I am going to play twilight imperium for the first time soon. I am both excited and intimidated. Only 4 of us are playing though, because the rest of the group isn't interested.
We've been playing:
*The Hunger - We love Clank, but a 4 player game just doesn't work for us most of the time. The hunger is by the same people, and has a similar feel, so that's fun.
*Furnace - I like engine builders, but often don't enjoy the mechanic for gaining cards, like that gem collecting game my friend has that I can never remember the name of. I like the bidding mechanic in Furnace, it makes the whole thing more satisfying. I think the characters might be broken though. But this one is hard to fit in because it's only 4 players.
*Letter Jam - this is a fun little party game that I didn't think I'd enjoy, but ended up really liking. The whole group liked it enough that we played it several times in a row.
*The captain is dead: dangerous planet - I tried this one out on another group of friends who like cooperative games, but aren't always good at paying attention and I usually only bring simple games when I play with them. At one point I was completely convinced I'd made a horrible error by bringing the game and everyone hated it, but they eventually got the hang of it, loved it, and we played a second game right after the first.
*Quacks of Quedlinburg - My family loves this one. I introduced it to them, and now 2 brothers and a cousin have their own copies. It's just a very good time.
*Diamant- a fun little push your luck game that's simple enough that kids can play, but fast paced and fun enough to keep adults entertained. I tend to pull this one out when it's getting late and nobody wants to go home yet, but something complex and/or long is a bad idea. We house ruled the artifacts since the official rules slowed the game down too much.
There have been more, but I'm terrible at remembering things.
I am going to play twilight imperium for the first time soon. I am both excited and intimidated. Only 4 of us are playing though, because the rest of the group isn't interested.
We've been playing: *The Hunger - We love Clank, but a 4 player game just doesn't work for us most of the time. The hunger is by the same people, and has a similar feel, so that's fun.
*Furnace - I like engine builders, but often don't enjoy the mechanic for gaining cards, like that gem collecting game my friend has that I can never remember the name of. I like the bidding mechanic in Furnace, it makes the whole thing more satisfying. I think the characters might be broken though. But this one is hard to fit in because it's only 4 players.
*Letter Jam - this is a fun little party game that I didn't think I'd enjoy, but ended up really liking. The whole group liked it enough that we played it several times in a row.
*The captain is dead: dangerous planet - I tried this one out on another group of friends who like cooperative games, but aren't always good at paying attention and I usually only bring simple games when I play with them. At one point I was completely convinced I'd made a horrible error by bringing the game and everyone hated it, but they eventually got the hang of it, loved it, and we played a second game right after the first.
*Quacks of Quedlinburg - My family loves this one. I introduced it to them, and now 2 brothers and a cousin have their own copies. It's just a very good time.
*Diamant- a fun little push your luck game that's simple enough that kids can play, but fast paced and fun enough to keep adults entertained. I tend to pull this one out when it's getting late and nobody wants to go home yet, but something complex and/or long is a bad idea. We house ruled the artifacts since the official rules slowed the game down too much.
There have been more, but I'm terrible at remembering things.