Recommend Me A Good Board/Card Game (2 Viewers)

[dunderhead]

My brother asked me to get him a couple of board games for Xmas. His kids are around the 18 mark so anything is possible with regards to ability required to play more or less. Something that I know very little about besides the usuals that we all would have had growing up. Monopoly, Cluedo etc. He just wants something different besides their usual games of 110 or whatever over the festive period. Have done a little research. Gullible looks like good fun. Monikers also looks decent but seems more suited to US popular culture which might prove a bit of a problem.

Recommendations muchly appreciated Thumped!

 

[magicbastarder]

Pandemic. It's collaborative rather than adversarial.

 

[dunderhead]

Pandemic. It's collaborative rather than adversarial.

thanks, think they are all in on adversarial behaviour though

 

[ann post]

I played Risk with people in early to mid 20s over beers a few times, they'd all been playing it for years and demolished me

 

[pete]

Not a board game, but Cards Against Humanity

the kids love it

edit: the "Family Edition"

 

[dunderhead]

Not a board game, but Cards Against Humanity

the kids love it

edit: the "Family Edition"

That looks like great craic, just had a look on YouTube.

 

[ann post]

Do they have UNO? it's a card game but it's a really solid social one for just killing ten minutes

 

[pete]

That looks like great craic, just had a look on YouTube.

i don't think a game has ever been "finished" here, but it doesn't matter as it's good fun until they get distracted

 

[pete]

Do they have UNO? it's a card game but it's a really solid social one for just killing ten minutes

likewise Dobble... got into that one in Barretstown because kids of almost any age can play it

 

[seanc]

Cards against humanity was great craic over the Zoom during lockdown.


Risk was a regular thing in my mid twenties. It's quite intense. Monopoly is kinda evil. It's not supposed to be, but it is.

 

[dunderhead]

Do they have UNO? it's a card game but it's a really solid social one for just killing ten minutes

Yup. Cheers

 

[Richie]

Settlers of Catan and Carcassone are reliable classics (and easy to learn), if they don't have those already.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

My friend got Rebirth recently and we played it with him, it was really great fun. Simple to pick up but definitely something that will only get more fun as you get more into it.

Rebirth

Rebuild old lands in a lush, hopeful future.

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My wife and I love Cosmoctopus which is a bit more complex to begin with but once you get going it is deadly.

Cosmoctopus

Earn tentacles to prove your devotion to the cutest cephalopod in the cosmos.

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If you want something that's a bit more straightforward that is really a vehicle for sitting around the table and having a few drinks, I've always liked Discovering Ireland

Discovering Ireland

From the Manufacturer’s website: Discovering Ireland can be played by everyone from school children to grandparents and laughter is guaranteed as you get a puncture, stop for tea and scones, take a wrong turning or meet cows in a narrow lane. Will you travel via Cork or Clare? Should you accept...

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[Bladez]

I really like Azul. It's a relatively quick strategy game where you're trying to build rows of tiles. The game material is very beautiful - it's based on Portuguese tiles.

Codenames is a word-association game where you're trying to come up with words that link other words. It takes about 5 minutes to explain, and is a lot of fun.

Dixit is another very popular game which requires you to come up with clues for abstract pictures.

I also like social deduction games. The latest one I've been playing is called The Insider which is a lot of fun. I find you need a group of at least 6 for the dynamics to work.

All those games are light games which are quick to get going and don't require understanding a bit set of rules. I'm not much into heavier strategy games.

There are YouTube channels like GameNight or The Dice Tower with game reviews where you can watch people play the games so you can get a feel for them. They also have best-of lists. I'd also recommend looking at the "Spiel des Jahres" end-of-year lists. This is the most prestigious game award in the board game industry. It's a good way of distilling out the best games. Award winners 2024

 

[pete]

CAN I JUST SAY that i find the idea of a group of consenting adults getting together for a "GAME NIGHT" to be the strangest thing.

For the longest time I thought it was something that only americans in TV shows or films did. Who knew?

 

[seanc]

CAN I JUST SAY that i find the idea of a group of consenting adults getting together for a "GAME NIGHT" to be the strangest thing.

For the longest time I thought it was something that only americans in TV shows or films did. Who knew?

In my experience, or rather with my mates, it came as a response to the price of pints and being on the dole. Also rubbish music in the pub. Perhaps also no longer having the need to go on the pull. Oh and spliffs, obv.

 

[egg_]

+1 on Dobble - there's no learning or strategising, it's just instant full-on high-tension.

I'm not mad on Pandemic - anything with lots of thinking and weighing up of odds/strategies just feels too much like work to me

We played Perudo a good bit years ago, really enjoyed it at the time

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

CAN I JUST SAY that i find the idea of a group of consenting adults getting together for a "GAME NIGHT" to be the strangest thing.

For the longest time I thought it was something that only americans in TV shows or films did. Who knew?

Don’t you play video games? I don’t really see the distinction apart from the mechanics being more hidden in a video game (I.e. you don’t see “the dice being rolled” when you input your actions). You’re just playing with people online instead.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Oh and here’s a little dude I painted for Warhammer but that’s a game beyond the scope of this thread.

 

[pete]

Don’t you play video games? I don’t really see the distinction apart from the mechanics being more hidden in a video game (I.e. you don’t see “the dice being rolled” when you input your actions). You’re just playing with people online instead.

I do play videogames and I do play online, but I don’t actually communicate with people unless shooting them in the face counts.