The original Pandemic captured gamers’ imaginations with its portrayal of scientists fighting global infectious diseases. Great for: Friends who like playing games, but like cooperation better than cutthroat competition Kind of like: Well, there really isn’t anything like it, except the original Pandemic Pandemic Legacy Season 2 Black Edition Board Game | Board Game for Adults and Family | Cooperative Board Game | Ages 13+ | 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 60 minutes | Made by Z-Man Games For example, if you put your Viking in the Armory, the better to beef up your defense, other players have to choose to do something else that turn.) Plus, she adds, “it’s really fun to be a Viking.” (Worker placement is a popular mechanic in Eurogames that involves players choosing actions from a set often, if one player chooses to take a certain action, that action may no longer be available to other players for that round. It’s “an interesting take on the worker placement genre,” Donahue says. Well, throw out that “gentleness” with Raiders of the North Sea, a game where you play as Vikings plundering hapless settlements.
Think Settlers of Catan instead of Monopoly. “Eurogame” refers to a class of games-typically designed in Europe-that often have gentler mechanics (no ganging up on one player and no knocking one player out of the game before it ends). Great for: serious gamers, who might actually get the Lords of Waterdeep reference