What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection.
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atrielienz@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
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cannedtuna@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Me and my friends are terrible at that game apparently. Our poor Legacy game world…
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cannedtuna@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
The Crew is solid. Almost too good. I’ll bring a bag of board games and only end up playing The Crew all night if it comes out too early.
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cannedtuna@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Here’s some suggestions, just games I find I get lots of play out of and people are always willing to play.
Dune Imperium is probably my favorite. It’s a deck builder with worker placement. It’s got a lot of different strategies you can take to win, there’s not one set way. Dune Imperium Uprising is an updated (for the 2nd movie) version of the game that fixes some things from the first one, tho I think I still prefer the original. This one is a bit more serious, but I’m including it because it’s my favorite.
Everdell is a great game and very easy to get into. Mostly worker placement with some engine building. Cute theme and it looks great on the table. Definitely recommend giving it a look. Avoid the expansions when buying, they might add too much to the gameplay. There is an updated version Everdell: Farshore, which I’ve heard is better, tho I haven’t played it.
Clank! And any in that series are also super friendly and easy to get into. It’s a dungeon exploration deck builder. Personally I’d recommend going with Clank! Catacombs, which is the updated version that adds a tile based map so each play through is a little different. I have not played Clank! In Space or any of the others.
7 Wonders is a fun pick and pass type game. You build up your city and try to win via military, economic, or scientific power. Easy to pick up, and has more strategy in it than first glance. The 2-player version 7 Wonders: Duel has to be my favorite 2 player game.
Black Hole Rainbows, absolutely ridiculous game, everyone scoffs at it at first and then has a stupid good time playing it. It’s stupidly colorful and definitely over produced but that’s part of the charm. If you can find a copy, buy it. Hard to get right now.
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majorhavoc@programming.devreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
- Tiny Epic Zombies is a cooperate, often hilarious, always satisfying zombie survival simulator.
- Tiny Epic Dinosaurs is a mildly competitive, generally delightful Jurassic Park / Petting zoo simulator.
- Tiny Epic pirates is a crunchy but quick pirate simulator where most interactions are your human controlled pirates evading the automated Navy while racing for loot.
- The Fast and the Furious (board game) is a fantastic quick co-op romp.
- Here to There is a story driven light economy game ever the focus is on building your economy engine to unlock the next interesting story twist.
- Machi Koro lacks a co-op variant, but it's pretty chill and it's easy to house rule the aggressive competitive cards to pay out from the shared bank.
- The Book of Madness is a fantastic light Co-op deck builder with great positive interactions and a fantastic theme (students at Hogwarts trying to close an evil book)
- Caverna is a robust building game with chill interactions.
Already mentioned, but worth reiterating:
- The Crew
- Tokaido
- Ticket to Ride
- Forbidden Island/Skies/Dessert/Forrest
- Pandemic
And he sure to check out Rhado Runs Through for game reviews. He plays mostly with his wife, and so always reviews how the game feels to play together without backstabbing.
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acosmichippo@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
micromacro crime city is fun. It's kinda like a giant Where's Waldo map except you solve mysteries as a team.
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awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
The strategy is to avoid Monopoly. It's not like the game gets any funner if you're playing by the rules.
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vinny_93@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne for me. I play those with my wife and we don't really get in each other's way. She usually wins but I don't care.
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iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
You may want some commas or another space added, friend. They show up as a single uninterrupted line for me and I'm assuming others
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jqubed@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
One I haven’t seen mentioned is Puerto Rico. One thing I like is there is essentially no random chance to this game; everything that happens is a result of choices you or your opponents make.
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rockerface@lemm.eereplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Imagine is one of the favourite games in my IRL friend group whenever we get together. It's basically Alias, but instead of explaining the word verbally, you use transparent cards with shapes drawn on them that you can overlap and move around. It's chill, fun, and fits any group size.
P. S. The link isn't where I bought the game - I just googled the English version and posted the first link I found.
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peachfaced@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Betrayal at the House on the Hill has about 50 different scenarios so almost every playthrough is different. But it's best to have at least 4 players to be more fun
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pheonixdown@lemm.eereplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
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pheonixdown@lemm.eereplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Just wanted to add, for the fully cooperative Heroquest experience, they came out with an app for the new edition (but it's compatible with the original base game) that fully takes over the Zargon/DM role.
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