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This is a very cool little game that is well within my wheelhouse. It is basically its a hand management system combined with engine building. The blurb calls it "deck building" but it really isn't.

Every card has many actions and you sort of cycle them back into your hand and through resources buy and apply modifications to the cards so the variety of card plays is actually pretty huge. The entire design is all about combos and combos always feel great. You work towards them, and play them, and as they go off you feel a real progression of the engine of your player board. Turn 1 vs Turn 3 has a strong feeling of progression.

The game looks complex, but it really isn't There is a cool little helper card that shows your action list, but you also have a bunch of free actions that are part of the combo system. It is a Euro at heart and plays like one but like a good euro the rules explanation is dense, but the actual flow of the game is intuitive and very easy to run after a few turns. Like any euro though, there is no real theme. I mean the game has a theme, but it is just a veneer used as a guide to some of the ideas in the design. This is a good thing. The point is that mechanically this game is super fun and interesting. Particularly with the player interaction.

The game has a campaign and a single player rule set. This is something you see a lot in games nowadays and I do not think it is a good thing. The single player variant is lame AF and the campaign is basically just a feature culling system. Forget all that. Put all the stuff in on turn 1 and play with 3-4 people.. your good.

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Interesting trick taking game with a super neat theme, and of course cats.. and cats are cool. Like all trick taking games you have trumps and in this case it is a card high to win the tricks. The hook of the game though is that it uses "quantum states".

Basically, there is a something in physics called "quantum super-position". Where the act of measurement defines the physical properties of the thing being measured. There is a famous thought experiment called "Schrödinger's Cat" I will not go deep into this, but the crux of it is that while the box is closed the cat is both alive and dead. It isn't until you open the box that the cat becomes alive or dead. So while the box is closed, the cat is in two states at once. This is a very hard concept to wrap your head around as it is counterintuitive to how we experience reality, but the theory is robust enough that we have now built ever-increasing in power computers based on quantum state bits that can be 0 and 1 at the same time.

The only takeaway you need is that "until you measure something, it is all states at once". So the hook of this game is the idea of super positional states. It is also why the game is cat themed, because of the Schrödinger's famous thought experiment.

How does all that relate to the game? Well like any trick taking game you have suits, value and a trump suit, but in this game you decide the suit of your card yourself. All the cards are just numbered and black and you have a small player board where you define if you are "out of cards of a certain colour".


Each card you play needs to follow suit, if possible. Just like a normal trick taking game, but here you determine what suits you have. You can even define the absence of a suit in your hand without playing cards.


There is a board that marks what suits are used. Red is trump, btw. So while there are 4 cards with the value of 1, there is only 1 card with the value of 1 in each suit. So as a player defines the suit, that card is marked on the board and can no longer be played.


This is a fascinating game with a unique card system. It is a trick taking game, so it is superfast and easy to play. The "quantum" rules are not actually complex at all, but I do envision some difficulty teaching it to some players as the entire idea is pretty wild. The game has put a lot of effort into providing some tools, like the card counter and the suit counter, for each player to help visualise things.

I got the Sniper Elite Board Game because I Love the video game.

Haven't gotten a chance to play my game, though I played it when Rebellion Unplugged beta tested it at Pax Unplugged.

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We were supposed to try Star Trek Ascendancy tomorrow, but the plans fell through. Supposed to be like a quicker Twilight Imperium (another game I haven't played yet, although I bought the fourth edition), with Trek trappings.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193949/star-trek-ascendancy (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193949/star-trek-ascendancy)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition)

THUNDER ROAD VENDETTA
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/restorationgames/thunder-road-vendetta-0 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/restorationgames/thunder-road-vendetta-0)

We repeatedly played the basic game with 4 players because how much crazy fun we were having. Easily the best Car Wars / Mad Max boardgame I've ever played. The multiple expansions promise lots of customization and advanced rules, but we're loving the basic game so much right now because of its fun and speed.

