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I prefer party games and game with words, over heavy strategy (complex) games.
#1 Star Realms: Frontiers
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 4
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 8.0
Categories: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Cooperative Game, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Player Elimination, Solo / Solitaire Game, Take That
#2 Port Royal
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 5
Playtime: 50 min
Bgg Rating: 7.1
Categories: Card Game, Economic, Nautical, Pirates
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Contracts, Push Your Luck, Set Collection
#3 Skull King
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 6
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 7.4
Categories: Card Game, Nautical, Pirates
Mechanics: Predictive Bid, Trick-taking
#4 7 Wonders Duel
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 8.1
Categories: Ancient, Card Game, City Building, Civilization, Economic
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Set Collection, Sudden Death Ending, Tug of War
#5 7 Wonders
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 7
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 7.7
Categories: Ancient, Card Game, City Building, Civilization, Economic
Mechanics: Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Variable Player Powers
#6 Love Letter
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 20 min
Bgg Rating: 7.2
Categories: Card Game, Deduction, Renaissance
Mechanics: Hand Management, Player Elimination, Score-and-Reset Game
#7 A Little Wordy
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 15 min
Bgg Rating: 7.5
Categories: Word Game
Mechanics: Tile Placement
#8 Saboteur 2 (expansion-only editions)
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 12
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 7.0
Categories: Bluffing, Card Game, Expansion for Base-game, Exploration, Fantasy, Party Game
Mechanics: Hand Management, Hidden Roles, Map Addition, Network and Route Building, Take That, Team-Based Game, Traitor Game
#9 Sushi Go Party!
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 8
Playtime: 20 min
Bgg Rating: 7.5
Categories: Card Game, Party Game
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection
#10 Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 8
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 7.0
Categories: Card Game, Children's Game, Party Game, Real-time
Mechanics: Pattern Recognition
#11 Zombicide
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 6
Playtime: 60 min
Bgg Rating: 7.2
Categories: Horror, Miniatures, Zombies
Mechanics: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Modular Board, Player Elimination, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Variable Player Powers
#12 Android: Netrunner
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 7.9
Categories: Bluffing, Card Game, Collectible Components, Science Fiction
Mechanics: Action Points, Deck Construction, Hand Management, Secret Unit Deployment, Take That, Variable Player Powers
#13 Caper
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 7.3
Categories: Card Game, City Building, Mafia
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence, Card Drafting, Set Collection
#14 Exploding Kittens
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 5
Playtime: 15 min
Bgg Rating: 6.0
Categories: Animals, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor
Mechanics: Hand Management, Hot Potato, Player Elimination, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Take That
#15 Rummikub
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 60 min
Bgg Rating: 6.4
Categories: Abstract Strategy, Card Game, Number
Mechanics: Melding and Splaying, Set Collection, Tile Placement
#16 Saboteur
Purchased:
Players: 3 to 10
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 6.6
Categories: Bluffing, Card Game, Exploration, Fantasy, Party Game
Mechanics: Hand Management, Hidden Roles, Map Addition, Network and Route Building, Take That, Team-Based Game, Traitor Game
#17 Seasons
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 60 min
Bgg Rating: 7.4
Categories: Card Game, Dice, Fantasy
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Dice Rolling, Drafting, Hand Management, Take That, Victory Points as a Resource
#18 Targi
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 60 min
Bgg Rating: 7.6
Categories: Card Game
Mechanics: End Game Bonuses, Modular Board, Set Collection, Turn Order: Progressive, Worker Placement
#19 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carlton House & Queen's Park
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 8
Playtime: 90 min
Bgg Rating: 7.9
Categories: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Novel-based, Post-Napoleonic, Puzzle, Spies/Secret Agents
Mechanics: Cooperative Game, Storytelling
#20 Perudo
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 6
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 6.9
Categories: Bluffing, Dice, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Party Game
Mechanics: Betting and Bluffing, Dice Rolling, Player Elimination
#21 Small World
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 5
Playtime: 80 min
Bgg Rating: 7.3
Categories: Fantasy, Fighting, Territory Building
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up, Victory Points as a Resource
#22 Takenoko
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 7.3
Categories: Animals, Environmental, Farming, Territory Building
Mechanics: Action Points, Contracts, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Pattern Building, Set Collection, Tile Placement
#23 6 nimmt!
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 10
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 6.9
Categories: Card Game, Number
Mechanics: Hand Management, Kill Steal, Score-and-Reset Game, Simultaneous Action Selection
#24 Abalone Classic
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 30 min
Bgg Rating: 6.5
Categories: Abstract Strategy
Mechanics: Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Slide/Push, Static Capture
#25 Carcassonne
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 5
Playtime: 45 min
Bgg Rating: 7.4
Categories: City Building, Medieval, Territory Building
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence, Map Addition, Tile Placement
#26 Catan
Purchased:
Players: 3 to 4
Playtime: 120 min
Bgg Rating: 7.1
Categories: Economic, Negotiation
Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Income, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Race, Random Production, Trading, Variable Set-up
#27 Spot it!
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 8
Playtime: 15 min
Bgg Rating: 6.6
Categories: Card Game, Children's Game, Educational, Party Game, Real-time, Sports
Mechanics: Speed Matching
#28 Dojo Kun
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 4
Playtime: 90 min
Bgg Rating: 7.0
Categories: Dice, Fighting
Mechanics: Betting and Bluffing, Dice Rolling, Worker Placement
#29 Elder Sign
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 8
Playtime: 90 min
Bgg Rating: 7.0
Categories: Adventure, Card Game, Dice, Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Novel-based
Mechanics: Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, Modular Board, Re-rolling and Locking, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers
#30 Havana Dice
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 15 min
Bgg Rating: 6.3
Categories: Dice
Mechanics: Betting and Bluffing, Dice Rolling
#31 Mow
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 10
Playtime: 15 min
Bgg Rating: 6.2
Categories: Animals, Card Game, Humor
Mechanics: Hand Management
#32 Sobek
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 40 min
Bgg Rating: 6.7
Categories: Ancient, Card Game
Mechanics: Card Drafting, Hand Management, Memory, Set Collection
#33 Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot
Purchased:
Players: 2
Playtime: 20 min
Bgg Rating: 8.2
Categories: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Novel-based
Mechanics: Action Points, Hand Management, Line of Sight, Point to Point Movement, Take That, Variable Player Powers
#34 BANG!
Purchased:
Players: 4 to 7
Playtime: 40 min
Bgg Rating: 6.5
Categories: American West, Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Fighting
Mechanics: Hand Management, Hidden Roles, Kill Steal, Player Elimination, Take That, Team-Based Game, Variable Player Powers
#35 Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 40 min
Bgg Rating: 8.0
Categories: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Novel-based
Mechanics: Area Movement, Hand Management, Team-Based Game, Variable Player Powers
#36 The Castles of Burgundy
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 90 min
Bgg Rating: 8.1
Categories: Dice, Medieval, Territory Building
Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Grid Coverage, Hexagon Grid, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Worker Placement with Dice Workers
#37 Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Purchased:
Players: 1 to 2
Playtime: 120 min
Bgg Rating: 8.2
Categories: Adventure, Card Game, Collectible Components, Fantasy, Horror, Novel-based
Mechanics: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Deck Construction, Hand Management, Role Playing, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers
#38 Fantasy
Purchased:
Players: 2 to 4
Playtime: 20 min
Bgg Rating: 5.0
Categories: Card Game, Fantasy
Mechanics: Hand Management, Set Collection