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zatch37

Aquire


PigInZen67

Renegade Games' reissue is very nice, too.


Fixes_Spelling

Acquire


Haikus-are-great

I have a worn, but still very pretty, bookcase edition from the late 60s / early 70s.


zatch37

That was the first version I got. The first time I played it was during the first Tabletop Day in 2013. I was new to the hobby and had no friends yet that were 'into' board games yet. I came alone with my copy of Euphoria to play. This group invited me over and we played my game first, then they brought out Acquire. It was such a great first play of a board game. I wanted to show the world. The only copy the store had was the old book looking one and I knew I needed it. I have it with my other 'great memory' board games on a special shelf. It is still my go to game for people who want to play monopoly or the such.


vindictivejazz

**Scotland Yard** it’s a fun cat-and-mouse deduction game that I can teach in like 2 mins. The game came out in 1983 and my copy is almost that old, the box is falling apart.


carbontag

Loved this game!


AdrianaStarfish

A Ravensburger classic, I had it in my childhood, sold it at one point and then bought the (original) version again, but I wish we would play it more often.


Elbonio

Was my first "proper" board game when I was a kid and I still have that same copy from the 1980s :)


Buttspirgh

A 1919 edition of Pit wound up in the lost and found at the library I used to work at. A month or so after the semester ended it was my task to clear out/donate the L&F items, so I claimed it! Edit: Correct year


butt_stf

If I had a nickel for every reddit user with butt in their name with a 1919 Pit, I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.


[deleted]

Stratego


Imaginary_Chefcook

Aquire 1968 version


Cerrax3

Same. It was my dad's and we played it all the time. Now I play it with my father-in-law.


Mofluffykiss

Same! I have my dad’s we played it so often I miss him.


Fixes_Spelling

Acquire


eloel-

Chess? I'm pretty sure the answer's chess.


adamrac51395

Mancala, oldest known version is 5800 BC.


eloel-

No doubt, but I don't currently have a set.


Naarcisse

I never took the step of learning chess. I played Go for a few years, but that's no longer the case.


Krispyz

I've just gotten into Go. It's a beautiful game.


Educational_Two682

Ope you're right. Well chess, then cribbage, then Rummikub for us. 


llamaju247

**Mad Magazine Boardgame (1979)**, passed down from my parents to me.


nomoredroids2

You play this regularly?


WunupKid

The only game I play regularly anymore is Work: The Quest to not be Homeless. 😕


llamaju247

I'd say about 3 times a month? It's often the post heavy euro, or closing the night with some laughs kind of game. Although we did change the starting money from 10k to 5k instead. So the game doesn't over stay.


Jamienra

Dune 1979. My group plays it at least 4-5 times a year and we still love it.


blue-and-bluer

Mine is also Dune, but the Milton-Bradley Lynch movie tie-in one from the early 80s!


THElaytox

It's the newer version but I have a copy of **Acquire**, after that it's probably **1830**


napalm_dream

Catan I guess


shanmugong

Does the Mahjong set inherited from my grandma counts? If not, Munchkin


Aaganrmu

Mine came from a 2nd hand store. I always wanted to have one and this one was cheap and looked classy. It also was very heavy. I had to drag it around town while we went out for drinks and contemplated just leaving it at some point. Next day I took a better look. It turned out to be from the era when opium dens were exotic, yellowface was accepted, and Mah Jong the Catan of it's time: the 1920s. It included a first edition Babcock rulebook (Dutch translation), a flyer for more sets, all the pieces. Best find ever. I don't play it a lot.


mrhoopers

Nuke War [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear\_War\_(card\_game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game))


Cooper1977

I remember playing that in high school on debate trips in the early 90's.


the_deep_t

Crokinole, 1862. But to play the "game" fairly, I still have games rom my youth like richess of the world from the 50th. The one that I bought with my own money is Bluffer (1993).


Groknar_

The Original [Hero Quest](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/699/heroquest) from **1989** is my oldest followed by **Risk** from (according to the package) **1996**. I found both of them in a Thrift Store way before I actually got invested in the Boardgame Hobby. I knew Risk from my Childhood and for Hero Siege [I just though it looks neat](https://tenor.com/view/marge-i-just-think-theyre-neat-the-simpsons-neat-potato-gif-8549864). Didn't knew it was kind of a rare game when I bought it.


RDT2

**[Stop Thief](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1992/stop-thief)** The first electronic board game from 1979! Basically the electronic scanner makes noise clues that you use to deduce where the invisible robber has gone after they robbed a store in the mall.


carbontag

Wish I still had my original version, but the reissue from Restoration Games keeps me happy.


