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  1. gdivya85

    gdivya85 Junior IL'ite

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    Hi Friends,

    Any suggestions to buy indoor games to play with friends during get together. I live in the US and I am not so sure about the type of games to buy. Also please suggest games to be played when bored by two people at home.

    Thanks,
    Divya
     
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    Thanks, UNO is one option. I have played that game a couple of times during potluck. Any other suggestions?
     
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    tashidelek2002 IL Hall of Fame

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    Card games with regular cards: hearts, euchre, poker, texas hold'em, cribbage, bridge.

    Backgammon, mahjong, monopoly, risk, chess, checkers.

    Requiring a table: pool, pingpong, snooker. You can buy gaming tables that have snooker table underneath and a card table set up on a removable lid if you decide to really play a lot of games.
     
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    You can buy wii or xbox game station. We played at our friends place and just loved it.
    With kinect sensor, it is very interactive now, it has lot of games(bowling, Football, Table Tennis, Boxing, Volley Ball etc), has a lot of less active games like Uno, Monopoly, puzzles etc and lot of exercise kind of games like Balacing a board, kick boxing, yoga and zen etc. It is very addictive and my friend is completely engaged and no longer complains of being bored :thumbsup. She also said it is a wonderful workout during winters as playing these games for about 30 minutes everyday easily burns atleast 100 calories.

    Here are few videos
    YouTube - Kinect Sports :: Table Tennis Xbox Live Gameplay #2

    YouTube - kinect sports boxing xbox live gameplay

    YouTube - Kinect Sports - bowling

    YouTube - E3 2010 Microsoft Conference - Your Shape Kinetc

    You can check for more in youtube - search for kinect sports or your shape.

    the hazy figure is you and all you do is stand before the television at a distance and move your hands as you would with a table tennis bat and the kinect sensor in front of the tv will detect your motions and map it to the game. You do not need a remote or anything, just use your hands, legs and body(as required by the game)

    Wii has its own games as well and a motion sensor. But Kinect is available only in xbox right now.
     
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    hi,

    pictionery, scrabble, poker, uno r the few stuff that we generally play during our get togethers
     
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    You could try strategy based games like
    Settlers of Catan
    Ticket to ride
    Card games like literature/ bridge/rummi
    ludo
    snake and ladders
    monopoly
     
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    Wii would be really good.
     
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    Singers can be interested in karaoke.It is a good time pass and a hit at parties.
     
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    You can also try Taboo, Sequence.
     

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