LCG = Living Card Game. Every other month they come out with a new set of 60 cards to spice things up. No randomness/collectorsness in the packs though (which is where the name comes from. It's a play off of CCG).

Cosmic Encounter always seemed possibly the closest ameritrash will ever get to Diplomacy. Of course Cosmic Encounter was designed before the modern boardgaming era much like Diplomacy so it's not a complete surprise

i recently played civilization and i love it. will replay as often as i can gather seven players.

Settlers of Catan and Civilization are both awesome.

Railways of the World
Castles of Mad King Ludwig
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Cosmic Encounters
Carcassonne
Smash Up
Ticket to Ride

I always enjoy a good game of Khet. (The Egyptian light reflection game.)

I think that people who enjoy the complex strategy and lack of dice in diplomacy should try explore beyond 'lighter' games like ticket to ride and Catan.

By far my favourite game at the moment is Agricola. It's got a good iOS app if anyone fancies a game.

My friends of about 25 years still get together on Sunday night to play Magic and strategy games.
Most recently we have been playing alot of Puerto Rico and 7 Wonders. Puerto Rico is awesome. Wonders is easily learned but sifting out an actual strategy is elusive to us.

I'd say Monopoly is probably my favorite

Tiny Epic Kingdoms is low-luck and has an interesting simultaneous war mechanic where each side bids how many resources they're willing to pay to win the war, with only the total resources available known to each player of course, and then whoever bids more wins the battle, with both sides paying regardless of outcome. It is possible to "ally" with others (which has formal bearing unlike a Diplomacy "ally") by both players bidding 0.

Pleasantly surprised to see a Rail Baron mention, I grew up with it. Too much randomness though, if the dice hate you there's nothing you can do. I once went bankrupt in a three-player game, which we had not have believed to be possible. Also had a friend who was notorious for buying the Santa Fe after one payoff, leaving himself with 2 or 3 thousand in operating cash, and getting away with it every single time.

If anyone wants to turn Settlers into a much better game, I highly recommend turning the Desert into a roll-7 Alcohol resource. You can trade alcohol like other resources or give them to someone to make them take a shot. It's pretty great.

@Hazel

Glad to finally hear of someone else who knows about it! It is very fun, but I agree there's a bit too much luck. If you aren't rolling well, though, you could always buy the Super Chief : )

Abge, if I ever could have afforded it, it probably wouldn't have helped. I was constantly having to go to cities already locked up by the other players, doing the "spend $20,00 to make $12,000" thing three out of every four runs. It was insane. I was auctioning off my few railroads almost right away, and was probably dead within an hour.

That was nearly twenty years ago, a date which has lived in infamy, thankfully never repeated. Played this Christmas with my dad, my sister, and her husband, and kicked some ass with my unstoppable Santa Fe/PA connection!

Yeah, I know the feeling. The worst is when it's a 10ish trip and it still takes you 3 turns. Such a waste of time and money.

My friends always rush for ATSF, PA, CRIP, UP, etc. Personally, I like buying the really small railroads and connecting them together. You save so much money and can still get everywhere. I also always try to get both SAL and ACL. It doesn't happen often, but when someone lands in Miami, they usually go bankrupt : )

The bad game I was talking about, I had to go to Miami two or three times with the SAL and ACL already in competitors' hands. Of course when I manage to monopolize the southeast myself, I'm lucky if anyone else goes there once in a game...

Actually played against THE Rail Baron (the guy with his picture on the box) once. He did a lot of game testing for Avalon Hill (back when it existed), and they grabbed him one day, put the goofy hat and gloves on him (if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about), gave him a cee-gar, took his picture and put it on the box.

Go (also known as Weiqi or Baduk)

I used to play a lot of chess, but don't any more. Now, almost all my gaming time is spent on Android: Netrunner.

I also play BSG, Twilight Struggle, Dominion and 7 Wonders semi-regularly, along with Resistance and Loveletter for quick filler games.

I just discovered Eclipse and I love it. Great game. Risk, chess, stratego, and monopoly are all up there too. I really need to play settlers of catan, I've heard a lot of good things about that one.

This site has some very neat weird board games http://en.boardgamearena.com/ - I play there with friends quite often. The Boss being my favourite game there.

I joined a live game. I should not have joined the game, as I was preoccupied with another activity. As a result, I did not input any orders. For this, I am truly sorry. Will those in the gamehttp://www.braindumps.com/training/ccna-study-guide.htm

I really enjoy Imperial as a game that looks a lot like diplomacy but isn't. It requires diplomacy skills, but is about making profit from owning shares in multiple countries and going to war for tax purposes!

Other than Diplomacy, my favorite game is A Game of Thrones. However, it is far more complex and, as a result, much harder to get people to play.

will someone please click cathleen's link.... seriously im messaging a mod now.

I noticed that during our game.

I just messaged ghug. best to get rid of scum like that.... take out some garbage.

Haha indeed. Good job my spicy Italian

I love when you call me that you hard baguette ;)

Pandemic and carcassonne. I would love to try out arkham horror but that might be a pretty hard sell to the gf.