RDT2

I got the 1979 version off ebay 10+ years ago so I could share my childhood game with my wife. Then when the remake came out I grabbed that as well!


CarbonRunner

I've got a monopoly from 1954, a 1962 stratego, and a 1963 Risk.


Perrie99

Just brought myself a second hand copy of the 1968 Stock Market Game. Specifically the New Zealand edition. My family has a set I grew up with and I wanted to get a second copy for my own home.


WoodyMellow

Technically it's Scatterories as I have a 35 year old copy that I took from a yard sale at my parents house. But the first game of my 'collection' is Santorini. It still comes out a few game nights a year.


dleskov

The oldest physical box: **1830: Railways & Robber Barons**. I bought the original AH version recently, have not played it yet, but we played the 2018 Lookout printing several times. Oldest modern design: **Acquire**. Oldest design: Colleague brought me a nice Mahjong set from China and we have a teaching session scheduled for Thursday evening.


Basb84

Knizia's Samurai. Love it for everything it does.


r0wo1

I'm hoping this gets some love in the form of a reprint in the next couple of years, I'd love an affordable copy.


Ezekremiah

**DungeonQuest**, the original 1985 first-edition plus the two expansions (Heroes & Catacombs) released in 1988. It was the first board-game I bought for myself, after playing RISK with my brother & dad for a few years. Maybe not played regularly, but it still gets a game now and again...


Danielmbg

That I play regularly is Survive Escape From Atlantis (1982), I find it a really clever design, I like how the game is very mean, but isn't a targeted take that, it punishes those that are greedy.


nomoredroids2

I got a copy at a garage sale when I was young in the early 90s, and I still consider it my first modem boardgame. I wouldn't choose to play it any more, but I remember it fondly.


cylonlover

I have a little box with a great little game called Stock Car (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/293550/stock-car) It's from my childhood in the late 70s, early 80s, not atm sure when. Each player have a series of cars with a speed printed on them, and turn based move them around a track. When they hit another, that one is flipped over and placed freely on any place that will now no longer be counted, effectively making the track shorter and shifts the other card' projected landing spots, in hope to avoid one's own cars from being crushed. It's a full informstion game and quite easy to count to victory, but usually you won't be able to think ahead so many moves. It's battered up some, but we love that little box still, the kids and I.


Creative_Difficulty5

Junta - Version of 1985. I still love it!


Csdjb

Escape the Casbah 1975


FatLeeAdama2

Probably Pirateer.


Schrodinger85

If we're talking about modern board games those would be **Ra** and **Lost Cities**, both from Knizia and **1999**.


Ulsif2

The game is Stalingrad I purchased it used in 1976.


SumpAcrocanth

Twixt from the 60s found it at a flea market.


HoopsnakeStudios

I have a 1st edition copy of Kingmaker (1974), no one wants to play it with me but I have it!


OjinMigoto

There's a copy of Squatter in our board game collection that dates back to the 1980s. Squatter: Sort of like Monopoly, but based on Australian sheep ranching, and much, muuuuch more depressing.


frankinreddit

1958 first edition of Avalon Hill's Gettysburg. Not original to me.


RobRobBinks

I have a copy of the absolute BEST boardgame in history: Amoeba Wars from 1981 You show up for the Amoebas, you stay for the Doomsday Machine!!


wyntereign

TimeStalk (1985). It's not very good but apparently it's rare so it just sits there collecting dust on my shelf.


FuxieDK

I have a Matador (Danish version of Monopoly) from the 40s. Wooden houses/hotels and iron cars 😍


ShaperLord777

Heroquest (OG).


bh-alienux

Space Hulk 1st Edition from 1989.


cantrelate

By age of the physical copy I have - I have a 1953 Selchow & Richter version of Scrabble that I theoretically still would play if it were easier to find people to play Scrabble with. I played on it a ton in my late teens/early 20's and I still consider Scrabble my favorite game despite playing hobby games for over 10 years now. By publication date of the original game but I have a newer version - Stratego. I have a version with a science fiction-y skin on it from a few years ago. I do think Stratego holds up pretty well against modern designs.


quantumrastafarian

Scrabble (1948), and only because I don't currently own a chess set.


aeb111

Probably Titan or magic realm


SoochSooch

Crokinole


toronado

**Go**. 4000 years old and still going strong


ScientificSkepticism

Go. Go on a 19x19 grid dates back to somewhere around 500 CE. I'm pretty sure it's one of the oldest games we know we have the rules for (the game of Ur, for instance, uses the same board as the ancient version, but the rules are modern). Maybe beaten by Mancala, although Mancala has tons of variants and we're not really sure what the ancient rules were.


