i thought they came with blank cards to replace lost cards...

I used to play Big Two a lot when I was younger.

I like to play hearts. Also like a good game of Hold'em.

Thanks everyone for the awesome responses! I was unaware of boardgamegeek.com so I'll definitely have to check that out when I get some spare time.

Magic the Gathering, Risk, Chess, and Hold'em.

Risk I don't get to play as much anymore but its still fun when I get the chance. I play chess a couple of times a week (Even go on Sundays to play in a tournament with some people from work.) Hold'em i play whenever my cousins visit and magic I play obsessively, going to tournaments every Friday and playing it online in between. (and I still suck at it [grin])

I used to play magic a bunch with my friends. I had a semi-decent sliver deck that I was attempting to upgrade, but by that time my buddies stopped playing and I couldn't find anyone else to play with (probably because I didn't look hard enough :P). If I find my decks, perhaps I'll try to kick-start my game.

Apart from what have already been mentioned, I would like to recommend:

• Munchkin Quest—Munchkin, but as a tile-based board game. Not recommended if you haven't played the card game; it can get a bit too much, and the card game is a good introduction to MQ.


• Robo Rally—Program robots to travel across a factory floor and capture nodes (or variants thereof). Robots have a set of registers you program with movements, and all robots execute registers simultaneously, which means you can bump into each other and push other robots off course... or be pushed off course.


• Drakon—Tile based. Explore a dungeon and collect coins. This game is just as much about keeping your opponents from getting coins, than making yourself getting them.


• Ticket to Ride—Build railway to connect cities. Easy game you can play with your parents or friends that may not be into games so much.

Cribbage and Backgammon are still two of my favourite games.

I played quite a bit of NetRunner; which was one of the more interesting card games when I was younger.

Diplomacy - Board Game
This is the geekiest game in the world, but I absolutely love it. Note that this is not a particularly "casual" game. You need 7 players (you can get by with 5 or 6 though), the game takes longer than Risk, and you have to write your moves down on a piece of paper for each turn.

The game puts a huge emphasis on (not surprisingly) diplomacy. Winning is impossible without making critical alliances with other players, and back-stabbing them at the ideal moment. There is also no randomness factor in the game.

Most people find the game to be too much work, but there are some people out there who absolutely love it (like me).