The kind of game where you have to guess who your partner is.

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Maximum players: 8, Good for: 5, 6, 7, 8+, Best for: 7, 8+

Pros: Good when there are lots of people. Topped the "HFG list of Top Ten Games with pretty girls artwork".

Cons: For some reason, Ian always ends up being the neutral character.

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Last time played 11 year 8 month 25 day ago. Played only once.

Cooperative game, but a traitor may be lurking among us. It helps to address each other as "My Lord".

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Maximum players: 7, Good for: 4, 5, 6, 7, Best for: 5, 6, 7

Pros: Strong theme.

Cons: Forceful personalities may dictate play.

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A game of territorial conquest with a cube tower to settle battles.

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Maximum players: 5, Good for: 3, 4, 5, Best for: 4, 5

Pros: Better than Risk.

Cons: Longish playing time.

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Last time played 7 year 6 month 22 day ago. Played only once.

A 1997 Spiel des Jahres nominee. Card drafting and set collection are the main mechanisms.

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Maximum players: 6, Good for: 3, 4, 5, 6, Best for: 5, 6

Pros: Plays well with 6.

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Last time played 7 year 1 month 14 day ago. Played 2 times in total.

Excellent bluff game. It helps to try to put yourself in the minds of the other players, scary though that may be.

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Maximum players: 6, Good for: 4, 5, 6, Best for: 5, 6

Pros: Good with lots of players.

Cons: Must remember that Ian usually plays the first coaster at random.

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Last time played 2 year 2 month 3 day ago. Played 15 times in total.

Combine one of 20 special powers with one of 14 fantasy races to conquer the world.

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Maximum players: 5, Good for: 2, 3, 4, 5, Best for: 4

Pros: No dice to determine battle success, just supremacy in numbers.

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Last time played 1 year 8 month 17 day ago. Played 2 times in total.

A trivia based party game. Fun for everyone.

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Maximum players: 8, Good for: none, Best for: none

Pros: Donkeys averywhere.

Cons: You'd better know your American presidents.

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Last time played 4 year 10 month 1 day ago. Played 21 times in total.

A chaotic game.

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Maximum players: 4, Good for: 2, 3, 4, Best for: 3

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Learn how to make animal noises in Russian, German, Spanish, English, and French. A party game.

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Maximum players: 8, Good for: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+, Best for: 6, 7

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Collecting gems, though we call the dark brown tiles "chocolate" rather than "onyx".

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Maximum players: 4, Good for: 2, 3, 4, Best for: 3

Pros: Simple and relatively fast.

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Last time played 2 month 27 day ago. Played 10 times in total.