Ten great Tabletop games you can use to introduce your friends to gaming
Via Reddit, I saw this fantastic list at Board Game Geek, detailing the top 100 “gateway” games, which is how we describe a game you use as an infection vector for tabletop gaming.
Here’s the top ten, as voted on by Board Game Geek members:
1 Ticket to Ride/TTR Europe
2 Carcassonne (all)
3 King of Tokyo
4 Dixit
5 For Sale
6 Diamant/Incan Gold
7 Can’t Stop
8 Pandemic
9 Love Letter
10 Settlers of Catan
As I’ve written before, different games work for different people, and someone who loves Ticket To Ride may not like King of Tokyo at all, so ask your non-gamer or tabletop-curious friends questions, and choose their gateway game carefully. All of these games have a high ratio of luck to strategy, which makes it a lot of fun for experienced and new players alike to play together.
And, as luck would have it, a lot of these games have been played on Tabletop, so you can get an assist from Your Old Pal Wil Wheaton when you introduce one of them to a new gamer. Just use the links above.
Have fun, and PLAY MORE GAMES!
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I got introduced to King of Tokyo, Pandemic, and Settlers of Catan which improved my board game senses, and they're a lot of fun!
Funny enough, I was introduced to board gaming with most of the games on Wil's list. I was almost completely turned off about the genre until I started playing the more hardcore themed games like Battlestar Galactica or Twilight Imperium... Then again, although I'm new to board games, I'm a pretty hardcore video game player, so it would make sense to want that kind of complexity and strategy in the board games that I play. All in all a really good list for someone that's never gamed before at all. ^_^
I didn't know about the existence of this website until now... Well, there goes all of my money!
My friend turned me on to Tabletop and I'm hooked! We are going to get Tsuro of the Seas this weekend. :)
