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"Dune: Imperium" for a more competitive and strategic game (there are several board games for dune but they only share the theme, don't get confused)

Wingspan if you don't want to be aggressive against other players

Cascadia for shorter game that supports low player counts

Azul is another shorter game

The isle of cats is a personal favorite, very neat game about packing cats on your boat

Red Rising has an excellent board game if you've ever read the book.

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Space Alert (very interactive)

Kind-of a board game: 7th continent

Vlaada Chvatil games just tickle something for me. Space Alert is hugely fun, probably best due to the chaos and also the fact that at least we can see the inevitable failure that's coming together, and nobody is the lonely runt, but so is Galaxy Trucker, Dungeon Lords, and as a quick social game, Codenames.

I recently joined a board game club after many years away from the hobby. I’ll echo the recommendations above. Scored wins in Azul and Loot. Played Isle of cats and Wingspan.

Games around the 3-4 players seem to have best flow and pace. I may buy wyrm (sister game to wingspan) just for the card designs.

I did play a game of Twilight Imperium for 12 hours, which I won. Mostly newbie’s but with a host who’s provided guidance on the rules. Great fun but perhaps something to work up to.

I agree on the 3-4 player idea, more players is hard because people have too much downtime. I enjoy and have played several games of Twilight Imperium but you need a good group who are willing to play fair even if the game is hopeless for themselves.

Yes, that was a point that my twilight imperium host was very keen on, keeping everyone engaged in the game.

Even when a player situation wasn’t looking good, he took them aside and pointed out options for them to get back in the hunt for victory points.

It’s very easy for a player to go “rogue” and spoil the game for the other players.

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