I feel like I could have known this is a Friedemann Friese game…

I love Bosh!. It has some great dishes for a dinner party, but also some simple things like Hummus and Baba Ganoush.

Yes! I think these also fall in the “can be explained within 1 minute” category

I think there’s an open issue for this on Github

Correct! Definitely in the first, not sure about the second

This seems to be a link to the current thread

Like a glove!

These are my go to games for larger groups:

• Codenames: A modern classic! Works best with 6 or 8 people.
• Decrypto: For a more gamey version of Codenames.
• Wavelength: Fun party game that spikes interesting conversations
• Concept: Don’t play to win, just play to have fun guessing

The link doesn’t work for me, is it the same as everynoise.com?

I’ve been mostly using Spotify and some Dutch review sites. I still have a Last.fm account but don’t use it much anymore, Spotify has mostly replaced it.

Yeah, this article sounds like it’s written by someone trying to justify his purchase

I tend to like competitive games, but I like my coop games to:

• be difficult, or have a difficult mode. To me, there’s no fun in winning on the first try
• to foster table talk OR a different kind of fun player interaction. That’s why The Lost Expedition didn’t click for me, it felt like just throwing some cards on the table.

That said, I enjoy Pandemic (a classic), Hanabi, Just One, and Magic Maze. I haven’t really tried heavier ones but I’d love to play Spirit Island some day.

And for very young kids, My First Orchard is great!

TIL that Viral is not the only game with this theme!

My Spanish isn’t great, but looks like a nice overview! I haven’t heard of Virus!, I’m guessing it’s a Spanish game?

Anything with tiles works well, like Hive, Hanabi Deluxe, or Carcassonne. Dice games also work well, such as Pickomino. And there’s Crokinole, if your table can fit it