Are you a game player?

[+ purplekow]

While socially we all are game players to a greater or lesser extent, I am referring to actual games.  I enjoy RPG and puzzle games such as Connections and Wordle on a daily basis.  I also enjoy card games, everything from old maid to canasta, and board, everything from chutes and ladders to Go.   I have been searching out a group for some type of organized regular game encounter.  So far no luck, but I have a lead on a group that I am following up, but it seems Agricola is their game of choice and I was unfamiliar with it until reading a synopsis of it. 

Are there other game players here.  If so, what are your favorites.  

[BigK]

Bridge.  I think it’s the greatest card game.  You need four people.   You choose a partner, and play against the opposing couple I.e. 2 people.

[Nue2thegame]

I play games and regularly enjoy several of those that you listed. You might also like:

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

a geography game, not to be confused with Wordle.  I play both most days. 

[+ purplekow]

37 minutes ago, BigK said:

Bridge.  I think it’s the greatest card game.  You need four people.   You choose a partner, and play against the opposing couple I.e. 2 people.

I played bridge regularly in high school and college.  After college, not many people played any more. When they took the bridge column out of the newspaper, i knew the game was dying.  I did not realize that newspapers were dying too.  I sometimes take a deck of cards and play out bridge hands I have dealt out.  I almost always win.  

[+ purplekow]

4 hours ago, Nue2thegame said:

I play games and regularly enjoy several of those that you listed. You might also like:

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

a geography game, not to be confused with Wordle.  I play both most days. 

i will try worldie.teuteuf.fr.  The version i tried, is Thirty Thursday.  Are there other days.  Considering today is Monday, perhaps not.   Took me 12 guesses and a bit of help to get the 8 borderin nations.  

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:55 AM by purplekow

[+ jimbosf]

If you are looking for a group, you might try the senior center.  I think in Palm Springs it is the Mizell Center, if I am not mistaken.  When I moved from Bay Area to Denver a couple of years ago, I joined the local senior center as a way to meet people and stay active.  We do bus trips, have groups that enjoy going out to eat for lunch or dinner together, and many different groups that play games.  The center I attend offers canasta, bridge, pinnacle, mahjong, scrabble, puzzles...the list goes on and on.  Just a thought...

[Nue2thegame]

1 hour ago, purplekow said:

i will try worldie.teuteuf.fr.  The version i tried, is Thirty Thursday.  Are there other days.  Considering today is Monday, perhaps not.  

No, it looks like Thirty Thursday is an ad for another game. Hit “dismiss” and Worldle will appear under it. It will show you a country and you have to guess which country it is. After each guess it will tell you how far and which direction the correct country is. You get 6 guesses. It helps to have access to an interactive map. Different country each day. 

[+ purplekow]

1 hour ago, Nue2thegame said:

No, it looks like Thirty Thursday is an ad for another game. Hit “dismiss” and Worldle will appear under it. It will show you a country and you have to guess which country it is. After each guess it will tell you how far and which direction the correct country is. You get 6 guesses. It helps to have access to an interactive map. Different country each day. 

Yes that worked.  I got the first one on the sixth guess.  Once I noted it was in km not miles, I was able to circle in.  That there were islands off the coast helped.  It was fun.  

[Aamir]

I love board games and would love to get a dozen providers and clients together to play Blood on the Clock tower.

[+ azdr0710]

 

more of a Candy Crush guy here myself......

 

 

[+ m_writer]

Yep, Dungeons and Dragons. I meet a group every other Saturday where we bring snacks and goodies, play for 5-6 hours straight on our current campaign, and order pizza for dinner. Our current campaign has been going on for more than two years, but it's the community and camaraderie that keep it enjoyable, much more than the story (though it's a fun story too).

[TonyDown]

My family played a game called Dictionary.

Whoever turn it is chooses an obscure word from the dictionary, and writes down the definition.

Everyone else makes up a fake definition, writes on a piece of paper.  All definitions are read aloud by who's turn it is.

Then each player chooses the definition they believe to be the actual definition.

It can be fun.

Bridge was huge in my mom's day.

I used to belong to a Trivial Pursuit club.  That was fun.

 

[+ azdr0710]

10 minutes ago, TonyDown said:

My family played a game called Dictionary.

Whoever turn it is chooses an obscure word from the dictionary, and writes down the definition.

Everyone else makes up a fake definition, writes on a piece of paper.  All definitions are read aloud by who's turn it is.

Then each player chooses the definition they believe to be the actual definition.

It can be fun.

Bridge was huge in my mom's day.

I used to belong to a Trivial Pursuit club.  That was fun.

 

veering off topic a bit, this sounds like those murder mystery dinners that were popular a few years ago.......typically, instead of having a pre-established solution to the mystery, the "hosts" would simply take the funniest or most outrageous solution offered by a guest and proclaim that person the winner.....    

