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  1. #1 Apples to Apples The original "pick a card to match the judge's adjective" game. Party Card 100% liked · 9 votes
  2. #2 Monopoly The classic. Buy property, charge rent, ruin Thanksgiving. Family Economic 100% liked · 8 votes
  3. #3 Catan The classic resource-trading island colonizer. Sheep, wood, brick, ore — and one robber to ruin everything. Strategy Family 100% liked · 8 votes
  4. #4 Cards Against Humanity The crass cousin of Apples to Apples. Read the room first. Party Card 86% liked · 7 votes
  5. #5 Risk World domination through dice. Holds a grudge across decades. War Strategy 100% liked · 5 votes
  6. #6 Scattergories Letter plus categories plus 60 seconds. Don't write "cat" again. Trivia Word 100% liked · 5 votes
  7. #7 Scrabble Tile-laying word duel. The dictionary is your weapon. Family Word 100% liked · 5 votes
  8. #8 Sushi Go Pass-and-pick sushi rolls and dumplings score combos in seven quick rounds. Family Card 60% liked · 5 votes
  9. #9 Uno Color match, draw four, skip your friend. Holiday family destroyer. Card Family 100% liked · 3 votes
  10. #10 Twister Right hand red, left foot green. Limbs and laughter. Dexterity Party 100% liked · 1 votes
  11. #11 Connect Four Drop, line up, win. The arcade classic in your closet. Abstract Family 100% liked · 1 votes
  12. #12 Werewolf Larger-group hidden-role classic. Survive the night, accuse by day. Party Deduction 100% liked · 1 votes
  13. #13 Codenames One-word clues, two teams, a grid of agents. The spymaster's job is impossible and somehow fun. Party Word 100% liked · 1 votes
  14. #14 Bananagrams Scrabble without the board. Race to use up your letters first. Family Word 100% liked · 1 votes
  15. #15 Sushi Go! Card-drafting pick-and-pass with adorable sushi art. Fast, light, fun. Family Card Drafting 100% liked · 1 votes
  16. #16 Ticket to Ride Build train routes across the map. Easy to learn, brutal when someone blocks your line. Family Strategy 100% liked · 1 votes
  17. #17 Wingspan Attract birds to your wildlife preserve. Engine-builder dressed as a nature documentary. Strategy Family 100% liked · 1 votes
  18. #18 Dungeons & Dragons The original tabletop RPG. Imagination, dice, snacks. Roleplay Cooperative 0% liked · 2 votes
  19. #19 Chess Two armies, sixty-four squares, zero luck, infinite depth. Abstract Strategy 50% liked · 2 votes
  20. #20 🎲 Caverna Dwarven farming + mining successor to Agricola with deeper engine-building. Worker Placement 0% liked · 1 votes
  21. #21 Descent Legends of the Dark App-driven 3D dungeon crawl with a persistent skill-tree campaign. Roleplay 0% liked · 1 votes
  22. #22 Magic The Gathering Commander Hundred-card highlander format built around a legendary commander. Card 0% liked · 1 votes
  23. #23 Secret Hitler Hidden-role parliament. Heavier theme than the others, sharper play. Party Deduction 0% liked · 1 votes
  24. #24 King of Tokyo Yahtzee with kaiju. Roll dice, smash buildings, smash each other. Family Dice 0% liked · 1 votes
  25. #25 Race for the Galaxy The Gathering Storm First Race expansion adding goals, mercs, and military balance. Card
  26. #26 The Crew Quest for Planet Nine Silent trick-taking missions in a 50-level deep-space puzzle campaign. Cooperative
  27. #27 One Night Ultimate Werewolf Single-night werewolf with role-swapping and one tense morning vote. Party
  28. #28 Azul Summer Pavilion Diamond-tile drafting Azul with a star-pattern board and bonus rounds. Abstract
  29. #29 🎲 Race for the Galaxy Tableau-building card game settling alien worlds with seven-phase actions. Strategy Card
  30. #30 The Resistance Avalon Hidden-role Arthurian intrigue with knights, spies, and an evil Merlin assassin. Party

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