OT board games

[echappist]

Originally Posted by fignon's barber

You realize that was a joke, right?

as at least two people didn't get your intended joke, perhaps work on your delivery?

[rkhatibi]

For cooperative Forbidden Island is a nice intro. If you like it, Forbidden Desert has different and more complex mechanics. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...rbidden-island

I'd also recommend Pandemic: Rapid Response. It's very fast, but will take half a dozen games to get the rules locked in. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...rapid-response

For two player short games Quarto is a lot of fun particularly because you pick the piece and your opponent has to play the piece. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/681/quarto

Ricochet Robots is good if everyone is roughly the same skill. Can be tough if someone just gets the mechanic of paths better than everyone else. Found it takes 4-5 games for new people to become competitive. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/51/ricochet-robots

[pdonk]

We play the harry potter cooperative deck building games. I think they are called hogwarts battle.

[bironi]

Codenames is a fun multiplayer game.

[fignon's barber]

Originally Posted by echappist

as at least two people didn't get your intended joke, perhaps work on your delivery?

Sorry, missed your humorless emoji, there, barrel-o-laughs.

[gasman]

Originally Posted by fignon's barber

Sorry, missed your humorless emoji, there, barrel-o-laughs.

Okay guys enough of the snark.

[FlashUNC]

Diplomacy if you have some friendships you want to ruin forever.

[chuckroast]

My wife and I play a lot of Backgammon (on a tablet, although I think we have an actual game around here somewhere).

[sonicCows]

Originally Posted by bironi

Codenames is a fun multiplayer game.

It's very replay-able

Dominion is good too

[William]

No one in the family will play chess with me anymore so we gave DOOM a try. There really needs to be a video tutorial with this...just to get through the tutorial round!








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[schwa86]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Diplomacy if you have some friendships you want to ruin forever.

This was going to be my vote as well.

[Veloo]

Introduced to this a couple years ago and thought it was hilarious. Doesn't match everyone's sense of humor tho.

https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/

Also picked up the Blockbuster a few days ago.
https://intl.target.com/p/the-blockb...e/-/A-54397712

[Chris]

Originally Posted by exapkib

We are also big fans of what we have come to call "non-zero-sum" games.

Got my wife received a copy of "Wingspan" for Christmas, and it is wonderful. Even if you're not into bird watching, it's a well-designed strategic building game that avoids some of the direct confrontation of a game like Settlers. In fact, it plays a lot like another strategy game we love--"Agricola,"--in that each person is working on their own set of tasks and puzzles, with interactions that go beyond attacking each other's interests.

If you can find a copy, "The Cave" is my favorite cooperative board game to come out in quite some time. Some similarities to Pandemic (another of our favorites), but with a wider variety of tasks, tools, and specializations. A little bit more competitive than Pandemic, but still with a significant cooperative element.

I’m not knocking this, so please don’t take it this way, but by this do you mean there isn’t a winner? From some other comments, do some people get so wound up in a game that winning and losing is that big a deal? I mean, other than Wookies?

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by Chris

I’m not knocking this, so please don’t take it this way, but by this do you mean there isn’t a winner? From some other comments, do some people get so wound up in a game that winning and losing is that big a deal? I mean, other than Wookies?

i sort of always thought it was the point right?

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by Chris

I’m not knocking this, so please don’t take it this way, but by this do you mean there isn’t a winner? From some other comments, do some people get so wound up in a game that winning and losing is that big a deal? I mean, other than Wookies?

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions! I don't have an issue with winning and losing with some board games, they're fun too. However, cooperative games introduce a different dynamic that I think can be more conducive to socializing and conversation, especially with groups that include a spectrum of ages, strategy skill levels etc. More inclusive atmosphere when you have discussions where everyone's got a shared objective, coaching and debate to get there together (think of it as a fast Paceline group ride! ). I think it encourages more participation than when everyone is quietly focused on their own strategy for winning (like a Cat 5 crit ).