What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection.

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨snek_boi@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

No games that lead to players being pissed at other players, even outside of the confines of the game. I’ve had that happen with, for example, Secret Hitler, so no Secret Hitler.

The Mind seems to do that. Hanabi does it to an extent.

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EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Cottage Garden is very satisfying. You Tetris together garden pieces to fill plots and you can cover a single spot with a sleeping kitty. There’s scoring and competition, but it’s not antagonistic in any way.

I’m also a big fan of cooperative games in general.

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HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Honestly, it depends

My favourite board game without a doubt is diplomacy, but those games go for like 6+ hours and requires 7 people. Also everybody will be yelling at everybody at some point, so yeah probably not a good pick lol

That being said, my favourite game to bring out for people not too into board games is wingspan. Fairly simple board game with enough depth to it. Also it has cute drawings of birds

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- MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  My favourite board game without a doubt is diplomacy but those games go for like 6+ hours and requires 7 people. Also everybody will be yelling at everybody at some point, so yeah probably not a good pick lol
  
  Yeah. Diplomacy is fantastic…and we can strongly recommend that OP avoid it, anyway. Lol.
  
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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Zombie Kidz is quick, cooperative, and has plenty of achievements (with a sticker book to record them) as well as unlockables through gameplay. You get to use teamwork and planning, and turns occur in quick succession.

I think it might tick every box you mentioned.

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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Waaay obscure, but one of the few board games I’ve ever really enjoyed is solarquest.

I’ve played plenty of the usual board games over the years. They just weren’t anything I ever played because I wanted to play them. It was something to do, and people seem to naturally gravitate towards card and board games.

I had a chess phase in my younger days. I still play checkers checkers from time to time. “Chinese” checkers too, along with go. But those are still things that I’ll suggest when I’m with someone and looking for something to do while bullshitting.

I hate Life, and only play monopoly with the understanding that when I’m done with it, I’m going to give everything I have to whoever is the most behind. Sorry is okay, as is parcheesi.

But solarquest, I’ll find people willing to play with me because I like it. That and heroquest, but heroquest isn’t really a board game the way I think of the term, it’s a constrained ttrpg.

Both of those, my mom got me for Christmas after I begged for them, and I’ve never once been disappointed with them. I got both of them the year they came out, so we’re talking decades of play with both.

Heroquest, I used as a board with the figures good my d&d play for a long time as well as playing it as its own game.

Heroquest is cooperative, so I can definitely recommend it for low to zero conflict play. You’re uncovering a map, finding treasure, building a character. It’s d&d lite, in the best way. Original versions are expensive, but there’s a ton of printable versions out there, and it was rereleased in 2021.

Solarquest is essentially space themed monopoly on the surface. But, beyond your pieces being rockets and the concept of buying up parts of the solar system, there’s the flight mechanics where you have to have the fuel to go from one planet to the next. It adds a layer of thought and fun to it. Plus, you’re learning some local astronomy.

There’s rules for laser fights, and special roll actions, available as optional rules. It’s just fun. There’s an updated version available with more recent astronomy, fancier supplies and such, but I haven’t bought it yet.

Both of them are games I play with other old farts, as well as kids of all ages. I genuinely can’t recommend either of them enough.

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- Pheonixdown@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Just wanted to add, for the fully cooperative Heroquest experience, they came out with an app for the new edition (but it’s compatible with the original base game) that fully takes over the Zargon/DM role.
  
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
micromacro crime city is fun. It’s kinda like a giant Where’s Waldo map except you solve mysteries as a team.

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Alatarius@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I think it really depends on how many people are playing. I’m not up on my board games but maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in

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