I often see lists on-line about the greatest board games of all-time so I figured that I would share my list.

Here are my favorite games of all-time listed alphabetically with a quick thought or two about each.

All-Pro Baseball – A precursor of sorts to Strat-o-Matic for a fervent baseball fan.

Authors – I learned a lot about the great authors and classical literature playing this card game (a lot) as a little kid at my Grandma’s house.

Azul – I am still not sure if my wife and I score the games correctly, but this is a fun game and we especially enjoy the colorful tiles.

Balderdash – This game is similar to Pictionary, only without the drawing. With enough people, this game can’t help but get us laughing.

Battleship – This is, simply, a classic game.

Blokus – This game is best when played with three or four people. We over-played this for a time and I got bored with it, but it is fun.

Camelot – This is an older game, probably from the 1930s. It’s sort of like chess, but it isn’t. I’m just getting to know this game and enjoy it very much.

Carcassonne – This newer game is a lot of fun. We usually keep usually, but the fun is simply in seeing the medieval world we create.

Chess – I used to play a lot, but I am not very good, at all.  I had a distant uncle who would play me every year on Thanksgiving and defeat me handily every single time.

Chutes and Ladders – One of my favorites as a kid.

Connect Four – I used to tell my children that I was the International Connect Four Champion.  I think they believed me for a while… (I am not sure if they were ever able to defeat me at this game which contributed to them believing I was legitimately the International Champion.)

Formula 1 – I had this game that focused on a Formula One car race as a child, but I didn’t play this game by the rules, I simply lined up the cars and raced them around the track by rolling two dice for each car as they took turns.  I loved this game.

Jenga – A classic.  It is almost as much fun when the tower falls as getting it as high as it can go.

Masterpiece – I learned a lot about many painting masters through this game – one that has always been underrated.

Monopoly – Because the games take forever to play, we don’t play this very often, but I still love this game.

Monopoly Deal – This is an especially fun card game that my wife and I play often especially when we travel.

Next Station: London – We only recently started playing this game and we enjoy it a great deal.

Parcheesi – I had many classic battles in this game with my sons. I don’t remember winning very often.

Park and Shop – This is an old-time game that is dated, but lots of fun.  I played this a lot with my Grandma years and years and years ago.

Pictionary – We don’t play this often enough. It’s a fun and very silly game that usually leads to a lot of laughs.

Rack-O – My wife and I just discovered this old game and we really enjoy it.  She wins about 95% of the time though.

Risk – I love this game, though most people don’t enjoy playing a war game for hours upon hours. I wish they did.

Rivers, Roads, and Rails – We play this game in a similar fashion to Carcassonne, that is just to see what type of map we can all build together turn-by-turn.

Scattergories – This game got a lot of play in our house. When we look for a game when we have lots of people over, this is one we still turn to.

Shobu – Wooden boards, small stones, a piece of rope (for some reason) and a good, easy, and quick strategy game.

Sorry – This is sort-of a modern version of Parcheesi. We played this game a lot when my sons were little.

Stratego – This was the first “war game” I remember playing. It’s sort of like a cross between Risk and Battleship in many ways. It’s always fun to play.

Strat-o-Matic Baseball – My favorite game…Ever! I have probably played 45 million games of Strat. (It would be nice if I was exaggerating.)

Strat-o-Matic Pro Football – I played a season with one of my sons and it was among the most fun we ever had playing a board game.

Tenzi – A dice-rolling game that is simple, fast-paced, and very fun for children (and grown-ups) of all ages.

The Game – A new(er) cooperative card game that my wife and I play all the time and bring with us when we travel.

Ticket To Ride – This is also a newer favorite. It seems each time we play someone else wins which adds to the fun. I’m just happy when I can complete my assigned train routes.

Trekking the National Parks – This reminds me, a lot, of Ticket to Ride as it plays similarly. We haven’t played this a lot, but we like it.

Trivial Pursuit – No one in my family will play this with me.

Uno – A classic, though it seems to have become “tired” over the years.

Welcome To… – They call this a write and roll game where the players plan out a suburban neighborhood. It is one of our favorites.

Yahtzee – I lose somewhere between 80-90% of the times I play this game, but I still enjoy it. Sometimes.