What are your favorite board games?

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We need more board game nights. Help me choose what to play next. 🙏🏼

Stefan Theofilos · Accepted Answer

If you have no problem losing friends, then this is the game for you.

Chris McCann · Answer

its a game of strategy, resource collection, collaboration, and competition. Quicker pace and more fun than monopoly.

Sun · Answer

The Android version has local and online multiplayer (and is also on sale at the time of writing!): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exozet.game.carcassonne&hl=en

Herman Ng · Answer

This is the game that teaches you how to live.

Ben Lang · Answer

Munchkins is by far my favorite game out there. It takes a few hours to learn but once you and a few friends have it down, it's incredibly fun, competitive, addictive. Involves a lot of manipulation and strategy.

Ricardo Rohr · Answer

SO MUCH FUN!

Ana Raquel Calháu Pereira · Answer

In Coup, you want to be the last player with influence in the game, with influence being represented by face-down character cards in your playing area.

A lot of fun moments and nice to play with family and friends.

Product Pearson · Answer

Guaranteed argument starter.

Arnór Gíslason · Answer

It's a new competitive action-adventure board game for 3-6 players and 2-3 hour playtime. It's extremely fun and awesome looking.

Nick deWilde · Answer

Pretend to be a railroad baron by building train routes across the US

Nick Abouzeid · Answer

Can't believe this wasn't added - Cards Against Humanity, but for tech people. Written by one of my good friends, Daniel Singer. It's an absolute blast to play with people who understand/work in the tech industry.

Stanislav Dimitrov · Answer

In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand.

Jason Crabtree · Answer

Not sure what constitutes a board game but it's hard to go wrong with a good old fashioned set of cards. Special mention to 500 and Liverpool Rummy - two games that are challenging every time  🃏

Abhilash Jain · Answer

Can't believe this wasn't featured. This game is my personal favorite. It has a cyber punk theme (the nerd in me flips). It's beautiful as it's got elements of Poker and Bluff combined. It's a two player game. 
The best part is you get to build your decks and there are so many permutations/combinations of playing this (The advanced decks make it challenging everytime you play) It's similar to Magic in a way but it's much superior. It has a learning curve but once you get it you won't go back. 
Here is a quick video tutorial to get you started https://youtu.be/VAslVfZ9p-Y
You play either as a runner or a corporation, you install servers and programs and the aim is to outwit your opponent. It's super geeky and you will appreciate the details of this game. 
If you love card games check this out, you will find yourself playing this quite often :)

Jeremy Gollehon · Answer

Excellent strategy and puzzle game.

Nick Perkins · Answer

Fun and strategic and it allows for chatting which can work against some players if they forget to grab replacement tiles before the next person goes.

Varun Dave · Answer

There is always a new word to make or learn

Lord Albior · Answer

For all Cthulhu fans out there, this game have it all. A cooperative board game to fight the inevitable fall of mankind to the eldritch creatures from outside time and space. It is a lengthy game, but so fun you don't perceive the passage of time. Maybe the horrors working your mind, maybe just fun. The game give you the chance to be on the role of several characters from tropes of the cosmic horror genre. If you life to laugh with your friends and don't care to lose, Arkham Horror is the game for you.

Vinh Pham · Answer

A co-op game where you and your friends must work together to fix your spaceship before time runs out. There's a lot of yelling ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Abhilash Jain · Answer

Great gameplay. Every country is a separate board.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

The game that Google's Deep Mind beat. 
The rules are pretty simple and you can start with a relatively small grid size. As you go up on the grid size the complexity increases. The possibilities are endless and it's a game that takes a lot of practice to master. 
I've played this casually on and off, the possibilities always surprise me.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

Simple and great fun for 2-4 players.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

Great for long gaming nights.

Greg Garnhart · Answer

I played the Downfall of Pompeii in a Toronto Boardgame Cafe. It is quick to pick up and offers a fantastic strategy game. Though anyone over the recommended age (10) could understand it, it does not feel childish. I highly recommend it.

Sneha Gupta · Answer

Gets people involved,there is no set pattern so there is always some suspense!

Michel Billard · Answer

A fun deck-builder. Explore a dungeon, get the most loot and make it back to the surface. Try not to make too much noise or the dragon will wake and hunt you down.

