i cannot click the book
timmytompkins
crotoss
MelfsAcidArrow
So many are like this
FutureHylian
Its like that shitty "game over" tshirt
Imnotjokinbitch
I hate that shirt. Makes no sense. Unless its a shotgun wedding dont get married if you dont want to be married
dmorulez
They can pick up the millennial edition pretty cheap. That didn't go over as planned for them.
DisgruntledFerret
Yeah, the millennial edition Monopoly is weirdly mean-spirited. Are the people you're calling spoiled children your target audience, Hasbro?
JonathanSwiftProbablyInventedBabybackRibs
I'm 24, I think Millennial Monopoly and Millenial Game of Life are great. I look at it as poking fun at boomer stereotypes of millenials.
3Rsim
Introduced my son and his cousins to my dusty old Hero Quest game... Saturday evenings are now quest nights instead movies... 1/2
Dustorn
But what's the best thing about Hero Quest?
3Rsim
It's a quest style board game, kinda like a guided d&d.
Dustorn
https://youtu.be/Cx8sl2uC46A
3Rsim
They love it so much I bought them the entire sword & sorcerery immortal souls game and expansions for Xmas.
RevRagnarok
Come hang out on reddit /r/boardgames for some recommendations. If you're not aware, we're in a renaissance right now!
JHawke
Hands up if you're waiting for the terraforming mars dlc.
Locolarue
Everybody has a game now. TMNT, Jagged Alliance, Power Rangers. I saw a Zombicide 2.0 commercial on Youtube that had Danny Trejo!
RevRagnarok
I believe Zombicide 2 is on Kickstarter right now.
FireflyArc
I like comics like this. They show what you should Do.
AtsaMattaForMe
AlkeneThiol
God this ad played on Hulu like every single ad break when I didn't have ad free yet. It was torture
MisterTangerineMan
What a dumb commercial
FutureHylian
I want to dropkick that stupid child...
FutureHylian
...ish motherfucker who wrote this commercial for making that poor child say those lines that they clearly dont believe in.
BobMcVagene
Guildstranger464
Badumbum
GCRust
When was the original comic published? Because board games are experiencing a renaissance at the moment.
PowwerOrb13
There's even a legit entertaining Anime about highschoolers playing German board games!
MrJitterfingers
gonna need some sauce to go with this.
PowwerOrb13
The English title is "After School Dice Club"
Pronak
"After School Dice Club"? I added it in my to-watch list.
OhmygoodnessohmydamntheygoinhamOhmygoodnessohmydamntheygoinham
Name please.
PowwerOrb13
English title is "After School Dice Club"
Radix865
Well, not always German but board or analog games anyways.
WehWehWeh
Who gives a shit if they replace the wheelbarrow though honestly. If they replace the wee dug then there’ll be a problem.
mithiwithi
Apparently, the present edition includes a T.Rex, a rubber ducky, and a penguin. I'm 100% in favor of this. 1/2
mithiwithi
Especially getting rid of the thimble for it. Even when I was a kid (Gen X) you hardly ever saw a thimble outside of a Monopoly set. 2/2
usernamethatsstillavailable
Of course you didn't see them they were in the cookie tin, with the rest of the sewing stuff.
reiseiji
Everyone wants the top hat or the battleship. I don't know of anyone that would bother fighting over the thimble or shoe.
PowwerOrb13
Racecar. Which also has been updated in some versions to a modern Formula One car instead of the old fashioned one.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Its an F1 now?!? Oh, there will be blood if any one else tries to be the car now.
PowwerOrb13
At least in one of the versions I've seen.
EarlGreyOrDeath
"No! No, you were the battleship last time. You can be the shoe."
Genini
Racecar or Dog all the way
Legendinmysparetime
Im sad that I don't see kids outside anymore. My childhood was sports and playing in the woods. I want my kids to have a sense of adventur
ShaneGadsby
Lots of parents worry too much, spooked by constant over hyping of danger, to let their kids outside unsupervised
inboxmefoxes
Then foster that sense of adventure yourself. Don't blame parental inattentiveness, stop letting the iPad babysit the kids.
PowwerOrb13
I mean there's a certain side you don't see. Books and games (Video & Tabletop) can offer much better, and regulated adventures for children
PowwerOrb13
And before anyone complains. Kids need regulations and rules in games or it becomes a game "Yes I can!" "No you can't!" Until it's not fun
Dustorn
I fondly remember the days of "you didn't shoot me, I have a force field that bounced it back at you! You're dead!"
PowwerOrb13
Yep. So sit the kids down at a table (if they can stay still) and teach them to play DnD. Good for the imagination, without cheap new rules.
