Monopoly is worse, but Catan can stall for sure if everyone isn’t playing it just right.
One game you might like if you can convince people to play it is Agricola. I pronounce it “ah-GREEK-ola”, but some people say it other ways. Anyway, you each have your own little farm to grow, but you have to make sure you end up with enough food harvested at the end of each season.
So mostly you’re all doing your own things, but there’s still a bit of tasty conflict, because in a single round each action can only be taken by one player. So if one player grabs “build a fence” I might be like “oh no! I was hoping to build one!”, which means I have to change my plans or adapt, but the player isn’t attacking me. They’re not destroying my farm or stealing my resources, but they are effecting me in ways that still feel like we’re playing a game together. This makes it feel like a relatively low-conflict experience.
The downside is that it looks intimidating, and it’s a big heavy box, and it’s not cheap, and so getting people to agree to actually sit and play it is hard. But it’s actually relatively simple once you get the feel for it. You put your dude on a space and do what the place says, basically. The hard part is figuring out what all the spaces do and why…
There’s another game by the same creator called Caverna, which I’ve heard is basically Agricola 2, it’s everything Agricola is and more. Or so I’ve heard… I haven’t actually played that one. So it’s probably a great choice, but I can only personally talk about Agricola.
I only make enemies playing catan 😭
it’s worse than monopoly
oh no is it really that bad >o<
what other games do u rather play? i personally found monopoly to be the worst game period, but maybe ive been thinking about this wrong.
Monopoly is worse, but Catan can stall for sure if everyone isn’t playing it just right.
One game you might like if you can convince people to play it is Agricola. I pronounce it “ah-GREEK-ola”, but some people say it other ways. Anyway, you each have your own little farm to grow, but you have to make sure you end up with enough food harvested at the end of each season.
So mostly you’re all doing your own things, but there’s still a bit of tasty conflict, because in a single round each action can only be taken by one player. So if one player grabs “build a fence” I might be like “oh no! I was hoping to build one!”, which means I have to change my plans or adapt, but the player isn’t attacking me. They’re not destroying my farm or stealing my resources, but they are effecting me in ways that still feel like we’re playing a game together. This makes it feel like a relatively low-conflict experience.
The downside is that it looks intimidating, and it’s a big heavy box, and it’s not cheap, and so getting people to agree to actually sit and play it is hard. But it’s actually relatively simple once you get the feel for it. You put your dude on a space and do what the place says, basically. The hard part is figuring out what all the spaces do and why…
There’s another game by the same creator called Caverna, which I’ve heard is basically Agricola 2, it’s everything Agricola is and more. Or so I’ve heard… I haven’t actually played that one. So it’s probably a great choice, but I can only personally talk about Agricola.
coup is my go-to, very easy to get people into even if they don’t play any board games
i also really like trial by trolly (the cyanide and happiness game) but I think you need the right group for that
I tried betrayal at the house on the hill once and it seemed cool but the people I was playing with weren’t into it :(
played some Arkham horror and did NOT enjoy, way too hard lol
tbh I like catan a lot but I’m really good at it and have made a lot of people mad with that fact lol
what other games do you like?