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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Some of my favorites that have a higher frequency of "major upset" events. It really depends on your group, and how they like to play.

I stick with pretty quick and accessible games, because we frequently have to teach new people and I hate spending 3 hours on one playthrough of a huge game and then the newbie never gets a chance to try again with their new understanding.

Favorites:

  • Wizard reliably makes our whole table lose their minds
  • Love Letter takes sudden drastic turns and is so quick to play
  • Bang! (the dice version) has as much treachery as it does chaos
  • No Thanks! is an exercise in collective sadism
  • Nanuk has perhaps the best "oh shiiiiiiiiiiiii-" moments with a combination of hidden information, bluffing, push-your-luck, pleading for help, backstabbing, and high-stakes card flips

Bluffing games:

  • Coup
  • Skull
  • Cockroach Poker

Card games with sudden win conditions:

  • Five Crowns
  • Mahjong
  • LLAMA

Asymmetric information games:

  • Secret Hitler
  • Codenames
  • Mysterium Park

Not as frequent, but sometimes perfect for the right crowd:

  • Three Dragon Ante
  • Get Bit!
  • GUBS
  • Ca$h n Guns has foam guns that the whole table points at each other at once, Mexican Stand-off style
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