Dustorn
If they can sit still? Hah, I'd much rather DM for kids than adults. Best group of players I ever had were some students of mine.
confanity
Still one bad part: you should buy your board games at the local game store, or at least a local brick-and-mortar store, whenever possible.
c0nman
Maybe it's just the circles I'm in, but I feel like board games are coming back
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Look up TableTop with Will Wheaton (on youtube), it’s so much fun watching them play games I’d never heard of before.
ibrokemyselflmao
They've been back awhile now. Just have to glance at the game shelves of b&n, walmart, target, etc
GamerZakh
There's a board game cafe near my place and it's been open for years, as popular as ever.
BatLadyRielle
I have board game nights with friends pretty often and there are a bunch of board game cafes. It's good fun
drewgolas
Kickstarter has been a big part of the resurgence I think.
Xenarion
Honestly the board game industry is quite good atm. Maybe not the casual mainstream games like Monopoly, but there's a bunch of cool games >
Xenarion
> out there. Kickstarter helps on that.
byohzzrd
They can have all the nostalgia they want over a thimble. I get nostalgic over "blowing on a cart". My kids will get nostalgic over 1/2
byohzzrd
load screens and non lifelike graphics. Who cares? Boomers will die, we'll fuck it up our way, and the next gen will wait for us to die. 2/2
ShutTheFrontDoors
I love board games. But monopoly sucks. There are board games that are leagues better.
Tumescentpie
There are dozens of board games made every year that are better than monopoly.
Brutsarge
Trouble
LandoCallipygian
I fuckin love Monopoly. I never play board games, even with friends. But Monopoly I like
aginor8
Monopoly is best with two people slipping extra cash to each other just to piss off the third player
Thekindofkindlyman
Yea the kids not gonna be cherishing the quality time 8 hours later and he lands on Dads Boardwalk hotel
dashers
It's much better if you play by the rules, people rarely do.
AmActuallyACat
Yea! It only takes like an hour that way. I love Monopoly. Meant to make ppl play on my bday
Sheller153
I do love the themed ones like Bugopoly and Fishingopoly and Lighthouseopoly though
IamTheRaptorJesus
Of course there are better board games! But better usually means more complex, less fun for young kids.
Dustorn
Not true at all. There are scores of great games that are as simple, or simpler than, Monopoly, and are actually fun to play.
ShutTheFrontDoors
Not sure that’s true. Ticket to ride is simple, also better. My 6 year old nephew wins at carcasonne. And sushi go sometimes.
TheClarkKnight
Catan: The Game of a Generation
RamsesMCMXCI
That's the fucking point! Capitalism is only fun for the rich.
FutureHylian
Agreed. Monopoly stayed around because its a classic. If it was released today, it wouldnt see the light of day
SophieClockwise
Being a "board gamer" and only playing Monopoly and Risk is like identifying as a "video gamer" but only playing mobile games.
alwaysL8
I'm at the point where I feel that way about Catan.
ShutTheFrontDoors
I actually agree. Catan has it’s place, it sort of kickstarted “modern” board games. But now there are many better ones.
rowanblaze
Monopoly is not my favorite, but most people follow unofficial rules that make it worse.
Colopty
House rules can occasionally be good. My favorite from my childhood was one where every aspect of the game was dropped except for the \1
Colopty
monopoly money, which was used to play a completely different and improvised game that was far superior. \2/2
AmActuallyACat
Pls provide details
Colopty
Aight, been a while since I played it so bit iffy on the details, but the basic setup involved splitting the players into two teams. Each
Exousa
Yup, the only way to play monopoly is to lose as fast as possible so you're no longer playing monopoly
drh1138
Monopoly doesn't take that long when people aren't using lottery house rules that redistribute money.
RevengeIsIceCream
Are you saying the only winning move, is not to play?
MrDustey
Iirc manopoly was originally invented as a social message about how horrible and unfair capitalism is, not to be fun
Monkeytron
https://i.imgur.com/sjLURKE Which ones are your favorites? I’m always looking for new games to add to the collection.
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eraevous
Not including chess, Go, dominos, backgammon, & Chinese checkers
rd220
Star Wars: Outer Rim
DaddySchlongleg
I'm loving Street Masters at the moment
dogedogegiraffedoge
Suburbia, it’s like sim city I’m board game form but way way better. 10/10 game
bel6
One night ultimate werewolf and creationary are staples too
systemet
Chess
lunicow
So many board games!
bel6
Skulls and Roses (now goes by Skull) it’s quick. Good for when you haven’t yet reached a critical # for the longer games and are waiting.
CerisCinderwolf
Mansions of Madness, Coup, Love Letter, Zombicide, Pandemic, Firefly (the board game), Clank, and Betrayal at House on the Hill. Much fun!
mattrixk
I played Zombicide Black Plague with my son yesterday. Nothing like spending a couple hours splattering zombies to bring a family together.
randomassfacts
Not a "board" game but check out "unstable unicorns" it's the game my friends and I default to the most!
