Traditional Board Games??

[Latteluver]

Hi, a rather trivial question for all you cruising experts out there!

 

Are there traditional board games available for use on the Grand Princess?

My kids love 'Monopoly', 'Ludo' etc and we will bring our own if there are not any onboard.

 

Many thanks:p

[DrivesLikeMario]

I've seen & used:

 

Connect Four

Taboo

Scrabble

Pictionary

Trivial Pursuit

Life

Checkers

Backgammon

Chess

Uno

Sorry

 

They usually don't have Monopoly, but if you're lucky enough to find it, many of the cards, pieces and money are missing. We're really "into" playing board games as a family, so we invested in the nice zippered travel games found here:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-40387-Scrabble-Game-Folio/dp/B000063KCJ

 

These are really convenient to have in your cabin or on the plane. There are a variety of games that come in these neat zippered pouches. This is also another resource for travel games:

 

http://www.educationallearninggames.com/travel-games.asp

[paul929207]

On the Ocean Princess there were a bunch of board games in the library. Sorry I don't remember which ones

[geoherb]

Our favorite game is Scrabble. I bought a travel set after our Sun Princess cruise. On that ship, apparently a lot of passengers were not taught how to share. They borrowed the games from the library and kept them in their cabins.

 

So if you have a favorite game, bring it along. Don't count on it being available when you want to play it.

[DrivesLikeMario]

I've seen people do that too, Herb. They've kept a game in their cabin the whole week. :mad: This is precisely why we bought our own travel Scrabble. When we have found the games available, some of the letters were missing and I don't enjoy doing letter inventory before playing.

[Keryel]

How about a deck of playing cards? I know it's only a small thing to pack, but it is ONE more thing.

[DrivesLikeMario]

They used to be free, but I recently heard that they are now charging $1 per pack. Of course, they always have them to buy in the gift shop. Some of my favorite cards have cruise ships on them! ;)

[Latteluver]

Thanks for the information. I think we will be bringing our own games to be on the safe side!

[paul929207]

How about a deck of playing cards? I know it's only a small thing to pack, but it is ONE more thing.

You can get cards in the card room (some times) and at the purser's desk

[timem]

No cribbage board we always bring our own. Cribbage defineatly an "at sea" game.

[Feebarn]

There was definetly Monopoly on the Diamond last week, also not mentioned there was Balderdash, Jenga and Yahtzee.

 

I believe there were several Mahjong sets too. I tried to talk my husband into borrowing one, but he was having none of it!

[ggprincess2004]

Also Clue.

[sassyredhat]

Not sure how complete the sets will be. We always bring our own Rummicube, but we take it out of the box. We put the pieces in ziplock bags. Takes up less space and weight.

 

Pat

[TracieABD]

Lots of games in the libraries of the Crown and Golden. The boxes looked pretty new and not too tattered. I am not sure about the contents.:)

[wizard-of-roz]

Crown Royal [whiskey ]"bag" is the best for keeping our "Tridominoes" in. We keep in in our carryon and have played the game on airplanes/trains/ships/restaurants and hotel lobbies.

 

So much fun, especially when you play for something! ;):p