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¿Question #4494?
Lord_Prussian: What is your choice of game(s) to introduce someone to boardgames?

pricero1: Carcassonne
MARCUSRPG: It depends on what kinds of games they have played before.
vandemonium: Oh, TTR is pretty standard.
Caerid: Carcassonne - easy to learn, good interaction with eachother
weed131: TTR
Hendal: carcassonne, kayak chaos, TTR are some of mine
Felimid: Maori, TransAmerica, Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, to name a few.
Jatoha: oh, whatever they think sounds good
MisterCranky: I am reminded of the theme song from "Rocket Robin Hood." I am not sure why.
Septic: Rommel in the Desert. Storm Over Stalingrad. A Victory Lost. Cribbage. Euchre. Kill Dr. Lucky.
Mylantus: Carcasonne
Woelf: Pandemic, Settlers, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride... it pretty much depends on who is learning it and which games I have with me at the time.
Polgara: TtR
ricardofo: carcassonne
gmonk: Gin if there are cards or chinese checkers. Where were these people hiding to have never seen a boardgame?
eric_s_raymond: Purto Rico. It's hard to learn, and why not start with a good one? There's a recent game called Tuchulka that I think would be good for this purpose, too.
yoda31419: Currently, Nexus Ops, Vegas Showdown, or Settlers. Depending on what I want to get them into.
cavallaj: Ticket to Ride, Through the Desert, Bohnanza, or Drakon.
mattyt91: Ticket To Ride, Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan
Phil68: Carcassonne!
chockle: Carc, Settlers, TTR
Impr3ssion: Twilight Imperium, of course.
jtrleone: Ticket to Ride or Betrayal at House on the Hill
scriptorum: Ticket to Ride has worked best so far.
DHEK: Huh... yet another common question. Anyway I'll tell you what I told them all: Settlers of Catan.
elirlandes: Memoir '44.
TheArchAngel: Monopoly
burbidge: Monopoly
aleo09: TTRE, settlers,
kentreuber: Ticket to ride, Coloretto, Memoir '44
BarrageFan: Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne
KentuckyKid: If non-gamers, I would try Ticket to Ride or maybe Alhambra.
chiesi: Ticket To Ride Europe, Packeis Am Pol, Hoity Toity
dmomo: TtoR, Lost Cities, Citadels
Red Dragon: Chess, because the rules are fairly straightforward, but strategy is very complex, no luck is involved, and it's popular worldwide.
Beelzebub: Depends on the person. Trans-America, Carcassonne, Ave Caesar, Adel Verplifict
caradoc: Carcassonne, Elfenland, Castle, and similar
JonBen: Ticket to Ride, Settlers, Polarity
Igloo cool: Republic of Rome--Trial by fire, baby!
themagni: Risk. All the way to the end.
blood hunter: mordheim
puffinge: Ticket to Ride or Lost Cities or Balloon Cup
hellsbishop: Depends on the person.
Rubric: Cosmic Encounter
ralpheous: depends on thte person
ct_cruiser: hm, Ticket, or Carcasonne
dwarf: Clans, Transamerica.
Chris Page: Lost Cities or Carcassone.
Fawkes: Depends on target. Gamers=Puerto Rico/Princes of Florence; nongamers=Through the Desert, Clans or Princes of Florence
Great Dane: carcassonne
bigbadsteve: kinda depends on the person, but games like risk, ingenious, and ogre seem to work well
the_spy: Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne
fFish: Settlers. or San Juan.
skrutsch: TransAmerica
billgoode: Settler's is usually what I'll use. Alhambra is also pretty good for an intro game.
_Kael_: Settler oCatan. Puerto Rico. Ra.
locusshifter: ticket to ride, carcassonne, wizard, bohnanza
Karadoc: Goa,Puerto rico,fursten from florence
GI Joe: Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan
dietevil: Either Carcassone, Ticket to Ride or (no shilling intended) Nobody But Us Chickens if they have kids
kimapesan: Right now - I'd choose T2R: Europe.
Agrajag: Apples to Apples
Yollege: Blokus
djlg: Coloretto or Ticket to Ride. Its got to be short simple & pretty.
ssmooth: Depends on who they are. Res Publica, Around the World in 80 Days, and Hase und Igel all have nice introductory features.
jttm: Carcassonne
bjonenplota: TTR, San Juan and (actually) Power Grid
Windopaene: TtR
skelebone: Usually Carcassonne, Settlers, or Ra.
chaddyboy_2000: Alhambra, TtR, Rumis.
Spielfreak: Settlers
CDRodeffer: If I like them and want them to play again, Acquire. If I don't like them or don't want them to play again, I try to overwhelm them with something like Puerto Rico, which is NOT a very good introductory game.
CortexBomb: I really don't have a single go-to game, it's usually more whatever sounds reasonable that the group wants to play at that time
Lord_Prussian: Blokus, Citadels, and Ticket to Ride