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Each player gets 3 cars with machineguns & a guncopter.
You roll 4 dice and assign speeds to cars & 1 special action per turn.
Base game special actions are Activate Copter, Repair, Avoid First Slam, Use Nitro
The lowest roller goes first, then play goes to the left
Each player activates one car and moves / shoots / deals with hazards.
There is LOTS of slamming into other cars - it's an Automotive Mosh Pit! 
We race across 5 boards full of hazards and difficult terrain to the finish line.
First across the line or last man alive is the winner.

Gameplay was 25-45 minutes. We played 4 players x 4 times in 2.5 hours and we were all newbs to the game.

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https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition/

I got Twilight Imperium 4 after watching the review on Shut Up & Sit Down.



Luckily, my X-Wing Miniatures group had a couple of players who were interested, and we've since put together a monthly TI session with a group of regulars. About 4-6ish? Something like that.

The game is damn fun. The crazy politics is what makes it so amusing and worth spending 8-12 hours out of a day to play.

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Hell, this thread reminds me, I've got to put together some 3-D stand up markers for the Wormholes.

Quote from: Baron on May 21, 2023, 06:06:55 PM
We were supposed to try Star Trek Ascendancy tomorrow, but the plans fell through. Supposed to be like a quicker Twilight Imperium (another game I haven't played yet, although I bought the fourth edition), with Trek trappings.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193949/star-trek-ascendancy (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193949/star-trek-ascendancy)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition)

Ooh. I've seen Ascendancy on the store shelf. If you ever get a game in, let us know your opinions.

Last night I played "Camel Up", a card game about betting on camel races. Enjoyed it. The gimmick is that you don't control any one camel, so you're competing to push your favorites forward while also being the one with the biggest bets on those.

Recently I played "Cosmic Frog", a bizarre game about giant frogs trying to devour the world and disgorge chunks of land in specific patterns. Took some explaining, due to the unfamiliar context and confusing rules about what arrangements of land give you points or energy. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5276037/cosmic-frog

Played "Zombicide: Undead or Alive", the Wild West version of "Zombicide". It's all right if you like killing hordes of monsters, but I was frustrated at feeling I was being ordered around by other players, and it's easy to make the whole group lose. (Also the fat zombies are now "Brutes" rather than "Fatties". Wouldn't want to offend them.)

Tried to play a game called "Nemesis" which was billed as similar to "Zombicide" with some of the story elements of "Dead of Winter". It's set in an alien-infested space base. I sat there listening to the rules for about half an hour, and the alien monster minis were so gruesome I was physically queasy from looking at them, and I ended up walking out before we could start.

Not too long ago I got to play the "Conan" adventure game again. I got a copy cheaply. This is based on the original stories by people who respect the source material, and pits an evil overlord against 2-4 heroes with varying objectives.

What else? Recently played "Century: A New World" which is a worker placement game about a 1600s colony, and which can be combined with either or both of the other "Century" spice-trading games. Enjoyed that. And "Tiny Epic Quest" which tries hard to be a "Legend of Zelda" game but really isn't; it's more of a press-your-luck game about moving to dungeons and magic sites to score points on dangerous die rolls.

A card game I have and enjoy is Guillotine by Wizards of the Coast.

Guillotine is a simple card game with a simple objective – collect the most points. Players gain points by 'beheading' important nobles.  You have cards that you can use to move the nobles around to gain more points or to screw over other players.

Its a lot of fun

Quote from: KrisSnow on May 25, 2023, 03:42:58 PM
Tried to play a game called "Nemesis" which was billed as similar to "Zombicide" with some of the story elements of "Dead of Winter". It's set in an alien-infested space base. I sat there listening to the rules for about half an hour, and the alien monster minis were so gruesome I was physically queasy from looking at them, and I ended up walking out before we could start.

That had to be the Carnomorphs expansion, the regular Nemesis bad guys are just serial-number-filed-off Xenomorphs. Carnomorphs are all skulls and bones and exposed innards and such, nasty.

I've been getting back into card games using tarot cards. These games have long traditions in Europe. Here's a book I found in Danish (which I thankfully can read, this one is from 1988).  Rules for Danish Tarok are also on pagat.com.
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I've mainly been playing Fallout Shelter, and the Forbidden Series.... Desert, Island and Jungle.  I really like Forbidden Jungle the best out of the three.