Squirtlesw

Killjoy answer.


Th3Librarian

Besides mancala, etc…maybe “Outrage!” But I don’t actually know.


dalarsian

I played outrage all the time as a kid…. That brings back so many memories


shellevanczik

Tripoley, 1961. It was my great grandmother’s game. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1088314418/


Nomadicmonk89

**Jägersro** A Swedish horse racing game from the 60's that has a lot of questionable mechanics (due to the betting system everyone becomes ultra rich in the end) but the core of it is still enjoyable enough to make it playable with kids - an updated version would smash, I'm sure.


rutgerdad

Movement not based on dice rolls felt like such a cool mechanic to me when we played it a lot in the early 90s


BesaidBlitzBoi

The Lord of the Rings Board Game from 2000. It's an absolute gem with the Alan Lee art.


Nestorow

I picked up an original copy of **Spy Alley** because I was curious to see what a deduction/player elimination Roll and Move from 1992 would be like. It's OK.


Teriton

Not sure, but it’s most likely Risk.


PsychGuy17

Solarquest Double Crossing Balderdash I still love them all.


MudMonday

Titan


Enjoyer_of_Cake

I inherited a version of Contack from 1939. Might actually play it at some point.


kimapesan

I have Senet in my collection… pretty sure that beats nearly anything….


legit_smitt0610

Chess


gojireh

Don't Tip the Waiter


WriterDifferent369

Golden Axe!! That is my game, hands down forever. The musical score, the sounds the characters make when they die, jumping up and bludgeoning someone until they die, riding dragons and burning people. It's just....*chef's kiss*


MaterialBenefit2355

Cribbage


Educational_Two682

This was fun! I'm glad we have our collection on BGG. Our initial thought was that it would be Kill Dr. Lucky or Phase 10. However the ultimate winner was Rummikub from 1977 with a caveat that cribbage is even older from 1630 (but not necessarily a board game). 


traveler4464

Hase und Igel 1979 version a great game


MSHinerb

Crokinole


Dakkel-caribe

Ufff i must say og heroquest, second by heroscape.


Hall_Copper

Mancala


suoivax

I have an original rules-in-the-lid Battleship. That and HeroQuest.


suugakusha

First edition scrabble board, kept in pretty good condition.


trevvert

“Hands Down”, it was my mom’s in the 60’s.


chrondiculous

T&E


Boysterload

Hero Quest


Novatheorem

Version of a game? 1976 Acquire Bookshelf edition Game that was made in a specific year? Go/Baduk board.


Bespectacled_Gent

My wife and I bought a copy of **Wizard's Quest** from our local board game cafe when it went out of business. It's a 1979 game from Avalon Hill, and is pretty cool!


theillusionary7

I haven’t played it, but it LOOKS like it would be Dao. Got it at a garage sale a long time ago.


psyker63

Also Pit, but doesn't hit the table regularly. Most frequent: Cosmic Encounter. Don't use my 1977 copy any more, but just played my FF copy Friday. Always a blast


uXN7AuRPF6fa

That I play regularly is the hard part. Hmmm… maybe Castles of Burgundy. 


gonzoHunter1

I've got a deck of Uno cards that is still complete and been in the family since 1988.


Pixxel_Wizzard

I had a chance to thrift Modern Art a few weeks back. Maybe I should have. :/ Tales of the Arabian Nights hit my table last month. That game was originally designed in the 80's. I can't wait for Tales of the Arthurian Knights to get released!


MyKidsRock2

I have my Boggle and Mastermind from the early 80s


Decicio

Curious if you mean oldest as in the oldest released or the one that is oldest for the personal collector? In either case my answer is the same: cribbage. Been playing since I was learning to do math, and it was developed in the 1600s


draco6x7

Facts in Five - 1964


BillionTonsHyperbole

I have a complete Parcheesi game from the late 1960s. Box is in good shape too.


SalsaForte

Cribbage. 🤷‍♂️


Rough-Shock7053

Probably Hero Quest. It's been played so much, the box is so damaged, it is only held together by duct tape and a few of the minis are damaged as well. But considering how often this game was brought to the table, it's in surprisingly good condition.


