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

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Munchkin, or if other people have it already, one or more of the niftier expansion sets?

[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)

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

Bananagrams! Like Scrabble, only more fun. M.

[chewbeck.livejournal.com]

Munchkin is great, so that is definitely a fine suggestion, but I also LOVE Quiddler. It's sort of like if you combined Scrabble and Gin Rummy and is so much fun and awesome.

[awhyzip.livejournal.com]

I recently played a fun and unusual game: Pandemic

This blog has a picture of the board and a good description of the game.

The fact that it is an intensely cooperative game distinguishes it from most of the board games I've played. I enjoyed it and I suspect you might, too.

[kraada.livejournal.com]

I can think of a few but first I think it's important to know: what is the most common number of players you expect to be playing with?

[dasheiff.livejournal.com]

Bang!

Betrayal at House on the Hill.