Mine is Ludo: A solid 2 to 4 Player board game.

Fun Fact: It causes a war in Hindu Mythology.

Second is Chess because dev abandoned their game.

    • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This is mine too. I don’t really like board games, but Ticket to Ride really clicked with me and I had a blast playing it. Will get it for myself but damn it’s expensive (I guess that’s a problem with board games in general, and I do see the value of the investment).

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I wanted to like the game, but one game where the other players adopted the ‘backstabbing’ style ruined it for me.

    • Muun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ahhh Ticket to Rage. My wife’s family is not allowed to play that anymore.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Solo: Mage Knight

    2 player: Star Trek Fleet Captains

    4 player: Shadows of Brimstone

    Stupid-fun dice chucker for 4 or 5: Project Elite

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Cameroon. It’s like a mix of air hockey and pool.

    I wish I had an actual board still… I only have it via 52 Clubhouse Games on switch. I find it much more fun when you’re actually flicking the pieces with your finger.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Silver

    I have WAY more games than I should, and I have so many better games, but Silver is the one that my wife and I have played more than ALL the others put together.

    Technically, we play what we call Super Silver, which is using all the cards from every expansion (except a few we hate) and don’t shuffle them back in between rounds. The game ends after four rounds or the deck is gone.

    It’s just easy to pick up and go, and random enough that every game is a little different.

  • rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 months ago

    My wife and I really like Agricola. It’s a farming-based people-placing game created in Germany for 2-4 players (with the base game), but there is an expansion for 5-6 players. We do play with a decent amount of house rules, though.

  • dontkickducks@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My absolute favourite is Spirit Island. A co-op game where you work together defending your island and kicking out explorers and settlers. Expanding your presence and getting new powers along the way. Every game with new combinations.

    When we got the game we played this more than once every week for over a year. With each game taking 1-3hours with our playstyle. Sometimes longer with four players (but that’s partly because of not actively playing the game then). We play less now only because of moving with the renovation taking too much time.

    • OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I love Spirit Island so much.

      though usually unless folks are also as into complicated stuff as I am I end up playing horizons of Spirit Island for a simplified experience

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 months ago

    I mean talisman. Especially when multiple expansions are in play. junta was just so fun and hilarious. diplomacy in a take forever and sorta want to kill yourself if you even play till an actual duo wins type of way.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Labyrinth - if you’ve never played it, all the players are moving around a maze collecting items on cards they draw from a deck. Whoever collects them all first wins. You can move as far as you want each turn, but the catch is you first change the maze (the whole board being made of movable tiles), then move your totem. It encouraged complicated spacial reasoning and leaves room for sabotage of other players. Any number of players can play; you can even solitaire it if you want.

  • circledsquare@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I treat Chinese checkers with the same reverence and over-seriousness that chess players have towards chess. I’m not especially good at it, but I really enjoy it.

  • Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Outsmarted. Technically a board game but with an app.

    It’s actually not the gimmick I thought it would be! Cast that bad boy to the tv and you’ve got a game show in the family room!