Who here plays boardgames?

As Tom has got older we have really got back into them. Now he is 10 we are starting to explore more complex ones, and I am going to introduce him to some less compex table top war games and card battle games soon.

As a family our favouite boardgames that we play a lot are:

Ticket to Ride (Europe edition)
Rummicub
Sorry
Uno
Triolet (a French game like Scabble but with numbers)
Backgammon

And occasionally:

Monopoly
Cluedo

There was a new boardgame released last year based on Minecraft that we quite enjoy.

I have a copy of Catan but I've found it hard to convince them to play it as they instantly thought it looked too complicated, which it isn't once you play.

There is a new independent boardgame shop just opened around the corner from my house. I went in there last week and the owner is a really nice guy. All his games are second-hand, so far cheaper than new ones. But he checks them all and guarantees they are complete. I bought a copy of Risk from him He had copies of all the versions and I ended up buying the original, rather then the newer ones with plastic figures. Mainly because he said he had stock of spare parts. I have a feeling I will be buying more from him soon. If interested his store is https://m.facebook.com/alfiesbgc I'm sure he had a website but couldn't see it. But Googling Alfies boardgames Bognor Regis brings up a lot of info.

There are loads of more advanced boardgames, card battle games and tabletop war games I want to try and get into with Tom soon. We do occasionally also play Pokemon.

Shortlist of games to get include:

Pandemic
Tiny Epic Galaxies and Dungeons
Carcassonne
Munchkin
Kingdomino
Dixit
Wingspan
Azul
Heroquest (at £99 this ones quite an investment)

Have you played any of those?

Do you play any boardgames or tabletop games? Any you would recommend? I want to build up a good collection and have a gaming night one day a week.
[Reply]