I am a regular reader of MLB writer Keith Law, then with ESPN now of The Athletic, who is an avid fan of board games and frequently writes about them. IN DEPTH: This is the game that rekindled our family’s enjoyment of board games back in 2015. It’s a terrific game for 5-6 players and really fun for 3-4, but the two-player setup is a bit lacking, so much so that they put out 7 Wonders Duel specifically to address that deficiency. Rhodos, for example, rewards building up your military, while Babylon offers significant advantages for playing science cards. The game lasts about 30 minutes once you have played a few times and each city presents a few different options for the best path to victory. Players take six turns per phase for three phases (or ages) and the player with the most victory points wins. THE SKINNY: Start out with a city and add resources to construct that city’s wonders as well as others structures like libraries, courthouse, and stables to amass victory points. If you are interested in horse-racing specific games, contributor David Hill put together some of his favorites a few years back. We play a lot of Uno and Jenga and even break out old classics like Yahtzee with company.īut with the winter holidays on the horizon and families planning to get together this season, below are a few of my favorite board games that might help bridge the gaps between handicapping and betting the next card of races (I included Amazon Prime prices). I’ll happily play just about anything friends and family suggest. There are even awards like the Spiel des Jahres (which translates to Game of the Year) for best new game and top designer, awarded annually by a jury of German game critics. There are so many great options that you can play in less than and hour and, get this, actually have fun. The good news is that board games have advanced so much in the last 30 years – Settlers of Catan in 1995 helped usher in a new era – that you no longer have to fight with family and friends over Baltic Ave. Look, I understand a whole generation grew up on Monopoly, but kids also used to play Jacks. Mortgage, rent, utilities, jail – sounds like a blast, can I be the boot?!?! Ohhh, let’s play capitalism on a board and spend 6-8 hours trying to bleed your friends dry so that one person emerges with all of the money. It lacks the most important element a game should have: fun. I’d go so far as to say I consider it a truly awful game. I have friends that swear by Monopoly, but I’ve never been a fan.
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