I spent many hours playing Axis & Allies.  I really only like the original version from way back in the day.  Highly addictive, highly fun!

It took me and friends a few hours to get the board set up. We gave up... we're probably missing out, complicated games seem to be more fun once learned.

 

I love settlers of Catan so much but hate the little cardboard pieces flying all over, so I built a board out of Lego

Settlers is the only board game I have ever worn out due to heavy use. How did you do the hexagons? I'm trying to think of pieces with the 60 degree cuts and drawing a blank.

Cuusoo corner bricks? https://ideas.lego.com/projects/19467

Technic pieces! why havent I built a game yet!?

Technic pieces! why havent I built a game yet!?

I don't know, why haven't you?

technicalities... OH!

 

Finally picked up this little gem.  I've played it plenty of times before, but I've never owned it.  It's out of print, but it came down a lot in price since the 2nd edition came out.  Now I'll need to start tracking down expansions.

 

The game is simple enough that you can teach someone how to play in a few minutes, but you can make it more complex by adding things like the war counsel and magic later on.  The setting is neat, they're historic medieval battles but with fantasy stuff thrown in.  Plus I'm a sucker for high production value games, especially if they have hundreds of neat little miniatures.  Hoping to find some time to paint all 200+ of my new tiny plastic soldiers.