The clank (noise) mechanic adds a fun layer where you have to be careful about how you explore and how much time you want to spend in the dungeon.

Will Chack · Answer

just ridiculous fun

Vinh Pham · Answer

A card drafting game where you score points by making sushi dishes and grab dessert.

Sergio Vazquez II · Answer

This game was the biggest game of 2014!

2014 Game of the Year - Dice Tower Awards
2014 Best Co-Op Game - Dice Tower Awards
2014 Best Game Theming - Dice Tower Awards
2015 Game of the Year People's Choice - Origins Awards
2014 Best Innovative Game - Golden Geek Awards
2014 Best Thematic Game - Golden Geek Awards
2014 Most Innovative Game Nominee - Dice Tower Awards
2014 Best Game Artwork and Presentation Nominee - Golden Geek Awards
2014 Meeple's Choice Nominee

Vinh Pham · Answer

Build your own Cyanide & Happiness-style comic panels, but at a cost of your humanity.

Vinh Pham · Answer

Great co-op game where players work together to gather the 4 treasures and escape off of the island before it sinks into the ocean.

Michel Billard · Answer

Fun tile placement game that works well with up to 4 players. Choosing where to put your tiles and which one to pick up is a fun optimization challenge. The game takes a while to setup but plays quickly. If you liked Patchwork you'll probably like this one.

Samuel Crosland · Answer

This is our first time playing a legacy game, but if you fancy something a bit different it's well worth finding some friends that are up for playing the same game 12+ times. Everything you do in the early rounds affects you later. You gain new rules, new game pieces, new characters during each round. You destroy certain elements of the game, stick bits onto the gameboard, it's something really worth experiencing!

Because Pandemic is also a co-operative game, it really suits the legacy format, it means you're all working together to discover the overall story, and each episode involves certain people at different times.

business of nature · Answer

OK, not a boardgame, but a great game to show off your creativity and improv skills!

Jordan Finnigan · Answer

I have 55-ish board games and this was the one that started it all for me. My favorite story about this game is where a friend of a friend of a friend got the last square of the board and turned around and killed all the other survivors (thereby winning alone). Want to panic and feel like you're in an actual zombie survival film? Get this game.

Stéphane Loyer · Answer

This is one of my best boardgame ever. Never get tired of playing it, especially if you buy the expansions!

Players wander the outer, middle, and inner worlds trying to acquire equipment, weapons, and companions. They will also improve statistics with equipment, companions, and encounters and battles with fantasy creatures and each other.

Michel Billard · Answer

A fun, quick, and strategic duel game based on the original 7 Wonders game.

Yiqian · Answer

Super fun board game! Very low dependency on luck, but more to strategic thinking.

Dmitry Suholet · Answer

Best team building game. It's also fun when everybody is drunk :)

Ricardo Rohr · Answer

The best board game ever! Extremely fun :)

Ana Raquel Calháu Pereira · Answer

Awesome boardgame for parties, creative and funny. Perfect for any kind of group, all ages.

Humberto Valle · Answer

This game is fun and can be played drunk or sober and with teens! What's better than that?

Zack Goehner · Answer

This is our go-to game with new or mixed groups. The rules are very easy to explain (takes me about a minute to cover everything), and it's casual enough that everyone can keep chatting while playing. The mix of strategy and chance makes it engaging for all skill levels and personality types.

Fabrizio Bianchi · Answer

I love the random city generator aspect of  it and how city mergers are the most effective and meanest strategy in the game.

James Hegedus · Answer

Resource management complexity of settlers with intense positional and combat strategy! A MUST PLAY!

Josh Grenon · Answer

Super fun game with high replay value

Caleb Sylvest · Answer

This is one of the best games out there to play with friends. The game has aspects of a RPG video game and classic dungeon exploration game. One unique aspect, the first phase of the game all players are generally on the same team/neutral. In the second phase, typically one player becomes the bad guy with special powers versus all other players. Examples of bad guy powers could be becoming a vampire, werewolf, or frankenstein's monster, or controlling zombies, aliens, etc etc. There are 50 different scenarios in the standard game box.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

You play against the board and its great fun.

