Board games are the PERFECT way to gather people around a dinner table without just watching a movie. Here are some of our favorite unique board games to play together and with new friends!
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Cooperative
Competitive
Party Games
Cooperative
Play this with your friends who MIGHT be interested in a murder mystery party. A beautiful game that mixes Clue with Pictionary as you try to guess who dunnit based off of your dreams that come in vivid images.
Mysterium
Work together to save the treaure and get off the sinking island!
Forbidden Island
Work together to save your village and defeat the monsters!
Horrified Board Game
Easy to teach and a quick play. Great for groups!
Saboteur
A silent communication card game with quick rounds that's really easy to bring out to breweries and bars.
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
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Competitive
This game has elements of Tetris, hidden objectives, and a super cute theme to make it approachable to most people.
The Isle of Cats
Pretty and easy to learn!
Azul Board Game | Strategy Board Game
Beginner deck-building game. It's a race to the end!
The Quest for El Dorado
Such a classic. Easy to learn within just a few minutes!
Carcassonne
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Worker placement with adorable woodland creatures and "squidgy" berries
Starling Games Everdell
A game of strategy and luck!
Rack-O
Pass messages without the other team intercepting
Decrypto
Tetris-like strategy game
Blokus
Kim's favorite. Not Jess's
Set
This one combines building a kingdom with dominos! Sounds easy enough…right?
Kingdomino
You're gem collectors trying to get the attention of nobles and earn the most points. Easy to learn, replayable as hell.
Splendor
A relaxing and somewhat complex worker placement featuring real national parks and GORGEOUS artwork.
Parks
A Classic that's meant to be played with families. Higher player counts means a tighter race, which can make for some really fun backstabbing ;)
Ticket to Ride
This is big, and complex, and a ton of fun as you race to unlock different technologies and upgrades.
Beyond the Sun
Deck Building at it's finest!
Dominion
Party Games
The game that's sure to get everyone flustered and yelling at each other as you try to quickly say examples of "adult" categories. This one gets fun, FAST.
Anomia X
Because Ellen made it so
Heads Up!
Another fun way to get everybody to yell at each other. Watch your hands, they'll get hurt. All in the name of fun, right?
