Hi, me and my cousins had a good thing going for a long time playing Catan but we are looking to shake things up. We have played Catan regularly for over s year, but find that it’s getting a little stale. We are looking for a game that requires a lot of strategy, planning, teamwork but also betrayal and backstabbing, yet also not take half an hour to set up and dismantle.

In Catan we love that the board changes every game and therefore the strategy, but found that once we got to the castles and knights expansion there was one strategy that beat out all the rest which sort of deflated the fun (first person to get science bonus seemed to win 90% of the time).

Any other board games out there for beginners that don’t take forever to set up and put away? Not huge into role playing, but never say never I guess.

  • DefenderOfChodes@vlemmy.netEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I also meet up with my cousins semi-regularly for game nights and we love Catan! A game that I believe checks your boxes is “Here to Slay”, this is one that we seem to revisit every time we meet. Other games I would suggest are “King of Tokyo” and “Sheriff of Nottingham”. I hope that helps!

    • six_arm_spider_man@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I popped on here to suggest King of Tokyo as well. Sets up fast, quick to teach, and if you’re into it, you can make it a little more complicated with the Power Uo expansion.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks ks for the suggestions, briefly looked into sheriff of Nottingham and looks pretty interesting. I’ll check the others out too