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Command Post Games Little Bighorn 1876

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Quote from: Greg Bruni on December 08, 2023, 01:29:15 AM
I've mainly been playing Fallout Shelter, and the Forbidden Series.... Desert, Island and Jungle.  I really like Forbidden Jungle the best out of the three.


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My nephew got that for christmas, and we played a game. I was impressed. Those "tin box" games didn't seem appealing, but Forbidden Jungle was pretty fun.
A part of me wants to bust out some sci fi minis for the characters. We joked that this could easily be set in 40k, with the jungle monsters and sci fi elements.

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Star Fleet Battles. AKA fun with old games based on dead franchises.

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BattleTech Alpha Strike. 

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It is the mass combat system for the complex BattleTech board wargame.  Instead of 4vs4 'mechs with all kinds of stats, Alpha Strike simplified the game so you have about 4-5 stats that all fit on a playing card.  You can have a lot more units, or keep it small and play a game in a reasonably quick time. 

Even my kindergarten aged son can play.

I developed a liking for the LoTR movie TCG, I find it one of the most beautiful card games. I really like the cardboard design.

Besides that, still into Magic the Gathering but (mostly) with old cards, and I hardly buy cards anymore (if I really must buy something, so no money for Hasbro/Wizards.

Quote from: weirdguy564 on March 25, 2024, 05:23:45 PMBattleTech Alpha Strike. 

It is the mass combat system for the complex BattleTech board wargame.  Instead of 4vs4 'mechs with all kinds of stats, Alpha Strike simplified the game so you have about 4-5 stats that all fit on a playing card.  You can have a lot more units, or keep it small and play a game in a reasonably quick time. 

Even my kindergarten aged son can play.

How many players does the game support?

Quote from: Crusader X on June 09, 2024, 10:54:34 AM

Quote from: weirdguy564 on March 25, 2024, 05:23:45 PMBattleTech Alpha Strike. 

It is the mass combat system for the complex BattleTech board wargame.  Instead of 4vs4 'mechs with all kinds of stats, Alpha Strike simplified the game so you have about 4-5 stats that all fit on a playing card.  You can have a lot more units, or keep it small and play a game in a reasonably quick time. 

Even my kindergarten aged son can play.

How many players does the game support?

As many as you want, but the game does best when the players are grouped into two sides/teams. You can have more than that, but then initiative can be a little overly decisive (the "loser" in initiative is likely to get grouped up on by multiple initiative "winners").

Right now, I'm knee-deep in some serious board and card game action. Let me break it down for ya!

First off, gotta give a shoutout to my main squeeze, solitaire (https://freecardgames.io/solitaire/). It's like my go-to when I need some chill time, y'know? Nothing beats kicking back with a deck of cards and zoning out for a bit. Plus, it's the perfect game for when you're flying solo and need a little me-time.

But wait, there's more! Lately, I've been getting down with some classic board games like Monopoly and Scrabble. There's just something about the nostalgia factor that gets me every time. Plus, it's a great way to bond with friends and family over some friendly competition.

Hearing some buzz about Arcs.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359871/arcs

From what I can tell, it's a galactic conquest "lite" game with trick taking as the core mechanic.

As someone who loves Twilight Imperium, but can't argue when someone doesn't want to commit to a 12 hour game, I'm kinda interested in this.

Right now, very old school: backgammon

But I also like Hadrian's Wall

Also: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

Quote from: Trond on August 03, 2024, 09:02:42 AMAlso: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

I love "Fallen Land."  It's pretty much my favorite boardgame, though I guess it really ties with "Fortune and Glory."  I think anybody who likes both RPGs and post-apocalyptic stuff would like it.  It looks complicated at first glance, but it's actually very intuitive and easy, and has one of the best rulebooks I've ever seen (well-written, well-organized and indexed, with lots of examples).  It definitely generates a narrative that the players will be discussing long after the game has finished.

