Board Games for Catholics to Avoid

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AlbertDerGrosse said:
This thread reminded me of Cards Against Humanity, which is pretty smutty.
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Honestly, those types of games bother me a lot more than games with fantasy/magic imagery.

With the success of “Cards Against Humanity”, it seems to be the trend for games to have an “After Dark” version. Telestrations, Outburst, Cranium, Taboo, etc. all have such “Adults Only” versions now.

I have no first hand familiarity with any of them, so I can’t say that they are always and everywhere sinful for all. But I avoid them.

Magic: The Gathering, on the other hand, I have no problem with except that I’m not nearly as good as I was 25 years ago now that they have all these new cards and new game mechanics. 😜

I’m sure there are games out there that take the magic imagery further than I’d be comfortable with. But I can’t say I’ve come across any such game personally.
 
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To also be fair to those who are making substantive, non-joke contributions other than lists of games, the OP’s query is so broad and he has raised so many side questions (such as suggesting that a practicing Catholic is going to be bothered by looking at a pentagram, that RPGs are demonic and that Game of Thrones is porn) that it’s no wonder the thread took different turns.

You taking the substantive content off the thread and into PM doesn’t help the thread to be more substantive, either. This is one reason I generally avoid PMs unless it’s absolutely necessary to share something in private rather than put it on the public forum to stay forever.
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
To also be fair to those who are making substantive, non-joke contributions other than lists of games, the OP’s query is so broad and he has raised so many side questions (such as suggesting that a practicing Catholic is going to be bothered by looking at a pentagram, that RPGs are demonic and that Game of Thrones is porn) that it’s no wonder the thread took different turns.
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Undoubtedly, references to D&D, Ouija, Game of Thrones, and nudity are immediate thread derailers on CAF, as they raise a lot of discussion that, while somewhat related to his question, go too far afield. When he mentioned them, he probably didn’t realize how it would fracture this thread off in too many directions. If he could redo this, I imagine he would make a much more finely-tailored OP and stay focused on what he was looking for.
Tis_Bearself said:
You taking the substantive content off the thread and into PM doesn’t help the thread to be more substantive, either. This is one reason I generally avoid PMs unless it’s absolutely necessary to share something in private rather than put it on the public forum to stay forever.
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I agree generally and if the thread wasn’t already where it is, I would post it here. And I agree re PMs, too, generally. But based on my reading of this thread, at this point my substantive responses (which get into specifics about the level of dark/demonic themes in various games) would elicit mainly snarky responses, so I think they are better directed to the person who will appreciate the info.
 
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Don’t be hard on yourself. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. As you know, if you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.

On the other hand, Jesus didn’t say, “Go fish,” to the 5,000, did he? 😆😆
 
Personally, the original version of “Apples to Apples” is loads more fun than the children’s version, which gets dull pretty quickly.

GOT: I’ve never seen any of it. I know people are obsessed with it. My wife half-heartedly suggested we watch, but I feel like there’s so much there that it would be nigh impossible to catch up. Same reason I avoided D&D. Plus, I just don’t want to watch the (reputed) graphic rapes and tortures.

Ouija: I’ve seen them, but never played. (Again, because I’m not much of a board gamer and the board didn’t have any cool illustrations on it to hold my attention. Plus, it seemed like a stupid game of people pushing the plastic thing around while claiming that they weren’t.)

Life: I liked the game of “Life” because it has the 3D buildings and cars and mountains to touch. And it has a definite END.

Chinese checkers: I would play because I liked to play fiddle with the plastic pegs like fidget toys.

Tripoly: I would play because it involved three separate games in one, with a lot of switching from one to the other.

Hmm…I’m seeing a trend here . . . board games are boring unless they have haptic pieces I can play with…and the ONLY times I would consent to sit in on D&D was when the guys had the little lead figurines to play with.
 
When I think “board games”, things like Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Clue, Risk, Axis & Allies, etc. come to mind. I don’t see anything wrong with any of these games, so I am wondering what games exactly the OP is talking about.

