A game called San Juan is actually already released in the U.S. My hubby reviewed it here (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10456.phtml). We've played it quite a few times (mostly 2-player, but also 3 and 4 upon occasion) and enjoy it a lot.
My hubby works in the gaming industry, so we play board and card games almost every day. He receives a lot of games from companies who want him to write reviews, since he has become well-known in the industry for his game reviews on RPG.net. He also buys a lot of games, because there's always something new coming out that interests him.
Because the box in your poll was too small for the extent of my answer, my personal favorite games are: - Ticket To Ride (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10207.phtml) ("Zug um Zug" in German) - Carcassonne (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9737.phtml) (as well as the other Carcassonne games: Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9897.phtml), Carcassonne: The Castle (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10059.phtml), Carcassonne: The City (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10928.phtml), etc.) - Alhambra (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10268.phtml) - Lost Cities (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10428.phtml) - Rumis (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10872.phtml) - Memoir '44 (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10372.phtml) - Reiner Knizia's Samurai (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10430.phtml) - Entdecker (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10724.phtml) - Goa (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10699.phtml)
Many of them are German games, but some aren't. (In my husband's game reviews, there are often even photos of me in the background. Heh.)
The only Catan games I've ever really enjoyed were the 2-player Starship Catan (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9810.phtml) and Historische Szenarien II: Troja & Die Große Mauer (which my husband has not reviewed yet, and which has not apparently been released in the U.S. yet, since the hubby bought the German version). I don't tend to like games where there is a device (like the "robber") which can take my stuff away or screw me somehow. In both of these Catan variations, this kind of risk is moderated by giving you ways to avoid catastrophe through your own actions.
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My hubby works in the gaming industry, so we play board and card games almost every day. He receives a lot of games from companies who want him to write reviews, since he has become well-known in the industry for his game reviews on RPG.net. He also buys a lot of games, because there's always something new coming out that interests him.
Because the box in your poll was too small for the extent of my answer, my personal favorite games are:
- Ticket To Ride (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10207.phtml) ("Zug um Zug" in German)
- Carcassonne (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9737.phtml) (as well as the other Carcassonne games: Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9897.phtml), Carcassonne: The Castle (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10059.phtml), Carcassonne: The City (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10928.phtml), etc.)
- Alhambra (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10268.phtml)
- Lost Cities (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10428.phtml)
- Rumis (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10872.phtml)
- Memoir '44 (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10372.phtml)
- Reiner Knizia's Samurai (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10430.phtml)
- Entdecker (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10724.phtml)
- Goa (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10699.phtml)
Many of them are German games, but some aren't. (In my husband's game reviews, there are often even photos of me in the background. Heh.)
The only Catan games I've ever really enjoyed were the 2-player Starship Catan (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9810.phtml) and Historische Szenarien II: Troja & Die Große Mauer (which my husband has not reviewed yet, and which has not apparently been released in the U.S. yet, since the hubby bought the German version). I don't tend to like games where there is a device (like the "robber") which can take my stuff away or screw me somehow. In both of these Catan variations, this kind of risk is moderated by giving you ways to avoid catastrophe through your own actions.