Pandemic Board Game

I absolutely love settlers. Definitely get the expansion that makes the board bigger. Wasn't really a fan of pandemic. Thought it was kind of boring.

My wife and I love Ticket to Ride but most of my family that's into or willing to play board games lives out of state. So, my wife and I play Ticket to Ride just the 2 of us. If you're in a similar boat, I recommend picking up the 1910 US expansion and maybe even the Switzerland / India expansion, since its 2 maps are better / more competitive for 2-players.

Forgot Small World... That's another pretty interesting game worth looking into.

Pandemic is pretty great.

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Ticket to Ride, Dominion, Settlers and Carcassonne.

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All good choices.

The thing with board is that there's a really big landscape out there to explore. I'm a big fan of Lords of Vegas as a Monopoly replacement:



The box is terrible, but the game is fantastic.



King of Tokyo... nice Yahtzee replacement. Not great playing with two though. But it's an instant win for 3+, families, etc.

Or Samurai


For a light strategy game. Might scratch a strategic itch when some of the above don't work.

There are some better, slightly more complex games for later, but that's a good start.

Later you think about things like Stone Age or Lords of Waterdeep, Agricola or Le Havre, etc.

Everyone I play ticket to ride with loves it. I have pandemic but can't play with anyone. For all the talk that ticket to ride can be picked up by a 8 yo, the learning curve with the people I play with is agonizing and pandemic will be awful

I was implying that 8 YOs are more capable than the people I was playing with. Mainly this issues were with my dad who was all old timessy with the "this is too much work, why would anyone want to do this," complaining and my buddy's SO who liked it and kept saying she liked it and then 3/4 through the game, admitted she had no clue what was happening.

I've told the story on here before. My sister brought Cards Against Humanity home for Christmas for us to play. She said she took out all the dirty cards. But then up comes fleshlight which she left in because she didn't know what it was. My mother starts asking everyone what a fleshlight is and about how she was going to google what it was because no one was telling her.

I'll add Eight Minute Empire.

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Edit: while I'm here, where's the best/cheapest place to buy settlers with the 5-6 player expansion?

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If you're a prime member, Amazon. If you want it now, Amazon. If you want to wait, Amazon or possibly Barnes and Noble on sale at some point.

It stinks, but local game stores usually have high markups.