Board Games

[TooOldToBeAGoth]

Does anyone have any recommendations of board games to play with husband and / or friends of an evening please.

We like ticket to ride, and five crowns. Ticket to ride has various versions, some of which are an expansion pack so not the full game. Go for USA or Europe for the first one.

How many people will be there in total?

For a light hearted game that's good for a laugh, Herd Mentality is fun.

Articulate is good with a group.

Ticket to Ride, Carcassone, Splendor and Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza are faves in our house.

Rummykubs

If there are 4 of you, pandemic is excellent. Otherwise, ticket to ride and carcassone.

Another vote for ticket to ride or herd mentality.

Azul. Dh and I have had it for about 18 months and we still play it about 4 times a week! I've never got so much use out of a board game before!

Carcassonne is the best two player game I know.

Mexican Train is great !

Will everyone be a little merry? If so, I second Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. Poetry for Neanderthals would also be fun after a glass or two. (Disclaimer: neither are board games in a traditional 'uses a dice' kinda way, in fact Taco Cat is a card game, but still good for after dinner-type entertainment)

Adding to the above
Lords of Waterdeep. Plays equally awesomely with 2 as with 5. Plays more people with expansions
Splendor
Personally I'd pick Sagrada over Azul
Sushi go
Carcassone even better with the inns and cathedrals expansion
Dominion
Deep sea adventure

It really depends want you want.

Settlers of Catan is a good strategic one for 3-4. This is often our go to. Our 10 year old loves it as it has similarities to mine craft.

Pandemic or forbidden dessert are good cooperative games.

Cards against humanity (family version) is great for laughs. Original version pushes boundaries in terms of what’s appropriate to laugh about so may not be right for you but can be hilarious with the right company. We veto some cards though (jimi saville one - some things just shouldn’t be used for laughs).

Exploding kittens is a great card game.

Throw throw burrito mixes fast pace card game with an element of dodge ball so fun and active.

Azul and Segrada are similar but good - quick games. Get more strategic the more you play.

We love Ticket to Ride too.

Forbidden Island/Forbidden Desert are excellent co-operative games. Easy to learn, hours of fun.

Santorini is a good one. I hear great things about Azul. Carcassonne is excellent, although best played with two.

Codenames is great fun in a group.

Ultimate Wearwolf is very entertaining, too.

Articulate for a tipsy evening with friends :)

Backgammon is nice for two players.

We discovered Carcassonne at the start of the pandemic and it got us through - some great family nights in. Also long term fan of Ticket to Ride, Kingdom Builder and Small World.

@weaselwords

If there are 4 of you, pandemic is excellent. Otherwise, ticket to ride and carcassone.

We got Pandemic for Christmas 2019. Tried it three times and found it impossibly difficult.

And then of course the real pandemic happened so we never really fancied it again!

We have been enjoying Chronicles of Crime. There are different variants but 1900 is our favourite so far. It is a cooperative game

We are old school and love things like poleconomy, risk, escape from colditz, buccaneer, go, mine a million, scoop etc
With adult DC cards against humanity and escape room home versions go well
Sometimes it’s just rummikub, scrabble or card games like canasta

Mexican train, quirkle, rummikub

King of Tokyo (the box looks weird but it’s a really fun simple game)

Settlers

Splendor

Sequence

Carcassone

Castles- takes ages to set up but is a fun strategy game.

Taboo

Latice

Yahtzee

Some of these I have never heard of! Depends what you like -
Quiz -
Trivial pursuit
Smart ass
Pointless
Tension
Logo game

Strategic -
Monopoly
Cluedo
Settlers of Catan
Forbidden island
Labyrinth
Mastermind
The mind

Fun-
Cards against humanity
Saturday night takeaway
Taskmaster