Quote from: I on August 03, 2024, 10:41:38 PM

Quote from: Trond on August 03, 2024, 09:02:42 AMAlso: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

I love "Fallen Land."  It's pretty much my favorite boardgame, though I guess it really ties with "Fortune and Glory."  I think anybody who likes both RPGs and post-apocalyptic stuff would like it.  It looks complicated at first glance, but it's actually very intuitive and easy, and has one of the best rulebooks I've ever seen (well-written, well-organized and indexed, with lots of examples).  It definitely generates a narrative that the players will be discussing long after the game has finished.

Hmm, Fortune and Glory looks pretty cool. Which one of the two is simpler? I sometimes find people's eyes glaze over at a certain point when the game gets too complicated.

Quote from: Trond on August 04, 2024, 10:54:55 AM

Quote from: I on August 03, 2024, 10:41:38 PM

Quote from: Trond on August 03, 2024, 09:02:42 AMAlso: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

I love "Fallen Land."  It's pretty much my favorite boardgame, though I guess it really ties with "Fortune and Glory."  I think anybody who likes both RPGs and post-apocalyptic stuff would like it.  It looks complicated at first glance, but it's actually very intuitive and easy, and has one of the best rulebooks I've ever seen (well-written, well-organized and indexed, with lots of examples).  It definitely generates a narrative that the players will be discussing long after the game has finished.

Hmm, Fortune and Glory looks pretty cool. Which one of the two is simpler? I sometimes find people's eyes glaze over at a certain point when the game gets too complicated.

I'm guessing that they are about equally complicated, but Fallen Land has the better-written, clearer rules.  (Not that the F & G rules are bad).  Both generate a narrative, use dice and have luck swings as well as skill. (People who hate luck should avoid these games, just as they should avoid RPGs).  It really boils down to whether your players prefer post-apocalyptic or "Indiana Jones."  My group never had any issue playing Fortune & Glory, they all love it, but I've only ever played Fallen Land with one other player so can't really judge on that one.  Both can be played solo as well, if that's a selling point.  Fortune & Glory can be played competitively or co-op, but Fallen Land can be that way as well -- you can make alliances with other players if you wish.  In Fortune & Glory you play one character; in Fallen Land, you have a team of five adventurers (who may die, desert, etc. to be replaced by other adventurers).  Some Youtube reviews/ how to play videos would probably help you make up your mind.

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Quote from: Trond on August 04, 2024, 10:54:55 AM

Quote from: I on August 03, 2024, 10:41:38 PM

Quote from: Trond on August 03, 2024, 09:02:42 AMAlso: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

I love "Fallen Land."  It's pretty much my favorite boardgame, though I guess it really ties with "Fortune and Glory."  I think anybody who likes both RPGs and post-apocalyptic stuff would like it.  It looks complicated at first glance, but it's actually very intuitive and easy, and has one of the best rulebooks I've ever seen (well-written, well-organized and indexed, with lots of examples).  It definitely generates a narrative that the players will be discussing long after the game has finished.

Hmm, Fortune and Glory looks pretty cool. Which one of the two is simpler? I sometimes find people's eyes glaze over at a certain point when the game gets too complicated.

I'm guessing that they are about equally complicated, but Fallen Land has the better-written, clearer rules.  (Not that the F & G rules are bad).  Both generate a narrative, use dice and have luck swings as well as skill. (People who hate luck should avoid these games, just as they should avoid RPGs).  It really boils down to whether your players prefer post-apocalyptic or "Indiana Jones."  My group never had any issue playing Fortune & Glory, they all love it, but I've only ever played Fallen Land with one other player so can't really judge on that one.  Both can be played solo as well, if that's a selling point.  Fortune & Glory can be played competitively or co-op, but Fallen Land can be that way as well -- you can make alliances with other players if you wish.  In Fortune & Glory you play one character; in Fallen Land, you have a team of five adventurers (who may die, desert, etc. to be replaced by other adventurers).  Some Youtube reviews/ how to play videos would probably help you make up your mind.

Sounds good, and thanks for your thoughts. I guess I have to ask: is there a difference in wokeness?

