The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[Pedrito]

Hanabi

Carcassonne

Dixit, with the right group and a couple of card expansions, could be good fun.

Following BB, a deck of cards and try to master Bridge in the lunchtime :-P

L.

[Berkut]

Blokus!

[frunk]

Hanabi is a good call.  Dixit plays well even with just one set, although after a few plays the extra variety is nice.

I'm assuming he's familiar with Carcassonne, but if not I'd go with Hunters and Gatherers as the Carcassonne to play.

[Habbaku]

Blokus!

[frunk]

If you want the newest shiny on the block you could go with Colony.

[celedhring]

I assume you guys have tried 7 Wonders as well?  That's hitting about at your time limit, though.

Yeah, that one is fully "played out" too, although we liked it quite a bit.

Hanabi is a good call.  Dixit plays well even with just one set, although after a few plays the extra variety is nice.

I'm assuming he's familiar with Carcassonne, but if not I'd go with Hunters and Gatherers as the Carcassonne to play.

Played Carcassonne until extenuation. One of my friends owns every single expansion, even the most ridiculous ones, like the one where you aim and fire a wooden catapult 

Thanks for the other recs, I'll check them out!

[Berkut]

Race for the Galaxy?

[frunk]

Race for the Galaxy?

[celedhring]

Race for the Galaxy?

Been there.

Other games we played until extenuation are Dominions, Ascension, San Juan.

[frunk]

Keep an eye out for Jump Drive if you liked RftG.

[frunk]

If you like cooperatives you might want to give Sentinels of the Multiverse a try as well.

[Barrister]

Following BB, a deck of cards and try to master Bridge in the lunchtime :-P

Okay, so I obviously got the dynamics of celed's group wrong.  I thought he wanted something ultra-casual player over a quick lunch break.  But obviously his group are fairly big gamers.  I'm jealous.

But that being said, Pedrito's suggestion has a lot of merit.  I tried picking up bridge at one point in university.  It's a game where the rules aren't terribly complicated and easy enough to pick up, but the strategy involved can be quite fearsome.  You wouldn't get bored of bridge for a long, long time.  And as for time, since it's just a deck of cards and a scoresheet you can leave it off and pick it up again at any time.

[Delirium]

If you have 6, they play games fast and are feeling ambitious you could also go for Quartermaster General.  It says 90 minutes but 60 or less is very doable.

I want to endorse QG here, excellent game, but 60 minutes is optimistic in my experience. Good fun in any case.

[frunk]

I want to endorse QG here, excellent game, but 60 minutes is optimistic in my experience. Good fun in any case.

I played with a group of mostly newbies and we cranked through in about an hour.  Since we were new to the game we committed to quick play just to see what would happen.  So even with a few rules questions it can be done.

[bogh]

So I received my copy of Triumph & Tragedy recently. I must have signed up for the P500 reprint at some point. Maybe I was drunk, as I cannot remember doing so.

Anyone tried it?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/130960/triumph-tragedy