(See also: 8 Amazing Board Games You Can DIY) 9. The designer of this game, Uwe Rosenberg, created a follow-up game called Le Havre, in which players amass fortunes buy constructing ships and buildings. This game won the 2008 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year award, and it's still a highly rated game more than a decade later. The player with the most profitable farms wins. You spend your time plowing fields, collecting wood, purchasing animals, and expanding your farm. Many gamers like Gaia Project more than Terra Mystica, because the setup board can change, thus giving you a new gameplay experience each time you play. It's a follow-up to Terra Mystica, and similar in that involves working to make neighboring planets more like your own so that you can expand your civilization. Gaia Project came out in 2017, but it already has received very solid reviews. This game also employs some interesting economic concepts, such as the notion that competitors can strengthen you while also keeping you in check. (In other words, you work to make neighboring lands resemble yours.) Players must collect and deploy resources strategically to construct buildings and earn money. The premise behind Terra Mystica is you represent people living in one of 14 factions, and you can only grow your land by competing with opponents to "terraform" nearby lands. This game is so much fun, you don't need to drink actual wine while playing (though it doesn't hurt, either). You start off with a small plot of land and three workers, and then go through a process of adding employees, assigning tasks, and expanding your operation.
Viticultureĭo you like wine? Then you'll enjoy Viticulture, in which players inherit Tuscan vineyards and compete for the goal of making their enterprise the most successful. Power Grid has spawned countless international versions, spinoffs, and expansion packs. A player wins when they electrify a certain numbers of cities. You'll bid against other players for power plants and resources. In this game, you represent a company that owns a power grid, and it's your job to supply electricity to the city. And there are dozens of expansion packs to this game. There's also an element of city building. But you also must strive to transport the most profitable shipments, keep creditors at bay, and get the highest return on investment. In Age of Steam, you have many challenges, chief among them to build the most powerful locomotives and largest train network.
Most notably, players may find they need to "pivot" their railroad building strategy based on opponent actions and the way the board is shaping up. This differs from many of the "resource collection" games, but still involves some business strategy. Sometimes you win by having the most routes.
Ticket to RideĪ popular game for people of all ages, Ticket to Ride involves laying down railroads on predetermined routes and collecting points, while also blocking opponents from building routes of their own. (See also: The 5 Best Board Games for Adults) 2. There are multiple ways to win, and thus multiple different potential strategies as players select starting points and decide what resources to pursue. The idea is to collect and trade resources (grains, wool, wood, ore, bricks) in order to build roads, settlements, and cities. Originally known as Settlers of Catan, this is game has been credited with kick-starting a new wave of board-game enthusiasm. Some of the following games have become iconic in the gaming world, but there are others you may not have heard of - but you should definitely bring to your next game night. Remember the days when Monopoly ruled the world of board games? For decades, it stood alone as a game that incorporated fun with lessons on business and the economy.īoard games have seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, led by a new crop of games based on economics, resource trading, and business savvy.
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