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Quote from: I on August 04, 2024, 11:27:28 AM

Quote from: Trond on August 04, 2024, 10:54:55 AM

Quote from: I on August 03, 2024, 10:41:38 PM

Quote from: Trond on August 03, 2024, 09:02:42 AMAlso: let me know if anyone here likes Fallen Land. I'm thinking about getting it

I love "Fallen Land."  It's pretty much my favorite boardgame, though I guess it really ties with "Fortune and Glory."  I think anybody who likes both RPGs and post-apocalyptic stuff would like it.  It looks complicated at first glance, but it's actually very intuitive and easy, and has one of the best rulebooks I've ever seen (well-written, well-organized and indexed, with lots of examples).  It definitely generates a narrative that the players will be discussing long after the game has finished.

Hmm, Fortune and Glory looks pretty cool. Which one of the two is simpler? I sometimes find people's eyes glaze over at a certain point when the game gets too complicated.

I'm guessing that they are about equally complicated, but Fallen Land has the better-written, clearer rules.  (Not that the F & G rules are bad).  Both generate a narrative, use dice and have luck swings as well as skill. (People who hate luck should avoid these games, just as they should avoid RPGs).  It really boils down to whether your players prefer post-apocalyptic or "Indiana Jones."  My group never had any issue playing Fortune & Glory, they all love it, but I've only ever played Fallen Land with one other player so can't really judge on that one.  Both can be played solo as well, if that's a selling point.  Fortune & Glory can be played competitively or co-op, but Fallen Land can be that way as well -- you can make alliances with other players if you wish.  In Fortune & Glory you play one character; in Fallen Land, you have a team of five adventurers (who may die, desert, etc. to be replaced by other adventurers).  Some Youtube reviews/ how to play videos would probably help you make up your mind.

Sounds good, and thanks for your thoughts. I guess I have to ask: is there a difference in wokeness?

Fallen Land isn't woke in the slightest. The only thing that smacks of political correctness in Fortune and Glory is that Nazis are one of the main villains (not the only ones though), and there's a Chinese character who is all concerned about them but the Japanese who are, you know, INVADING HER COUNTRY AND KILLING 8,000 CHINESE PER DAY are not even mentioned.  Also, a Soviet scientist is one of the good guys, which in the 1930s is very questionable because at that time Stalin had killed millions whereas Hitler had hardly killed anybody yet.  On the plus side, swastikas are all over the game and the designers refused to bow to political pressure by using the iron cross symbol usually substituted for it.  It's not that I love swastikas, but they are the historically correct symbol and it irritates me when they are replaced just to appease fragile snowflakes.  To be fair, Indiana Jones movies don't make a big deal out of Soviets or Japanese either, so the game is in keeping with them.  I wouldn't rule out Fortune and Glory on a political basis.

Heh 😊 that's the kind of thing that annoys me too, although this sounds relatively minor as you say. (This sort of lame view of other cultures reminds me of a much worse case: the movie The Eternals, where every historical scene from America showed USA=racists+slavery but when they showed Babylon everyone was just chilling and partying. Because nothing bad ever happened in ancient Mesopotamia 🤪)

I'm playing Israeli Air Force Leader By DVG.

I finally got my hands on '88' by James Day.  This game was published by Yaquinto in 1980, as the 2nd? game in the series of Panzer(which i also snagged).  Its a tactical armor combat game in the Western Desert WW2.

I really liked MBT when Avalon Hill published it.  MBT is the same system, slightly simplified, using hidden inverted counters for commands rather than the original written moves, a larger scale 100m instead of 50m per hex.  I was going to make my own 88 game essentially from MBT, but then found the designers old games.  Fortuitous.

BUT OMG is the data card small, the font is like 4pt, its SOOOO tiny.

I am scanning the cards at 1200 dpi so I can reprint them onto something legible. 
I had much better eyes in 1980.

The newest Panzer by GMT and Jim Day is even more simplified.  But the cards and font are much bigger.

Tiny Epic Dungeons (plus painting the minis)

Aeon's End (custom expedition)

Marvel Champions (working through NeXt Age with Cable and Storm)

Might break out Black Plague this weekend.

