Game Help!

[muchabstracted]

I need your help. I want to buy myself a game for my birthday... but, having gone to the Games Store nearby, I am having trouble figuring out what to get. I don't want a duplicate of the most common ones, ie:

Settlers of Catan (awesome as it is)
Apples to Apples
Scrabble
Boggle
Fluxx

or Royalty or Mystery of the Abbey, as I already own those.

Any suggestions?

Comments

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Ticket to Ride is a good one -- can somewhat vary in complexity along with the players playing it. (i.e., as a total newb I was able to play with two much more practiced gamers and hold my own)

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've never heard of that one, thank you. *rubs hands*