Favorite board games?

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

Carcassonne is another one I think you'll enjoy

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

What about card games?

Love Letter:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129622/love-letter

Before there was a sudden cessation of board games played amongst my friends, we even used this game to decide who goes first due to how fast we could play it.

Coup
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131357/coup

Bohnanza:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza

Grow beans, collect coins.

Monopoly deal:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...deal-card-game

Actually fun to play unlike the board game version IMO because it's fast and you won't be playing for hours. Unless you have a bunch of turtle minded morons burning all the cash collection cards to defend so that there's very little attack options left...

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

5+ is a tough player count. Codenames or Just One are good games for larger groups, but don't really offer the head-to-head option.

I've got my eye on Long Shot: The Dice Game which would likely be a good fit. Plays any number up to 8 and is about a half hour game. The down side is it might be hard to find locally. Heat: Pedal to the Metal is quite popular right now but would maybe be a bit longer than you want and again, is hard to find in stores.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

Photosynthesis, Codenames, and Bananagrams (not a board game). If you're looking for an energy-inducing card game, Dutch Blitz.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Photosynthesis, Codenames, and Bananagrams (not a board game). If you're looking for an energy-inducing card game, Dutch Blitz.

Oops, I missed the original 5+ adults criteria. You can easily combine two sets of Dutch Blitz and play 5-8 players by combining two card sets and then getting a stamp and stamping the second set for the sorting.

Great game for loud yelps and screaming.

Bananagrams is a good one too.

[belsarius]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

If you enjoy a little conflict and deception, I love Avalon for 5+ people. Games under 30 minutes and because it is random who is on what side, the games are different every time.

[mikephoen]

Puerto Rico is one of the best games of all time, and plays great for 3, 4 or 5 players. Once you've played a couple of times, play time should be under an hour even with 5 players.

Five player games are hard to find, and once you get to 5+ it's really tough to find games that are both good and not that long. If you think Cataan is long, then your group probably isn't up for Eclipse for example. Also, you have to be a pretty hardcore gamer to want to play Eclipse...

[Geraldsh]

Stockticker has been our favourite game for years, grandson has already put out the challenge to his uncles for this year’s game.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Oops, I missed the original 5+ adults criteria. You can easily combine two sets of Dutch Blitz and play 5-8 players by combining two card sets and then getting a stamp and stamping the second set for the sorting.

Great game for loud yelps and screaming.

Bananagrams is a good one too.

Double oops, I missed that part.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

Stockticker has been our favourite game for years, grandson has already put out the challenge to his uncles for this year’s game.

Oh man, we had that when I was a kid, many years ago. Fun game. We also used to combine it with Monopoly so you could invest your Monopoly money in the market on the side. We had some epic games.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Photosynthesis, Codenames, and Bananagrams (not a board game). If you're looking for an energy-inducing card game, Dutch Blitz.

I’ll check out Dutch Blitz, sounds like it could fit the bill. We get a kick out of spoons which is as fast and mindless as they come.

We have bananagrams, another fav

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Our family tradition is a new game from Santa. Ideally for 5+ adult players or a quick head to head match. Family favourites are Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, Cataan (but a bit on the long side), Anomia, Mexican Train, Goblet, Concept, Things, Balderdash, Hearts, Mancala.

Any recommendations?

We play a lot of similar games. Pandemic and Agricola are two on our list that I don't see on yours.

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by tkflames

We play a lot of similar games. Pandemic and Agricola are two on our list that I don't see on yours.

Haha Agricola is cutthroat and punishing! At least at 2 players.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by edslunch

I’ll check out Dutch Blitz, sounds like it could fit the bill. We get a kick out of spoons which is as fast and mindless as they come.

We have bananagrams, another fav

If you like spoons Taxo Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is along the same lines

[Francis's Hairpiece]

King of Tokyo: Dark Edition. Actually quite a bit of fun. I have played King of New York previously and I found the dark edition makes for much cleaner and less clunky play.

For those that don't know, think Yahtzee with Kaiju.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Photosynthesis, Codenames, and Bananagrams (not a board game). If you're looking for an energy-inducing card game, Dutch Blitz.

Good call on Dutch Blitz, it was just our speed after Christmas dinner (we played Catan before dinner). I got the expansion pack which is another full set of 4 decks so 5 was no problem.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece

King of Tokyo: Dark Edition. Actually quite a bit of fun. I have played King of New York previously and I found the dark edition makes for much cleaner and less clunky play.

For those that don't know, think Yahtzee with Kaiju.

+1 for King of Tokyo or New York. Been a while since I played either so can’t remember which one I preferred, but they’re both fun and can be fast, which is nice.

[Doctorfever]

Not a board game, but we played spoons last night. It’s always a blast!

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

Not a board game, but we played spoons last night. It’s always a blast!

If it’s the version, I’m thinking of it can be quite violent

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by 8 Ball

If it’s the version, I’m thinking of it can be quite violent

are you sure that's not forks?