Looking for recommendations

Katchoo wrote: Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game (very interested in this but I've heard it's HARD and not recommended for 5 players)

san il defanso wrote: Fair warning, Wiz-War is getting hard to find since FFG isn't reprinting it. It is a great game though. Definitely try it out if you get the chance.

RobertB wrote: One Night Ultimate Werewolf, if your group likes that sort of thing. People can come and go, and you play 5-minute games of that all evening.

charlest wrote: Cyclades was the first thing that came to mind, seconding that recommendation.

BaronDonut wrote:

Katchoo wrote: Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game (very interested in this but I've heard it's HARD and not recommended for 5 players)

I absolutely love this game, but I think it will not be any fun at all with five people. Two or three is probably best.

the_jake_1973 wrote: Spartacus was the first game that came to mind withthe player count. I know it was recommended up thread, but I wanted to put another vote its way.


Cyclades also deserves a look. I have enjoyed that game each time I've played.

ubarose wrote: Games like Fury of Dracula but shorter and fewer rules

Scotland Yard - It's a classic.

Last Friday - It's a lighter, faster playing Fury of Dracula. You play in chapters, so you can play one chapter, record your positions and statuses/stuff at the end of chapter, and then play the next chapter some other time.


Games Like Dominion

Any of the Legendary Games - If they like Dominion, but want something a little more thematic, they probably will like the Legendary Games. Which one just depends on your IP preference. Marvel Heroes has the fewest rules, and the most expansions. Aliens is the hardest, both more rules and more challenging to win.

NightFall - Another deck builder. Faster, less fiddly, and more competitive than the Legendary games. Also only about $20 on Amazon.


Games like Waterdeep

Raiders of the North Sea - Worker placement with a Viking theme



Games sort of like like Betrayal Legacy

Camp Grizzly - No traitor. Just try to get out a alive.



The Captain is Dead is fun and a little silly, but I can't remember much about it. We were at a Conn and it was super late at night.
Wasteland Express is probably to long and too fiddly for them.
Not Alone is okay. It's a bit thinky if they are into that.



Random Suggestions worth checking out based on what I can gather about your group's likes and dislikes:

Escape from 100 Million BC - Coop adventure game. Fight dinosaurs. I think it's really fun. Only $26 on Amazon

Ethnos - Ticket to Ride area control with a fantasy theme.

Cosmic Encounter

hotseatgames wrote: Dead of Winter shares a bit in common with BSG. I'm not recommending it, just saying it has a hidden traitor. Dark Moon is supposed to be like that but I have never played it.

I know you already have a ton to check out, but it occurred to me that you also might want to look at Room 25. It even has hidden traitors, if you want them.

Shellhead wrote: Camp Grizzly is an outstanding co-op game for five players (or really any player count from 1 to 6), and one of the best in my collection. The worst thing that I can say about Camp Grizzly is that it was apparently a marginally profitable kickstarter, so it took them years to fulfill the stretch goals and there will probably never be another printing of the base game.

Katchoo wrote: Room 25 which looks like a fun, lighter, shorter game.