D&D is a great game, as it helps with all sorts of skills- planning, teamwork, compromise, as well as it’s social aspect.

Card Against Humanity can be a tough one. For the most part, it is pretty vulgar, and it can get a bit out of hand, especially if alcohol is involved. That said, it is one of my favorite games to play with a certain group of my friends. We are all adults, and a mixed bag of believers, non-believers, Christians, Jews and others, and we see it for what it is- a chance for us to get together, have some laughs, and push the boundaries of “polite society”. We are all professionals, so this just lets us blow off some steam and get a little wild.
 
CilladeRoma said:
When I think “board games”, things like Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Clue, Risk, Axis & Allies, etc. come to mind. I don’t see anything wrong with any of these games, so I am wondering what games exactly the OP is talking about.
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There’s been a revolution in tabletop board gaming in the last 20 years. The OP is talking about the newer games, which are really nothing like the older generation of board games. The D&D/Lord of the Rings-type of theme (e.g. magic, elves, trolls, etc) is one of the most popularly employed. There are definitely games that go deep into dark themes.

Two of the gateway titles for the new generation of games that people may have heard of are Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride.

Here’s a short 5-minute video that gives a nice overview of the new landscape of board gaming (it’s from my local news channel, which covered it because one of the major game manufacturers is based in Minnesota):

 
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Joe_5859 said:
This thread reminded me of Cards Against Humanity, which is pretty smutty.
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I agree. I’m not one to see the devil in every bit of harmless child’s play, but I sure as heck do in a game whose objective is to make the most outrageously offensive statement filled with as much blasphemy, racism, sexual assault, death, and genocide as possible. And grown adults are supposed to find this funny? I haven’t played any of the games you listed except Cards Against Humanity, and that was only once. I lasted about 20 min and then excused myself. I lost a couple “friends” that night too. Apparently I’m uptight and I’m supposed to just shrug it off when somebody plays a hand describing (very offensive blasphemy)
Our Lord watching his mother being sodomized by elves.
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I played the Star Wars RPG very briefly. I just couldn’t get into it, and the group didn’t last long.

My wife and I have been playing a lot more board games recently. Right now our favorites are Mansions of Madness, Betrayal at House on the Hill, and Harry Potter; Hogwarts Battle. I got her Photosynthesis for Christmas, and we have a ton of other board games.

They’re great because they’re a fun family activity. I can’t wait to play with my son! We have a shelf for more complex games, and a shelf for the simple games we can play with our nephew and his non-gamer parents. I’m hoping to slowly introduce them to more complex games ^^
 
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I bought a vintage Mystery Date game from ebay

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I have nothing else to add to this conversation.
 
I once had Hero Quest and something happened to it before i moved. Now it is really expensive on Ebay.
 
Atreju said:
There needs to be a version of Godwins Law for CatholicAnswers where every moral question becomes about game of thrones. Wasn’t this thread about demonic board games? I’m still wondering what board games are considered demonic.
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Close, but we already have one. Every moral question becomes about abortion.
 
I think there are some really bad rpgs. Like i have heard about ones by white wolf publishing,called vampire:the masquerade and werewolf the apocalypse.
 
It’s just a joke. When it comes to some of these classic CRPGs, though, I think some may have turned them into a religion.
 
DeniseNY said:
I bought a vintage Mystery Date game from ebay
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Funny. I somewhat wish I held on to this old Catholic game I came across one time. It was some sort of Catholic nostalgia game. Even in the direction booklet, it was like “Remember the old days when we used to be Catholic?” 😱
 
Chutes and Ladders is actually an ancient game from India called “Moksha Patam” involving Hindu principles and “bad karma” causing you to ride the snake down to the lower position on the board. That should scare off a lot of Catholics from playing it, much less giving it to their kids to play.

The Victorians (Protestants most likely) decided to Christianize it into modern “Snakes and Ladders” which in USA became “Chutes and Ladders”.
 
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