Boardgame Suggestions.

GhettoPeanut

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Hey everyone.

Look to pick some up, wasn't sure if anyone had some suggestions for some good ones. 2 to X players

What I have
Apples to Apples
Scrabble
Upwords
Pass the Pigs
Cranium
Risk/Castle Risk
Pentago

Looking for family style games that i can play with friends/family maybe for a older group, not to worried about little kids being able to play. Not enough of them are into D&D style, so no hero's quest, axis and allies etc.

Thanks!
 

Pheran

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I've been into the "German boardgame" genre for a while. Some favorties:

Ticket to Ride
Ra
Carcassonne

Here's a nice guide to some others.
 

Chriscross3234

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Stratego and Sequence (2 different games) are pretty fun and are somewhat geared toward the older crowd.
 

Spydermag68

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Dominion and it's expansions

Settlers of Catan and it expansions and get the 5-6 players expansions too.
 

AstroManLuca

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Two family favorites of mine are Sequence and Wizard. Wizard is just a card game but there's a lot of strategy and complexity.
 

Dr. Zaus

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: looks at shelf and decides to ignore that you think that axis an allies is like DnD :

Some of the games i like the most, in order of how un-cumbersome they are to play:

ticket to ride : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride
carcassonne : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne
settlers of catan : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan
dominion : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion
= after this requires thinking=
robo ralley : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally
agricola : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
puertorico : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico
= after this also requires a risk-level time investment =
battlestar galactica : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111/battlestar-galactica
imperial : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24181/imperial
Arkam Horor : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15987/arkham-horror
= after this requires either a well-honed quick group or 12ish hours =
diplomacy : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/483/diplomacy
twilight imperium : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition
 
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mugs

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Based on your existing collection I would recommend the following:

Ticket to Ride
Carcassonne
Bohnanza
Cartagena
Guillotine (for 3 players)
Incan Gold
Lost Cities: The Boardgame
Wits and Wagers if you like trivia (not Trivial Pursuit type trivia - the answers are all numbers, you try to guess an answer that is close and you bet on who has the closest answer so you can win without getting any right answers)
Transamerica
Yahzee Free For All

I would NOT recommend the following that other people have suggested until you have played a few other games:
Ra
Dominion
Diplomacy

Ra and Dominion will confuse you, Diplomacy will make you hate your friends.

Edit: I would also not recommend anything except the first three on Dixycrat's list for a new gamer (though I haven't played Roborally so I can't judge it). They're all good games (except Arkham Horror... bleh), but not for new gamers.



If you want party games there's Say Anything, Times Up, Word on the Street (word game), Smarty Party

If you want trivia but hate Trivial Pursuit because you have to roll the damn dice and answer so many questions just to get to a question that matters, and you have to answer questions in every category, etc, etc - get Bezzerwizzer.
 
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sao123

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Dominion + expansions
Catan (+ 5-6 player expansion)
Agricola
At the gates of Loyang
Munchkin Quest
Galaxy Trucker
Puerto Rico
San Juan
 

Hopeless

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Some that haven't been mentioned

Clue
Scattergories
Pictionary
Jenga
Yahtzee
Life
Trivial pursuit
Sorry
Pay day

Card games
Uno
Skip-bo
 

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There are a few stages of games that gamers go through -

1. Mainstream games like the ones you play, games you can buy at a big box store. Most people stop here.
2. Gateway games like Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan. Usually someone will get one of these games and love it, then they'll introduce it to all of their friends and spread the word about this great game. Dominion is on the borderline of this category. Many people stop at gateway games, and that's fine. They're great games, they appeal to a lot of people.
3. Gamers' games. These games are more complex than gateway games. It is usually VERY beneficial to have played some other, similar games before you play one of these so you have some understanding of the basic mechanics. Any game can be broken down into mechanics (such as roll and move), and there is a lot of overlap between games. The more games you've played, the easier it is to learn new games.

So the reason I'm saying you should ignore a lot of the suggestions people have given is because you're probably going to be overwhelmed by them; because of that you won't enjoy them and it may turn you off from these types of games. You would really benefit from starting with gateway games - I've mentioned several.

Agricola and Puerto Rico have been recommended several times. They're ranked #1 and #2 on Boardgamegeek.com, so they have to be great games, right? They are, but I don't think you'll enjoy them the first time you play them if what you normally play is what you've listed.

If you want to get great advice from people who have a lot of experience not only playing games but also introducing people to games, you ought to register at boardgamegeek.com and post in their Recommendations forum. I'm involved in a board game group on meetup.com where I've seen about a half dozen gamers progress from Monopoly to complex Euros. I know how it goes when someone tries to play a game that's above their level - they feel overwhelmed. And that's with experienced gamers helping them learn and explaining strategies. If you don't have an experienced gamer to teach you some of these games you will NOT enjoy them. Honestly, I don't think you'd even make it through the rule book for Agricola.

If you want to see videos about some of the games people have mentioned look here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thedicetower?feature=chclk
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/snicholson

Or search for the games on Boardgamegeek.com, there's a videos section on each page (though not necessarily any videos in it)
 

Cheesemoo

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Considering what you have already, I think "In a Pickle" it’s pretty fun, you have cards with random words on them then you either have that item "in" one of the main cards on the table, or one of those main cards on the table can be "in" your card. You can challenge other people then you get to debate and the other players vote. It’s really fun and the debates can get interesting. Like someone plays the card "universe", who ever played universe might think it can’t be beat, but them someone plays the card "magazine" and states it could be a Popular Science magazine with an article on the universe.

AtmosFEAR is another fun one, it hase a DVD along with it. It is a remake of an older VHS game. Very quircky (my wife hates it because you have to talk to the TV, when the "gatekeep" speaks to you you have to answer "YES MY GATE KEEPER" if not you get a penilty) Very fast paced 49 min. game.

One of the most unique board games I have ever played was one that is handmade here in Louisiana at the State Penitentiary in Angola. They have an annual rodeo (which in itself it a crazy thing to go see, but that is another thread) but they have a "market" before the rodeo featuring handmade work by inmates. They have some pretty amazing things that they make in prison. Wood and leather work. Some really nice things. One year I saw a hand carved grandfather clock about 6 feet tall. So you find something on the tables set up outside near the yard for the inmates and hold it up. Then one of the inmates will yell at you, "hey guy with the boardgame, 15 dolars!" Then you can barter with them, "naw man thats only worht 10 bucks" when you settle on a price you walk up to the fence and the inmate will hand you a receipt thru the fence that you take to the cashier. Very crazy experience. But anyway, we have a few versions of the handmade by an inmate, "Angola Prison Boardgame"
 
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