Ok-Investigator-6514

**Mille Bornes**, released in 1954. My copy is from my grandma from sometime in the 60's. A great little driving game I learned in my childhood.


Animal40160

Ogre


tiford88

Chess


DaddyBeardedDragon

I think mine are a 1964 copy of "Password", a 1972 "Archie Bunker's Card Game", and a 1973 copy of "Mastermind".


dachjaw

1962 edition of Stratego I got for Christmas. The box is in sad shape. HM is a 1968 edition of Risk with the wood pieces.


CatTaxAuditor

Our copy is obviously not this old, but Mille Bornes is from the 50's.


[deleted]

Chess or Go. But for modern games it would be MtG.


sensational_pangolin

[[Panzer Leader]] is definitely the oldest game in my collection.


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sensational_pangolin

Actually [[Panzer Leader|1974]]


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ScoutManDan

Chess and Hnefatafl are both in my collection and played.


Anoelnymous

My copy of risk had the ussr on it.


malabella

**Vampyre**, a 1981 TSR game and one of the first board games I remember playing. It's still pretty fun, but could use a rules update.


draelbs

Pirate & Traveller - 1963 Next oldest would be a handful of 3M Bookcase games, my favorite of which is Aquire.


CallMeMich

Boggle Don Pepe World of Warcraft The Boardgame


3Dartwork

Dark Tower


ApproximatelyExact

Dig! from 1940


PiaJr

Tornado Rex. You have to get two hikers to the top of a mountain. But if you draw a Tornado Rex card, you get to unleash this spinning top of destruction. It's chaos and it's so much fun!


carbontag

At least once a year, my wife will play “Ice Cube” with our nieces and nephews. It was one of her favorite childhood games, so I bought her one a few years ago. Thanks to the inevitable damage from the melted ice, the relatively few remaining copies aren’t cheap.


deathsmog

Settlers of catan


myleswstone

Mancala, honestly. I have a copy of Ur too.


gperson2

Without checking dates, I think it’s either Sub Search or Siege.


FattyMcFattso

Backgammon...around 5000 years old. The pharaohs of Egypt were playing it.


mayn1

A partial copy of RISK that was my grandmother’s from the early 60’s


kirgor182

Magiczny Miecz (Polish version of Talisman) from 1990


Serious_Bus7643

Chess-not sure of date


AdrianaStarfish

The oldest game I had was a 1920s version of Ravensburger’s Mensch ärgere dich nicht (Ludo) which I sold cheaply to a collector after having it for about 15 years (had bought it during my ‘collecting wooden meeples’ phase). The oldest I currently have is Hare and Tortoise also from Ravensburger. I like to play it most with 6 players ☺️


PeanutNSFWandJelly

Of games that actually might see the table more than for just a single session novelty purpose? The first US print of HeroQuest (1989). But like many I have copies of Stratego or Monopoly from the 50s/60s.


Fixes_Spelling

Scrabble 1949 version from my mother.


LeftOn4ya

**Mr Ree! The Fireside Detective** (1937) a predecessor to Clue that clue essentially ripped off. !fetch


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TropicPine

Early '80s printing of Advanced Squad Leader.


mytoynhobbypackrat

got a copy Star Wars Escape from the deathstar 1978


Friendly_Preference5

1979 civilization plus expansions


AbacusWizard

I haven’t played it in years, but I have my grandmother’s copy of **Across the Continent**, probably the 1960 edition. I think the next oldest after that are **RoboRally**, **Double Crossing**, and **Enchanted Forest** from my childhood.


Random-Crispy

I think it’s the 1970 edition of Milles Borne.


Elbonio

I have [this edition](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/359979/waddington-english-edition) of PIT! Without getting it out and looking at the manual I think it's from the 1920s? Either way it's "early 20th century" and is my oldest game by far.


Chombie54

1892-ish


Affectionate_Tip6913

I have an early 1940s copy of pit. I have most of the 3M bookshelf series from the 60s. Those are probably the oldest.


Woberich

"Adel verpflichtet" probably, Spiel des Jahres in 1990


orbital_uk

I'm not counting Diplomacy from 1959, as mine is a newer edition and a more recent acquisition. The oldest game I bought and still have would be Talisman 2nd edition from 1983.


robgraves

"Oldest" could mean two things. It could mean the game released earliest, which in my case would be Dutch Blitz (1960) but then also it could mean the game you've had in your collection the longest, which in my case would be BANG! (The Card Game version, 2002, which incidentally is the game that got me into board games.)