ProZD Recommends Some of the BEST Board Games

[@slimk3836]

One really easy game to get into for your first board game is Twilight Imperium, really fun family game that is a great gateway game to the hobby

[@relevantusername3342]

Heck yeah! This is my favorite game for beginners!! Quick and easy to understand.

[@zackfritz9491]

lol This fucking guy.

[@tdotitan8855]

How about the campaign for North Africa, it's a bit simple but could be great to get younger players into board games

[@slimk3836]

@@tdotitan8855 Yeah that one sure looks cute, was going to pick it up for a nephew but he may be a little too old for that one now

[@KalebAlfaro]

bait

[@soevylayer]

"Two can play at that game" "Three can play at that game" "Four can play at that game" "Five can play at that game"

[@3v1lp1ngv1n]

I've introduced a lot of people to the hobby with Sushi Go Party. Somehow that was the one that resonated with the most people.

[@pantlesshobo2841]

"Betrayal at house on the hill" IS TOP TIER. its a coop (ish) game where you guys are trapped in a haunted house that expands as you explore it by placing a single tile on an unexplored place. It has an amazing theme and some great cards with small descriptors that really set the tone. you all work together in order to build up your characters by finding items, and exploring the house. you can also have your stats go down and you can even die if they are low enough. The thing that makes the game really good is the haunt aspect. At some point somebody will trigger the haunt by rolling the dice too low and then theres a book that will tell everyone what is happening. There are many different haunts, many that turn one of the players EVIL. you end up cooperating to beat a werewolf or to stop a growing slime from dissolving everything, or to get back to earth becasue the house is now on an alien planet, or maybe on of the players is now possed by a witch. Its INCREDIBLE, I can't it enough.

[@westy1637]

I thought it was great originally, until some of the haunts fell incredibly flat with it either being far too easy for the betrayer, or damn near impossible for them. It became a very hit-and-miss game for me. The haunts I enjoyed, however, were memorable and fun to play out.

[@Stirdix]

Not really a good game for people who aren't used to parsing board game rules, though, because the villain is alone and can't even be helped in understanding the rules. (And my impression was that the rules for the scenarios weren't the best-written things to begin with.)

[@SpoonyBard88]

There is almost no GAME in that box. People just place tiles aimlessly for half an hour and then everyone gets a ton of rules dumped onto them.

[@joeyvigil]

It's an awful game

[@nelspaulson3099]

So my recommendations to start are ticket to ride, Lords of waterdeep, small world, harry potter hogwarts battle, and pandemic. other than those mentioned Lords of water deep is top tier for work replacement games Small world is risk without the total randomness of the dice, but power-ups for you armies and a time frame to not have the game go on forever Hogwarts battle is a co op deck building game that nicely levels up with the difficulty level/complexity a small group (up to 4 or 5 with an expansion) can deal with at the time. Most under an hour to play with the longest is maybe 90-120 min for a single game.

[@breezyflow1]

That's the retail entry level Wyrmwood table too. They have higher ends called the Soujorn and Prophecy which are amazing with a higher ticket price to match lol.

[@pax6833]

Personally I hate that Monopoly has drastically skewed American perceptions of boardgames. Monopoly is a shit game and actively turns people away from boardgaming and totally stunts you to the possibilities you can have with better games. And it's so fucking prolific too. I'm one of the more hardcore gamers so anything on the 4-5 axis can really appeal to me.

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

Playing Monopoly is extremely boring and excruciating long that hearing the name is forbidden

[@pax6833]

@@brayanargandonaflorentino548 The thing is monopoly wasn't even designed to be long, if you play the game by the rules it should be over in less than an hour. It's prolonged by people who came up with a ton of house rules to stop someone from stomping everyone else right away. Which ironically ignores the moral message of the original game.

[@ryanm9257]

settler of catan - dominion - stone age - power grind - Kingsburg and spice roads

[@ML-rk2cx]

Tokaido is my go-to. Everyone I've ever had try Tokaido has either absolutely loved it, or at the very least liked it/found it intriguing. Having fairly quick setup and explanation also really helps

[@Kori0129]

Catan and 7-Wonders are pretty good starters. You can also increase the complexity of them with expansions once you get into them.

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

My favourites for new players are coup(very quick 5 min rounds but i can play for hours), sushi go, zombiecide, galaxy truckers, 7 wonders, blood rage, hanabi.

[@paulhamrick3943]

7 Wonders is amazing and it's often overlooked by board game obsessives because they've played too much of it and it has a somewhat generic theme. But at 3 players (my favorite player count) the game gets extremely tense.

[@GamingWithHajimemes]

Sheriff of Nottingham has to be one of my favorites cuz it's easy to teach, fast to set up, not too complex, and pretty fast.