Aritani
Dead of Winter, Zombicide, Gloomhaven are personal favourites.
andrnew2710
If you want “Monopoly but better” check out “Chinatown” by Z-man games
GoldAndGreenForests
Mansions of Madness, Dixit, Chronicles of Crime, Unlock, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Above & Below, Gloom, Talisman, Settlers of Catan!
ShutTheFrontDoors
Dear goodness marry me. I love so many of the games on that list.
InDubiousBattle
Hanabi: a cooperative card game, building color sequences 1-5. It can be quick and fun or quite intense.
ArchWizardofCanada
If you like complicated games Terra Mystica is great. Also heard amazing things about Terraforming Mars, but haven't tried it yet.
MrShuffle
Munchkin is one that I always have good fun playing.
mithiwithi
Settlers of Catan! All the ragequit potential of Monopoly, but with actual strategy!
Threadnomancer
Catan and Carcassonne are my go-tos for exposing people to the european market. I love tokaido and ticket to ride too
BC2k2
Love Catan! Carcasonne is another good one you should try.
InDubiousBattle
Okay, that's the best description I've ever heard of Catan. Thank you.
ThrowAwayAcct0000
Forbidden Island, Labyrinth, Catchphrase (not a bg but my family loves it), pandemic, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (also not a bg)
railski
Tokaido & Betrayal At House On The Hill are the 2 we have been playing the most
orangorilla
Terraforming Mars is a good onr
showmeathing
Dominion. Card based game, can choose what cards to add to your hand. Enough randomness to add spice and enough options for tactics too.
ILikeFishSticksInMyMouth
And I think 12 expansions
ILikeFishSticksInMyMouth
Chronicles of crime,terraforming mars, vindication, Auztralia, champions of midgard, cosmic encounters, raiders of the north sea, blood rage
ILikeFishSticksInMyMouth
Star wars rebellion, 7th continent, root, dinosaur island, lords of hellas,wingspan,thunderstone quest, and caverns are some of my favorites
PhobianDarkmoon
Sakura, Love Letter, Dixit, Spirit Island (this one is quite involved but very rewarding), Codenames and Ticket to Ride:Europe are all great
GoldAndGreenForests
Dixit is a beautiful game, one of my favourites as well!
ShutTheFrontDoors
This War of Mine is my favourite by far. I also love stuffed fables, chronicles of crime, Everdell, charterstone. . .
GoldAndGreenForests
Wait, does TWOM exist as a board game too? I've only played the PC game, and LOVED it.
ShutTheFrontDoors
YES IT DOES AND IT’S AMAZING. I would highly, highly, recommend it.
Tak231
Holy shit I didn't know that! I just started collevting board games to play with my brother. Ill have to look for TWOM
GadenKerensky
I'm not sure it's suitable for Family Game Night though...
ShutTheFrontDoors
Not at all. I was asking the question in general, not about child friendly games.
GadenKerensky
Clue is one, if a bit tired. Trivial pursuit is another. I'm just trying to stay away from Monopoly and Risk. Those are dangerous.
ReginaKasteen
Seven Wonder or Ticket to Ride are good, family-friendly, only slightly rage-inducing. Once Upon A Time or Gloom are nice if you want 1/
Lostcause103
Smallworld is a great risk substitute for less real life conflict. a really fun one is red tavern inn, if you like roll playing, dnd, or
Lostcause103
Comedy i highly recommend it. Fun and hilarious for all.
Lostcause103
Red dragon inn* sorry.
Holinyx05
I didn't expect a happy ending
Mumalot
"brb Son, I'mma get my jumper cables" "what's a jumper cable?"
truemetalman
That's because it wasn't there initially. A different artist added the second panel to show how ridiculous it is.
yourbassist
JadetheGuilmon
I want more of them
IrrelevantResponse
Neither did I until I realised I was in a Thai massage place
FrankTheThunderbird
They usually cost extra.
DONTsendtits
Because I usually don’t have the money for one.
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
It's from r/boomerhumor, one of the users wrote the last half to make it suck less.
McPuffinStuff
Oh shit you’re right. I didn’t notice the different signatures, and slightly different styles.
HenryGR
Thanks! It’s nice to have context. I didn’t see it that way (neither as a happy ending tho).
Tumescentpie
One funny thing about the original is that younger people are more likely to have played 20+ board games than older generations.
Tumescentpie
But I'm a nerd and used to host boardgame nights once or twice a month.
LooseyGooseyBrett
I always expect a happy ending. I think that's why I've been arrested so many times for indecent exposure.
