I'm trying to phase out Monopoly from the family table, what (lovable) idiot friendly board games should I start stocking?I asked my brother but his taste is way too technically complex for a casual evening.I'm thinking Catan. Anything else?
>>98819266Blazon is a pretty fun normie-friendly game.
You could probably convince them to give one of the Dune ones a try since the movies have brought it back into mainstream consciousness.
>>98819266Number of players is the most important factor.Can't Stop is simple and only requires simple addition.
>>98819266BANG! The Dice GameMunchkinLove LetterTicket to RideThe Crew
>>98819266Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition is a pretty easy and digestible experience for family game night!
>>98819266Fatal
>>98819266Real board game suggestions:>Ticket To RideLiterally Better Monopoly but with trains and cards and with the same desire to fuck people over once your objectives are completed.>Lords of WaterdeepAdventurer Collection Simulator with a little Monopoly in it due to the Building mechanic>Do You Catan?>TokaidoAnti-Monopoly. You leapfrog across the Eastern Road of Japan and try to get the best holiday ever>GuillotineIT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES >Colt ExpressSix incompetent Stooges attempt to shoot each other. There is a train robbery involved>Cash and GunsWhat amounts to "FUCK YOU GOT MINE".
>>98819266Flip 7, Cant Stop, Incan Gold / Diamant.Oink games publishes a lot of fun family stuff: Deep Sea Adventure, Scout, Startups, A Fake Artist Goes to New York.
>>98819266>finspan & wingspanComfy animal card engine building, learn fun facts about birbs.>ecosystemSimple spatial card drawing game, easy to learn in a sitting.>tokaidoQuick to learn, race or dawdle across japan.>dixitKind of like charades with art cards, hard to explain easy to play.>betrayal at house on the hillHorror/investigation, good bridge between traditional games and ttrpgs>gloomhavenBig investment but its a no gm rpg, spend an average weeks rent on a game you will never play.
>>98819266Ticket to Ride for simple eurogame blocks and trains.Revolution! for simple double blind area control. Skull for simple but enjoyable card bluffing game. Coral for surprisingly enjoyable stacking game. Small World if fantastical cartoon war is good.
>>98819266How many people and how old is everyone?>>98819550I wish to add that BANG! with nerf guns is about as fun as it gets.
Pandemic is my favorite.
Magical Athlete.
>>98819266Diplomacy
>>98820486Co-op games are really good for this sort of family atmosphere, as long as you can get any quarterbacks to shut the fuck up with social pressure.
>>98819266Get Azul and all the women in your family will love it. But it's only up to 4 players so get Fire Tower for the men to play to balance it out. For a family game Mysterium can be good if you've got more creative people in your family. Not if you're all super autistic though. Then you'll just fight each other over what's supposed to be a low stakes abstract artsy version of Clue.For some reason my family and multiple friend families (who I lent it to) all love Sheriff of Nottingham. It's just a simple bluffing game. It's alright. But people seem to really like it for family game nights.
>>98819266Get some Cosmic Encounter in there. As long as your family isn't too butthurt about winning and can actually read, then there's a lot of fun to be had in the base game and expansions.
>>98819266Terraformation of Mars
