Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on 35 years of making games

Re:Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on 35 years... by PenguinCoder on Monday March 23, 2020 @04:02PM (#22668131)

Depending on the age groups, my family has had fun with the following various games:

    Settlers of Catan  
    Carcassonne  
    Clash of the Cards  
    Codebreakers (Mastermind)  
    Codenames  
    Cards against humanity  
    Chess  
    Gin Rummy  
    Dice games (10k, etc)  
    Dominoes and variations

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Re:Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on 35 years... by woodrowbarlow on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:15PM (#22668835)

codenames (especially the pictures variant) is _always_ popular, with almost everyone. period. they're quick 10-15 minute games, and you can usually go about 3-4 games in a session before people's interest starts to wane. the rules can fit into about three sentences. lots of team collaboration.

not a lot of game theory or strategy or tactics involved, it's all wordplay. which is nice for multi-generational family game night. i've even played with people who don't speak a lot of english (with a bit of translating back and forth) and we all had a blast.

best with 5-7 people, though; 3 minimum but it's not very fun unless you have at least 5.

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