Picked up a little quirky game called Cartographers.  You fill in a grid on a map to score points that satisfies the Queen's edicts.  Its got a bit of that Tetris feel since you drawing blocks from random cards, but there is also a strategy element as you are working on current and future scoring plans.  Cartographers is simple to play but has a hidden depth to it.  1-4 players

I've been playing a lot of Through the Ages with my SO. It keeps getting better in each play. Fantastic game. I can see some design similitudes with Mage Knight Board Game, another one from Vlaada Chvátil.

My group got hooked on Ark Nova and I'm loving it, it is probably the most relaxing game I've ever tried. Just looking at all the beautiful animals on the cards and building a park is so soothing.

Solo I've been playing a lot of Rangers of Shadow Deep. Discovered it only recently and decided to put a lot of my unused miniatures to good use. Enjoying it heavily!

We play Netrunner in french (edge version) : so much fun in this asymetric card game !

I'm playing through Spire's End Hildegard with my girlfriend recently and it's really entertaining. I love the narrative it spins in such a convenient package.

I recently discovered Stationfall (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316624/stationfall)
A dozen very different characters are stuck in a freefalling space station, you have 13 minutes (ea. turns) to get the better of the situation which means very different things depending of who you are. It is a bit complex but always intuitive and well thought.

I've been playing a lot of Dice Throne lately. It's a really fun 1v1 game that I can highly recommend!

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fazure.wgp-cdn.co.uk%2Fapp-table-top-gaming%2Fposts%2Fdice-throne-remastered-93388.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=75213ccc4c54551320bdf714981234a67503c2a5d6830689d045c8fe90a13cc4&ipo=images)

There's also a campaign option - Dice Throne Adventures, which can be played cooperatively with up to 4 people.

After a break of almost a year, we played Twilight Imperium again today. Damn, I like it, but every time I play it I just get reminded why I also hate it. Literally played ten hours straight and didn't finish it lol.

Quote from: semi-urge on January 02, 2025, 06:32:26 PMAfter a break of almost a year, we played Twilight Imperium again today. Damn, I like it, but every time I play it I just get reminded why I also hate it. Literally played ten hours straight and didn't finish it lol.

It's been a little over two years since we last played TI. However, one of the players that likes it the most just got his own box for Christmas, so I have a feeling we'll be playing it again soon.

Quote from: semi-urge on January 02, 2025, 06:32:26 PMAfter a break of almost a year, we played Twilight Imperium again today. Damn, I like it, but every time I play it I just get reminded why I also hate it. Literally played ten hours straight and didn't finish it lol.

That is exactly why I refuse to play that game ever again.

I'm trying to get back into Yu Gi Oh, but I have the official Pokemon tcg mobile app on my phone these days as well. I'm not very good but I really love Pokemon.

I dug up all my defunct CCGs, and Magic: The Gathering, which to me is defunct anyway.  Thousands of Magic cards!  But a lot of other gems.  7th Sea, Young Jedi, which I played heavily, Jedi Knights, WWE Raw Deal, Dragon Booster, Austin Powers, Star Trek CCG, Wars TCG, Transformers 3D card game, American Idol, believe it or not, Hack/Enemy, Spy Craft, 24 Trading Card Game, Lord of the Rings, and more.  I pulled out the Trek one.  I have a deck ready, and my brother made a deck, but he died and we never played it.  We're going to be playing a lot of CCGs in the next few weeks, but we're going to start with Star Trek, with my wife playing my brother's deck.  I have about 3000 7th Sea cards, and that was a relly solid game, so that's next up.

Been playing Machi Koro for family night for a while now. Pretty fun, especially with the harbor expansion that adds in another player.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro)

Recently got Cascadia for a Christmas gift, so we'll see how that goes! lol
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia)

Had a friend bring over BANG! a "wild west dice rolling shootout" game and gave it a few plays. It's actually quick and fun and there is some thinking involved despite initial appearances, so I liked it.

Hadrian's Wall. I'm just trying it out solo (which works pretty well) and I'll soon try it out with a couple of other players.

Playing some Aetherstream: Interceptor in order to learn the system prior to beginning a squadron campaign game.