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Board games

Gateway boxes, two-player games, and co-op for a table that does not meet every week.

Player counts and times come from the publishers and from the usual listed length of the base game. Teaching, expansions, and analysis paralysis all add time. Check the box you actually own.

Awards are mentioned when the game won Spiel des Jahres or Kennerspiel des Jahres. An award means a jury liked it that year. It does not mean your table will.

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Your next board-game night

Which of these would you bring to game night?

Party-game showdown

Codenames or Wavelength? Choose your next party game.

The game you would teach first

Friends want to try board games. Which would you put on the table?

Gateway games for a first game night

Which box would you put down for people who are new to modern games?

Board games that play well at two

Which of these would you set up when it is just the two of you?

Cooperative games for a mixed table

Which co-op would you try with a table that includes new players?

Family game night, mixed ages

Which game would you try when ages at the table do not match?

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