[@paulhamrick3943]

I actually don't recommend that anyone new to board gaming start out with a cooperative game. I became obsessed with board games 4 years ago and I've had to learn the hard way which games you'll actually get played and which you likely won't. Here are my recommendations: Jaipur Carcassonne 7 Wonders Dominion Tiny Towns Patchwork Furnace Chinatown Tammany Hall Space Base/Machi Koro/Bad Company/Valeria Card Kingdoms

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

Secret hitler, one night wherewolves, codenames are some A tier streaming boardgames

[@sinistercat7207]

The thing about board game for me that keep me from starting is i have no one to play with.

[@kartiktiwari7360]

Get a boardgamesarena membership. It's 5 euros per month and you get access to incredibly well adapted board games worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. You can then play with your friends online (or even strangers). They have inbuilt audio-visual facilities. Best subscription that I've ever paid for

[@spiele_maus]

Ticket to ride is a really good game. I also like „The Pillars of The Earth“, and „Machi Koro“ (well that’s not really a Bord game, instead a card game, but it’s a really good family game)

[@UltimateCrusherJoe]

Board games is a great hobby, one which I treasured for years, it's just a fun social experience to do with some friends.

[@TheCreepypro]

as a lover of board games this was really cool to hear and I loved the suggestions

[@staticobjx7232]

For me, my gateway game would be Splendor. Just like they said it has thr element of luck while having to strategize. It lead me thru playing Rising Sun.

[@Lyrabela]

1313 dead-end drive was my favorite boardgame as a kid. Nothing better than trying to kill everybody else and run away with the 💰 lol

[@opalcitrine]

Aww he remembered Inscryption, loved that game

[@omnisel]

when they say "multi-day" I know they're thinking of The North Africa Campaign, which isn't just a board game but a bonafide WW2 pen-and-paper simulation. It taking multiple days is if you play the shortest ruleset, with the full ruleset a single game can last months.

[@CrushedParagon]

One game I like because it's the one board game I can actually get my family to join in on is Dominion. It's really more of a card game but it's short and fun and easy enough that it doesn't take that long for people to pick up on the rules

[@Stirdix]

Yeah, I think deck-builders in general make a great introduction to "serious" board games. [Personally, I prefer Ascension - I prefer the improv that comes with a shifting center row over a fixed set of cards - but any simple deck builder will do.]

[@wwvvvvvww]

Dixit is really fun, my friends and I always include it when we are having a board game night. Especially great for a huge group of people (>8).

[@SuddenClaps]

Gotta try some of these

[@hectorjr96]

I love Marvel Legendary, Deck Building Games are my favorite board games

[@ixlness]

I like carcassonne, that one is fun

[@leejennings1396]

Kingdom Death Monster

[@lombvax]

sung won giving the MGT free promo. if that was bobby’s call it was smart

[@polygonaltree1566]

If you want a meatier engine-building game with a short playing time and plenty of replay value, Race for the Galaxy is a great one. Not a gateway board game by any means, but the game design is ingenious

[@srdjan455]

The attack on Titan of board games might be the attack on Titan board game.

[@Darwingreen5]

King of Tokyo is my intro game. It's Yahtzee with pvp.

[@Azninjazn]

Machi Koro is a good starter

[@alexrostas1697]

Ger off this mans d on the board game reviews i love them and he has sold me on so many board games lol

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Im not a huge fan but i had a friend who was. My fav was 5m dungeon. Fast ,easy to learn ,great whit friend and hard . But one advice if you wanna try it. No one can choos paladin. The paladin is op af and you can chees whit him easily

[@IchigoXKurosaki1992]

Betrayal is my favorite of all time

[@kennethmendenhallii1598]

My favorite board game is checkers

[@x-48]

One of my favorite Viners ngl

[@Shadow977]

7Wonders is the most awarded board game in the world for a reason.

[@d.a.f.]

Are they in Japan right now?

[@jvtps765]

Right now yes. The guest episodes in this set are all from a month and half ago.

[@d.a.f.]

@@jvtps765 thanks

[@LostTimeMemory.]

If you're into card ghames like Yu-gi-oh, Magic, Pokemon, or even just D&D, etc. Def try "Here to Slay" it's very fast paced, easy to learn, and you can play up to 6 people! Plus your characters are cute animals

[@Gw2Zoke]

Here to slay is such a good iteration on unstable unicorns. They printed too many reset buttons into their first game, we’ve had a game of 8 players go 3+ hours with no end insight. Here to slay just ends so much more cleanly with a win condition that can’t be undone once a player makes progress.

[@Sebboebbo]

Da kings baby

[@trapperscout2046]

ProZD is Asian Board James

[@jamesdowman2023]

Yes!

[@flippers321]

Cludo is a great game

[@slipknotfan4450]

Board games are temporary, metal songs are permanent

[@INFINITEKN]

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[@paderek]

I'd love to see the boys playing Words against humanity ;-)

[@notafan1139]

It’s a shame that one guys noise he makes to show joy sounds just terrible

[@hameslopes5782]

First