What are your favorite board games? Me and my friends love playing board games, but I get the feeling their tired of playing the same things. What do you guys usually play? My favorite board game of all time is HeroQuest. I never get tired of playing it. Also love Catan, Arkham Horror, Betrayal House on the Hill, Spyfall (great at parties)

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    We’ve been playing Camel Up a lot. It’s nice because there is some skill and a good amount of luck involved, so no matter your board game experience, you have a shot at winning.

    Agricola is my favorite but it is pretty complex so we don’t play much.

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    My favorites in no particular order:

    Dune (either the original AH edition or the 2019 GF9 edition)
    Battletech
    Descent (first edition)
    Mage Wars Arena
    Battlestar Galactica
    Food Chain Magnate
    Scythe
    Blood Bowl
    Twilight Imperium (fourth edition)
    War of the Ring (second edition)
    Millenium Blades
    Exceed
    BattleCON
    Cosmic Encounter
    Sidereal Confluence
    Sekigahara
    Triumph & Tragedy
    Iron Ships & Wooden Men
    Cloudspire
    Forbidden Stars
    Go

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      Twilight Imperium, really? I only played it once and it was the longest, most boring experience. Each turn just takes an enormous time, almost as long as a Warhammer 40k turn and I played with 5 other players. When you were done with your turn you could go for a really long walk and when you came back you wondered how the hell they just finished 2 turns…

      I really really enjoy boardgames, but not ones that take a weekend to play…

      (this isn’t meant to insult you, I am just seriously wondering if my experience with it is a lot different than yours or if you like boardgames that you play an entire weekend)

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        My group can get a game of 4th edition finished in four to five hours. We are seasoned players, though. Twilight Imperium is both a strategically and tactically rich 4X game, which is why it’s one of my favorites.

        That said, I am not opposed to long games. I recently played Fire in the Sky, which took me and my opponent 4 four-hour sessions to complete.

        I look at it as no different than a campaign game such as Gloomhaven. Gloomhaven took my group two years to finish.

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          Well with gloomhaven its multiple clearly seperated missions though.
          My limit is at about 4-5h with a game that I’ve never played before. If I played the game before the limit is at about 3h I’d say 🤔

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    Villainous

    Camp Grizzly

    Tales of the Arabian Nights (It’s long but so fun)

    Everyone is John (not really a board game)

    Gloom

    Dixit

    Mysterium

    Dread (role playing game with Jenga tiles)

    Talisman

    Pathfinder Adventure Card Game (Easier to play the digital version on Steam because it is murder to set up but it’s very fun)

    Tokaido

    Wingspan

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    We play all the dune games at work. The new remake of 1978, done betrayal and dune imperium. And sometimes twilight imperium.

    With friends we have bought spirit island, which is fun but really difficult. We also play dead of winter and some DND spinniof games. My mate works at a Games Store so he has lots of games i haven’t played yet. Oh and I’ve joined a poker home game.

    My favourite is twilight imperium if we can ever find enough people who can spend their whole day playing a game.

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      You have (in my opinion) a great taste in games.
      There’s nothing quite like a session of TI. It doesn’t get on the table a lot but the few times it does it’s amazing every time.

      Unfortunately I personally get to play big games all to seldom as I mostly play with my SO and she prefers them a bit lighter and with a bit less conflict. Some of the games we’ve enjoyed and played recently 2 player…

      Viticulture is the one we fall back on alot of the time. It really is a great worker placement.

      Castles of Burgundy is a new one in our collection but probably not new to a lot of people in the hobby. Really don’t know why I’ve not picked this up earlier because it is a really good game.

      If we want to go for something fast we usually bring out Azul. No setup time and no teardown is a trait I value more now than I have in the past. Sure Gloomhaven is fun but the setup alone makes me want to cry.

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        If you haven’t tried it, I’d recommend Cascadia for a couples game. Also, Tuscany adds some pleasant complexity to Viticulture … Not that you were asking for recommends, I just couldn’t resist…

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    I’ve been getting into Go/Baduk lately, it’s a shame how few people there are playing it in the US! Would love to play in-person instead of always online

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      Go is the most amazing game I know. I often regret not sticking with it as a kid. And IRL games are wonderful. The feeling of the stones on fingertips, the rattle of prisoners, the clicks and clacks when placing stones on the goban…