4. Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

2-5 Players | 45-210 minutes | Buy it here.

Described by its creators as a “meta-cooperative psychological survival game,” Crossroads will task each player to lead a faction of survivors during the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, where everyone is working towards one common victory condition. Your job is to keep your colony’s morale up, so it’ll be a test of leadership.

What’s fun about it?

You’re working towards  one common goal, but each individual has his own personal agenda. It’ll test each player’s ability to achieve their secret agenda without anyone knowing. Their decisions might harm the entire colony and put the main objective at risk. Watch out for the betrayers!

3. Sheriff of Nottingham

3-5 Players | 60 minutes | Buy it here.

Test your wits in a game where you assume the role of merchants trying to sell goods inside Nottingham. Players will first have to pass the city, where the Sheriff inspects your goods. You’re only allowed to bring legal goods though for a low price so the real money is in the illegal goods that you will attempt to sneak in. Lie and convince the Sheriff that you come in good faith and you’ll rack up a huge sum.

What’s fun about it?

The fun factor of the game will depend on the set of friends you play with. For every turn, a player will assume the role of the Sheriff. Assuming that you’re five, you’ll be dealing with four Sheriffs with different personalities—this will demand tailored strategies for each player. The name of this social game is bluffing.

2. Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

2-4 Players | 180-240 minutes | Buy it here.

Simply put, each player attempts to build the best civilization. Careful resource management, the discovery of new technology, getting the right leaders, building wonders and amassing a strong military are key elements players must work on to improve and grow as they strive to develop a nation with the most culture: this will determine the winner of the game.

What’s fun about it?

What you prioritize will determine the fate of your nation. Focusing mainly in science will grant you access to technology ahead of everyone else, but it also means a weak military. A nation with a formidable military aspect can easily prey on weak nations for their resources and technology, and even kill their leaders.

1. Codenames

2-8 Players | 15 minutes | Buy it here.

This game is governed by two rival spymasters who possess the intel of 25 agents; the agents themselves only know them by their CODENAMES.

What’s fun about it?

The goal is for the agents to make contact with their co-agents. The Spymasters are entitled to give one-word clues that can lead to multiple words on the board. Now what teams must be cautious of is guessing the right color that actually belongs to them and not the opposing team. Added to the thrill is an assassin that must be avoided at all cost.

It’s a win-win situation regardless, where even losing is loads of fun.

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