[jeezifonly]

20 minutes ago, TonyDown said:

My family played a game called Dictionary.

Whoever turn it is chooses an obscure word from the dictionary, and writes down the definition.

Everyone else makes up a fake definition, writes on a piece of paper.  All definitions are read aloud by who's turn it is.

Then each player chooses the definition they believe to be the actual definition.

It can be fun.

Bridge was huge in my mom's day.

I used to belong to a Trivial Pursuit club.  That was fun.

 

I love Dictionary!!!

Celebrity is also fun - another pen & paper game great for groups. Many variations out there. 

[+ poolboy48220]

in my 20's, Cosmic Encounter was a favorite of my friends. I am semi-banned from playing Trivial Pursuit with friends because my mind is filled with trivial facts.

[BigK]

On 2/2/2026 at 6:21 PM, purplekow said:

I played bridge regularly in high school and college.  After college, not many people played any more. When they took the bridge column out of the newspaper, i knew the game was dying.  I did not realize that newspapers were dying too.  I sometimes take a deck of cards and play out bridge hands I have dealt out.  I almost always win.  

I play bridge once a week with friends for 4 to 5 hours at a time.  I’ll play more when I retire.

[Becket]

Was really into Trivial Pursuits in its heyday. I love bridge but my game is kinda weak. 

[jayjaycali]

Chess?  Usually not too hard to find groups for that.

[Lotus-eater]

On 2/2/2026 at 2:39 PM, purplekow said:

I have been searching out a group for some type of organized regular game encounter.  So far no luck, but I have a lead on a group that I am following up, but it seems Agricola is their game of choice and I was unfamiliar with it until reading a synopsis of it. 

There's this group, which is gay-friendly and meets at Starbase 505, which took over the military-themed room in Antique Galleries.

https://www.meetup.com/palm-springs-board-gamers/

(Meetup's search suggested that I might also like a lesbian group's Build a Vulva workshop 🫣)

Edited Thursday at 04:10 AM by Lotus-eater

[Luv2play]

On 2/3/2026 at 12:45 AM, TonyDown said:

My family played a game called Dictionary.

Whoever turn it is chooses an obscure word from the dictionary, and writes down the definition.

Everyone else makes up a fake definition, writes on a piece of paper.  All definitions are read aloud by who's turn it is.

Then each player chooses the definition they believe to be the actual definition.

It can be fun.

Bridge was huge in my mom's day.

I used to belong to a Trivial Pursuit club.  That was fun.

 

40 years ago I had a cottage and several of my neighbours were also gay. On weekend nights after a boozy dinner we and our weekend guests would play a game called Balderdash which is a bit like Dictionary, the game you described.
 

A player would draw a card with an obscure term on it and the others would try to guess the meaning  by writing it down on a piece of paper which the person who drew the card would read out.  The closest was the winner. 
 

I’ll never forget  the funniest answer given by one of the cutest guys in our group to the term “mushfaker” . He wrote,” the husky dog with short legs who is just along for the ride. “  We laughed our heads off. Although the right answer which no one came close to was, an umbrella maker.

[TonyDown]

6 hours ago, Luv2play said:

40 years ago I had a cottage and several of my neighbours were also gay. On weekend nights after a boozy dinner we and our weekend guests would play a game called Balderdash which is a bit like Dictionary, the game you described.
 

A player would draw a card with an obscure term on it and the others would try to guess the meaning  by writing it down on a piece of paper which the person who drew the card would read out.  The closest was the winner. 
 

I’ll never forget  the funniest answer given by one of the cutest guys in our group to the term “mushfaker” . He wrote,” the husky dog with short legs who is just along for the ride. “  We laughed our heads off. Although the right answer which no one came close to was, an umbrella maker.

I admit there were rounds where it was difficult to keep a straight face!  Yes, I remember Balderdash!

[+ Cash4Trash]

I've played bridge for most of my life. Play mostly online now at BridgeBase.com

[+ Charlie]

I think Bridge is mostly a game played by senior citizens. I was taught the game by my partner's grandmother many years ago. When I moved into a senior community, I was immediately invited to join the group that plays Bridge at the lodge once a week, and they are always looking for new members, even from people who don't live here. My brother-in-law lives in a retirement community in Texas where he is in charge of an enormous Bridge group (12 tables).

Another game I was taught by friends was Rummikub, and there is a group here that plays that every week at the home of a male couple, but I often played it with one of my housebound neighbors after I taught him how to play (it can be played by only two people). When I was growing up, the card game that was popular was Canasta, but I don't know of anyone who plays it now, and I have long since forgotten how to play it.

[Simon Suraci]

SETTLERS OF CATAN

…and it’s campaign variations. My favorite: basic Cities and Knights.