Geek in Review: Shall We Play A Game?

Though I have developed an entirely unnatural mancrush on my Wii, and I've spent what laughably passes for my free time playing Warioware and making the entire cast of the Brady Bunch as Miis, I've had analog gaming on the brain.

So this week's Geek in Review, Shall We Play A Game? is all about analog gaming:

I love that we live in a digital age, where the magical series of tubes lets us connect and play various games with friends and strangers from all over the globe, but there is still nothing like gathering in someone's house, or dorm, or the back room of your Friendly Local Game Shop and spending ten or more hours giving each other shit, fighting over the last piece of pizza, and wondering where that d10 went when it rolled off the table. (Shane? What are you chewing on?)

So this week, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of analog (most people call them 'tabletop,' but doesn't 'analog' feel more geeky?) games that are important to me. For a lot of us gaming geeks, as we grow older and take on more responsibilities and start families, getting together with our friends to goof off for a night of throwing dice and insults becomes a real luxury. If you're lucky enough to have the time, the friends, and a place to play, here are some games that I think every gamer's secret den of happy funtimes should have.

It's a very incomplete list, and I'm very interested to hear what WWdN readers have on their ultimate list of games. Let's see if we can discover some new ones together, mmmkay? There's already some great ones in the comments at SG.