I'm trying to coordinate an evening board game event at our company and would love to know any cool games folks have tried recently, or ones that are still loved? Most of our attendees are software developers so any advice is appreciated!
Thanks!
Eimi, Event Manager,
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Also not really a board game but I really like Eleusis Express and by experience many software developers also do. The Express version is a much simpler set of rules of Eleusis: one of the player choose a rule the cards have to follow to fit in a sequence and other players have to guess it by prosing cards and havint the game master indicate wether the card fits or not. The role of game master is rolling.<p>It's important to insist that the game master shall not use a rule too much complex (beware "creative" SW dev!). It's almost always harder to discover than expected even with smart people.<p><a href="http://www.logicmazes.com/games/eleusis/express.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.logicmazes.com/games/eleusis/express.html</a>
It's really going to depend on your group of players. There's a wide variety of board and card games available with different mechanics and play styles.<p>I can recommend Race for the Galaxy:<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143/race-for-the-galaxy" rel="nofollow">http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143/race-for-the-galaxy</a><p>Browse around the BGG website, read reviews, look at the top games, etc:<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame" rel="nofollow">http://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame</a>
A great classic: Scotland Yard<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard" rel="nofollow">http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard</a><p>A more recent board game, also based in London but much earlier : London 1888
Beautiful board. Rules are relatively complex if I recall correctly.<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19991/london-1888" rel="nofollow">http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19991/london-1888</a>
No really a board game but Werewolf (a.k.a. Mafia) is great. It's fun and simple to learn. However it depends a lot on the quality of the game organizer and the athmosphere he is able to provide.<p><a href="http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_%28party_game%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_%28party_game%29</a>
For software developers, the ultimate game has to be roborally<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally" rel="nofollow">http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally</a><p>You play cards to program your robot and drive it round a course.
Puerto Rico (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_%28board_game%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_%28board_game%29</a>)<p>Settlers of Catan
I am a big fan of Agricola. It is for 2 to 5 players. Our group of friends used to play Settlers of Catan, but we switched to Agricola mostly these days.