Five Retro Board Games You Should Try For Game Nights!
The pandemic has pushed us to be isolated and distant from other people. This has paved the way for technology to advance as the number of users exponentially grows. The digital age also developed games in its wave. With that said, let us look back at some of the famous retro board games that once entertained a whole different generation of kids and kids at heart.
Five Retro Board Games You Should Try For Game Nights!
Cluedo
First off, Cluedo. Also known as Clue, is a murder mystery retro board game. Remember those movies where a group of people is stuck in one place and then a murder happened? The board game is like that. The game is situated in a manor. The game is simple, to figure out who murdered the victim, where did they the deed, and what weapon was used. The player (characters) will compete with each other in order to gather the evidence before everyone else. Each one of you will be able to play the detective role, just like in the movies. The game has been around since 1943.
Trivial Pursuit
Maybe you want to be in a game show and want to show off your knowledge of everything under the sun, Trivial Pursuit is for you. From science, nature, history, culture, art, and geography, to sports, entertainment, and leisure, there are more than 2000 questions to get competitive with. Players will travel around the wheel-shaped board as they try to answer the questions from the given categories. The colored square on the board will determine the category you will answer. Getting the right answer will, of course, add to your progress in the game until you go to the center of the board wherein you’ll answer one final question to win the game.
Monopoly
The retro classic board game has tested a lot of friendships since 1935. The objective is that, as you land on a certain property and buy specific places on the board to buy houses. As you own the place, the rent goes higher. With risk and luck, you can win the game by bankrupting other players. The game can take a while in order to finish, but as the open spaces on the board close, competitiveness opens, and also, fun.
221b Baker Street
If you want a more intense Cluedo, this retro board game also has mystery murder on it. But with more backstory and clues along the way. The players also race back to 221b Baker Street. You need to win the game by finding the killer, what weapon was used, and what is the motive, each with a back story. But before you can go to Sherlock himself to propose your hypothesis, you will encounter clues through the streets of London. You can also encounter other puzzles to solve that will be added to the clue in solving the mystery. Players can also trick other co-players by putting a clue on the board and locking a location, bluffing if it is useful or not.
Battleship
This classic game has existed one way or another since the 1930s but became an official board game in 1967. The retro board game is not only a battle of sinking the opponent’s ships but also a battle of wit and tactics as to how you can outsmart your own opponent. The players take turns in saying the coordinates of where the opponent’s ship is to fire a missile. The winner will be determined if all of the ships of the opponent have sunk before your own. The combinations of the ships are different each round, depending on the player, making the game exciting and enjoyable.
With all the technology nowadays, most of the younger generation tend to play board games and connect to their friends through online games and applications. Well, the pandemic, too, has been a factor in the progress of online transactions and communications. But, nothing beats the old-school, classic, face-to-face interaction between friends and families as they establish a deeper bonding and relationship with each other.