Christy · Answer

I definitely suggest you to play Draught Games. Its amazing. I quite often play this game when i get a break from the office routine. I play this with my Mom. Though she always won the match :) But I loved it truly. Next game i love but it's not a board game is http://www.ben10gamesfree.com

Kevin Joling · Answer

If you want to pay all night long, pick Risk.

jerod moore · Answer

Totally. I love multi day games.

Jevin Sew · Answer

Extremely fun at parties!

Andreas Ubbe Dall · Answer

Exists in a 3-4 player version too.

Lori Karikari · Answer

Very exciting two player strategy game.

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A fun strategy game with the family and friends.

Samuel Crosland · Answer

This is also a brill game if you're not that good at geography 👌  the bonus is that there's loads of map expansions available which all play slightly differently, so it's got a lot of life in it!

Jeremy Gollehon · Answer

Love this game.  Started playing it with my 8 year old a while back and it's really fun!

Shantanu Raghav · Answer

Quick two player board game to wake up your neurons.

Jeremy Gollehon · Answer

Another one of our family favs.

Adam Pokornicky · Answer

Its like connect 4 and gin rummy on a board. Fairly easy to learn, yet challenging and kinda addictive. Lots of fun to play with big brained friends that super competitive. (get the giant version).

Pippa 🚀 · Answer

Whimsical and strategic at the same time 💛

Pratik Jain · Answer

Perfect game of deduction that is a lot of fun.

Sue Gros · Answer

Sequence is a game that you can actually play with children. But it’s challenging both for children and adults. It is a board and card game designed for 2-12 players (the number of players should be a multiple of 2 or 3).

Matt Schiller · Answer

Folks in tech guaranteed to get a kick out of it

Diego Pérez · Answer

But with Cities & Knights expansion!

Abhilash Jain · Answer

I love Catan, the expansion makes it even better :)

Abhilash Jain · Answer

Very similar to the Resistance, the more players the better it gets.

Vinh Pham · Answer

Who's secretly Hitler? Definitely not me.

Sherrie Chen · Answer

Really fun game that is a little luck mixed with a little strategy!

Evan Zhou · Answer

It's like Settler's of Catan where you collect resources to complete missions, but better.

Vinh Pham · Answer

A game of deception where the villagers must weed out the werewolf. Whooooo is it? Probably not me.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

The more the merrier. This game has a very good reputation of ruining friendships :P But it's real good fun. I've had sessions when we were done in 30 minutes and some have gone on for hours.

Alberto Carazo · Answer

Very fun party game of social deduction

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In The Climbers, you rearrange a stack of blocks with each turn, trying to get your climber to the top. You are literally building the mountain you must climb. I found it to be quite thought-provoking and strategic, particularly towards the end game and especially when compared to other games won with a lucky roll of dice or draw of cards).

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Get to know people better by playing this game. No one can hide

Caleb Sylvest · Answer

Space Alert is a rogue-like cooperative game to play with your friends. Every game played is different, and there are multiple levels of difficulty and add-ons. The rules and depth of the game is deep, but once you know how to play you are good to go. One of the best aspects is you can play a full game in under 20 minutes.

R A I Z A · Answer

Every household needs this. You compete to find and list items from the pictures that fit a theme (things that start with the letter 'S') and try to find more than everyone else!

Abhijith · Answer

Used to spend hours playing this with my cousins when they came over. Nostalgia!

Joshua Voydik · Answer

Ryan – there's a dude here in Portland that sells 'The Real Game of Life' – it's so incredibly fun

Caleb Sylvest · Answer

Yes, I love this game. Used to play it with my college friends. It's a real test of your mental capabilities to spot patterns and solve puzzles.

Kelsey Whelan · Answer

Great for groups + fast (~30 min)

Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré · Answer

This game is SO much fun for a group of people to get to know each other!

Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré · Answer

Monikers is pretty simple: get your friends to guess the name on a card. Each team has 60 seconds to get through as many weird, inappropriate names as they can.

Ana Raquel Calháu Pereira · Answer

From the same creators of Magic, this is an amazing deckbuilding game!

sam · Answer

As the leaders of ruthless Victorian-era mining corporations, two to six players compete to harvest the priceless mineral ores and ice found on the planet Mars.