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
It will end in a Monopoly game, thus no happy ending achieved.
Doc070
Love the optimism!
Alfadorfox
This guy has actually played Monopoly.
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
And with a sadistic player to booth. "I don't want the rent, if you allow me to build FOUR hotels on Boardwalk."
masiakasaurus
The original comic is like a perfect storm of awful Boomer beliefs
drh1138
Boomer logic: buys kid game console, doesn't spend time with them playing board games, blames the kid and game console.
VillagerJeff
But this is the original
Xynatox
Art style changes dramatically in the second panel, much cleaner. Also there's two watermarks.
PuncturedBag
Boomers don’t have pre teen children???
Xynatox
Yes... They do. Not common, but people still have kids even in their 50s, 60s, and 70s.
wtforero
My father does. He was 50 when my sister was born
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
I'll never get over the weird idea they have that technological understanding is binary and you either understand pre-60s tech or post-60s,
minuteye
Especially weird since board games seem to be having a boom right now. They're way more culturally relevant than they were 20 years ago.
HootSloot
Yeah had like 4 board games growing up but like 30 as an adult.
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
but never both - like since Boomer doesn't understand touch screens, GenZ must not know what a pencil is.
EarlGreyOrDeath
Personally, Gen Z sits in a quantum state. When tech works they can do anything, when tech breaks they can't do anything about it.
PowwerOrb13
With tech, we're functionally smarter than just about any one who came before. Without... the we crash since we mainly know how to find info
EarlGreyOrDeath
For older people I understand not getting basic troubleshooting, but for Gen Z I don't. They've had this tech all their life.
slinkydust
As a old millennial programmer, most people are fucking shit with tech, including Z.
FistfulOfAssholes
They attribute value to knowing things that are almost obsolete so they don’t feel the crushing weight of time marching onward without them.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Also so that they feel they didn't waste their own time learning "skills" like cursive writing that are now as relevant as churning butter.
fiddlemyhiddle
Spot on
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
Man, put it that way it makes me feel sad for them.
jery007
I'm kinda in the middle. Im 37, I both fear and cherish modern tech.
FistfulOfAssholes
No need to fear. We grew up with tech advancing quickly. We know how to learn and adapt. We will be baffled by shit sometimes. It happens.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
Same. I think about self driving cars and get super excited about convenience and safety and super scared about hackers and lack of freedom.
idiosamatik
Same. 36. The last generation to know a life with and without PCs and cell phones.
Photeus
It'll happen to us too, my friend. Strange tech is going to come along. My guess is within 10-15 years. Even we will balk.
IAlwaysUpvoteBirdies
Seriously I hate that. If your kids don't know what a thing is it's your fault for never exposing them to it.
Jordinatinglybeautiful
Monopoly: when you absolutely positively have to fight every motherfucker in the room.
Iatesomecoffeecups
You gotta make em fight eachother. Hit a motherfucker with another motherfucker
Grudgebearingmidget
Sandor's Fried Chicken, so good you'll eat every fucking chicken in the room
forgetthisnoise
THE GAME ISN'T OVER BECAUSE SOMEONE IS CLEARLY WINNING ITS OVER WHEN PEOPLE ARE FUCKING CRYING
Persephone407
And that's if you win
myusernameisntfunny
When I was doing time in prison. I started so many fights because I was winning. I was labelled instigator lol
ArchSchnitz
I'd vastly rather play Smash Bros with the kids than tarnish this house with Monopoly. We do have other board games, though.
AnApologeticCanadian
I love family time but I absolutely fucking detest board games.
Braytac
Why? You have to fit the boargsme to the players but they can be a blast
iamtheyummypie
Sooooo boooooring!
joerozzell17
Try playing "combat monopoly" if you don't see someone land on your property, they don't pay rent. Also, don't let the chaplain be the bank.
dimmadamaged
The chaplain?
joerozzell17
Yeah, give him a five hundred bill, get 450 back. It's not called "Combat Monopoly" for nothing...
hopethisoneworks
One word: scattergories
iamtheyummypie
I LOVE SCATAGORIES!!!
ImgonnapartylikeitsCOVID1999
That moment when you get a dummy to sell you Marvin Garden's and if you sell him park place and you now have that whole corner on lock....
ImgonnapartylikeitsCOVID1999
...And your cuz goes ballistic flips the board screaming "fucking stupid ass, you gave him the Game!"
Snooj
Catan to Monopoly: Hold my beer.
remarks61693
Monopoly tournament champion here, can confirm.
Cha0sForever
Someone hasn't played Catan
StarkRG
Monopoly is 98% chance (using standard rules), there's no reason to get angry at the other players, just the dice.
hdcompatible
Accept no substitute
darksurge
Nothing gets between me and my monopoly