By price
Board Games Over $50
Premium games worth the investment - complex systems, high production value.
Medium
Catan
The trade-and-build classic. Five expansions deep if anyone catches the bug.
Medium
Wingspan
Birds, engine-building, exquisite art. Plays light enough for casual nights, deep enough for repeat play.
Heavy
Root
Asymmetric forest war game. Each faction plays completely differently. Deep.
medium
Viticulture Essential Edition
Run your own vineyard by planting vines and harvesting grapes.
Heavy
Terraforming Mars
Engine-building Mars colonization. Hundreds of cards, a million strategies.
heavy
Unsettled
Cooperative survival experience across unknown planets with deep exploration.
heavy
Brass: Birmingham
Build industries and trading networks in an intense economic strategy.
Heavy
Spirit Island
Reverse-colonialism cooperative. The thinky version of Pandemic. Endless replayability.
Light
Klask
Magnetic two-player tabletop game. Reflex-based, no rules to read, addictive.
Medium
Obsession
Run a Victorian estate. Hire staff, host events. Underrated and beautiful.
heavy
Descent: Legends of the Dark
Embark on cooperative fantasy adventures with app-assisted scenarios.