A minute to learn... A lifetime to master
Othello
The classic detective game
Clue
No rent can be collected on mortgaged properties or utilities, but rent can be collected on unmortgaged properties in the same group
Monopoly
The bell
Pit
Dump the queen of spades
Hearts
The game of funny gifts
Happy Birthday
The classic game of unspeakable fun
Taboo
It is expected that players will be HONEST in announcing "hits" when they are made.
Battleship
Waiting forever for people to place their word
Scrabble
Pass on the bower, lose for an hour
Euchre
The shake, score, and shout game
Yahtzee
The game of sweet revenge
Sorry
The field operatives must always make at least one guess
Code Names
Need more time to think of words
Bananagrams or Scattergories
Don't bid 4 without the jack
Pitch (or setback)
A game of zany action on a crazy contraption
Mousetrap
Trade, Build, Settle
Settlers of Catan
There is a third way to get additional armies through the use of cards, but since it does not come into play until later in the game, it will be explained in paragraph (h), under play of cards.
Risk
Obscure battle rules understandable only by obsessed children but they still want you to play it with them
Pokemon
Bid 51 if you have aces
Pinochle
Can you save humanity?
Pandemic
A curious game of clever connections
Set cubed
A farmer is a meeple that you place "laying down" in a field segment
Carcassone
Computation embarrassment
Cribbage
Don't let the sandbags drag you down
Spades