You'll see people using bold to highlight games, that gives the opportunity to interact with /u/r2d8, a bot that can be used to grab data from BGG on games included in a post. Please see the Rules-page for a full list of the rules. Join our community! Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! Rules Welcome to /r/boardgames! The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games.

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I first came across it in '84 and we called it 'Game with No Name' because the chap that taught the group of us at work didn't know what it was called - he'd learnt it on holiday in Spain from someone else who also didn't know what it was called. If you look this game up on Wikipedia, it has many names.

Btw we called it Oh *****! (apologies to Jillybean)

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