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¿Question #2157?
BengalBandit: What is your favorite game for a group of non-gamers?

ravencelt: Codenames
skidawgkc22: Something easy to teach, like Love Letter or Sushi Go!
BOBBYCAN: Something really complicated and time consuming and has received lots of bad reviews on BGG.
Volstag: For Sale, Liar's Dice, Ticket to Ride
aleo09: apples to apples works fine.
Woelf: Wits & Wagers, Transamerica, and Tsuro have all performed well.
Chris Page: Frisbee Golf.
zombie llama: Ticket to Ride!
TiwazTyrsfist: Clue
weed131: werewolf
Oskarete: Los Colonos de Catan
Hendal: so many, kayak chaos maybe
Cygnus2112: Magic Realm
historyguy71: coloretto
Chazar: TransAmerica
gmcash: apples to apples
LilRed: Bang! or werewolves
waza: Carcassonne. While the farmers scoring can be difficult to explain, its a good game that gives new players simple understandable actions they can take.
zugman: Acquire
scriptorum: Ticket to Ride if they're open to it, or Time's Up if that doesn't appeal to them. Or High Society if they want something quick. Or Apples to Apples if they have short attention spans.
Wibblenut: Munchkin or Roborally
vampywife: I think many of the "party" games fall into this one...I personally like Boxers or Briefs; Marry, Date, or Dump; Clue; & Scattergories.
elirlandes: Go Johnny Go-Go-Go-Go.
DHEK: Settlers of Catan. Great gateway game.
Blacknightjj: bang!
GreenK: non-gamers get party games where the rules fall by the wayside
Brain: If they are really non-gamers, none. If they are game-curious, that's a different story.
POvidiusNaso: Werewolf or Ticket to Ride.
MightyMike: machiavelli (citadels), third time I've used that answer
Nimrod6: Settlers of Catan
jgreys: Currently, Tsuro.
SybotCB: Right now it's cluzzle
szilaj: San Marco is Ok.
arkibet: Pictionary and Guessture
residuetiger: Carcassonne
dictator555: Apples to apples
davebo: "The Bowl Game"
Nekura: Cranium or Ticket To Ride
Elbourne: Epic Duels
sdonohue: Car Wars The Card Game or Apples to Apples.
Kit Silverfox: something inexplicably complex that will make them cry
Platinum Dragon: R'tut.
matriculate: Apples to Apples
the_spy: carcassonne
rawdawg: Axis and allies
ValJor: TtR
confuse_a_cat: mafia or apples to apples
Cyberjunk: Press the doorbell and run.
Loquutus: Did you ever read that short story "The Lottery"?
Tushratta: Spin the bottle.
GeminiWeb: TTR
crazyjack: toss-up between Igel Ärgern & Ivanhoe
vetinari7878: Coloretto or High Society.
GI Joe: Ticket to Ride
consolewa: Ticket To Ride
bjonenplota: TTR
rayzir: cranium
CharlieWonka: pool
Legend Dan: Texas Hold 'Em
skars: apples to apples
sourwyrm: apples to apples or citadels
rdmasters: Fluxx, Mu, Pirate's Cove, Captain Park's, Expos.
dakarp: Maybe Why Did the Chicken?
Mease19: Plague and pestilence
Larry Chong: apples to apples.
Lord_Prussian: Apples to Apples (6 or more) or Citadels (5) or Blokus (4) depending on group size.
Ebon Wendigo: Apples to Apples
Redneon: Apples to Apples.
djlg: Start with Coloretto or 6 Nimmt and when they think all games are short and easy, hit them with the monster game "Ticket to Ride".
stephensj23: PR
heli: TransAmerica
ronster0: let's get a keg
dietevil: Ticket To Ride or Carcassonne
CapAp: Acquire
Ivan: For Sale.
ikeafetishist: mahjong
Drewcooter: Ticket to Ride
snoozefest: ticket to ride
otrex: Time's Up
tomski: Settlers
MisterCranky: Adel Verpflichtet...they don't bitch endlessly about "second guessing".
gnomehome: How big is the group ?
toulouse: For Sale
erli: Ticket to Ride
Blackwind: I dont game with non gamers very often, but it's usually some kind of party game.
chaddyboy_2000: Bang.
skelebone: Bridge is the one we play most frequently with the "normals"
2amp: fluxx
jttm: Carcassonne or Drunter and Druber
CDRodeffer: Smarty Party
Spielfreak: Time's Up
BengalBandit: Bang!
CortexBomb: Spades
AlorielLelyn: No idea