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Originally Posted by InglewoodFan
The family got a few card games for Christmas - Bohnanza, Dutch Blitz, and Munchkin Marvel Edition. Bohnanza is fun, plays pretty quick and there is a reasonable trade of strategy vs luck. Dutch Blitz we are just getting the hang of, yet another occasion where YouTube gameplay videos come in handy as the included instructions were poorly translated. Munchkin Marvel plays pretty similar to Munchkin but I think it is not as well balanced as you can get hugely powerful pretty quick. But I do like that they include level trackers. Also got a dice game called Left Center Right, which is good to teach the kids gambling.
Picked up Dominion on a Boxing day sale, but haven't had a chance to crack it open yet.
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Bohnanza is fun. We finally played a full game with the Pirates expansion that we bought a while back, and that added another layer of strategy that was fun. With expansion or without, a good game that sometimes forces you to outright help your opponents, because not doing so would screw yourself over.
Dutch Blitz has long been a family favourite. One note, there are some house rules that very literally everyone I've ever played this with uses, that are not actually in the rules. For example, if your 4 faceup cards before the start of play add up to 30 or more, you can reshuffle and deal them again - making the game so that there aren't uncompetitive players in the round. Also, I have literally been kicked out of games for playing by the rules that are given in the game - the other players saying that it was a house rule to remove that section if the rules, without mentioning it of course. But in the circles I play this, some veteran players have never even heard of the rule.
Dominion is a game that gets better with more expansions. I have the Big Box Version, which gives me the Alchemy and Prosperity expansions, plus I also have Seaside, Cornucopia, and Guilds. Dark ages is a fun expansion that I don't have, but have played with others. I have played online against the computer extensively, except using the newest two expansions. Dominion is one game that works well for only 2 players. Some other games have modified rules to make it work with 2 players, but Dominion works really well. Expansions do not need to be purchased in order, but I wouldn't recommend Guilds for example as a first expansion. Games can vary widely due to the great range of cards. With multiple expansions, sometimes there can be combinations of cards that can be extremely powerful, without being obviously so at first glance. One potential fault with Dominion is that sometimes the winner is not in doubt a while before the game is actually over (Settlers of Catan is similar in this way)