This was my first game into the strategy world & it got me hooked!
Asmodee CATAN 6E Refresh Board Game: Strategy & Social Skills, 1 Hour Play, 3-4 Players, Includes Cards & Dice
This is a push your luck strategy game. You’re going to pull random chips out of a bag without looking and you’re going to hope that your pot doesn’t explode. 
Asmodee Quacks 2024 Board Game: 2-4 Players, Strategy & War, Includes Game Pieces & Boards
This is such a fun game with beautiful artwork. You’re building nests in a habitat for your birds then they lay eggs to help you grow more
Stonemaier Wingspan with Swift Start Game Pack: Strategy Board Game for 1-5 Players, Includes Dice & Tokens
This is a cooperative game where you are all playing together to beat the board. You’re hunting for all the pieces & taking off in a helicopter. But don’t flood the island!!
Forbidden Island Board Game
Party games
This is a fun game where you have to guess the color of an object that the other person had chosen. They will give you clues to help you
Hues & Cues Game: Strategy Board Game for 3-10 Players by The Op Games
Similar to “cards against humanity”- you are shown a card with an incoming text on it. You must use an answer to send back from your hand. Funniest card wins!
New Phone Who Dis? Game by What Do You Meme?: Card Games for Creative Thinking Party, 3+ Players, 30-90 Min Play
This is a great, modern trivia game. You work around the board in each generation to answer questions. First around the board wins!
Spin Master Games Mind the Gap Connections Board Game
This is a great family game. It is a fast paced word game, where you are given a category and then you go around in a circle and push down a letter that the word in the category starts with.
Tapple Game: Family Word Board by The Op Games, 2-8 Players, Educational for Language Skills
This is a great, unique game. In each round, one player has to guide their teammates to guess where a hidden target is located. But they can only give a clue on the spectrum between two concepts, like “Hot - Cold” or “Fantasy – Sci-Fi.” And the close...
Asmodee Wavelength Board Game: Creative Thinking Party Game, 2-12 Players, 30-45 Minutes Play
Fun Card games
This is a fast paced card game. You are just matching cards in your hand to complete a set by picking up cards from the middle. But be quick, someone else could take the card first!
Lost Boy Entertainment Piles! Card Game: Memory Skills, 2-8 Players, Action, 5-15 Min
A very quick version of monopoly! Game takes roughly 15 mins.
Monopoly Deal Refresh Game
We take this on long trips to help the time go by faster. It is the easiest questions that sometimes stump you anyway. Hence- “I should have known that” 🤦🏼♀️
I Should Have Known That! Trivia Game: Hygge Games Party Card for 2+ Players
One of my favorite replayable card games! I play this as much as I do with UNO. This is a great game for families as well :)