I’m looking for realistic answers to 6 out of those, before I’ll consider it
Börenpark, was just boring.
No real competition for tiles, no real race to the finish.
Gang of Dice, 3 player
Carcassonne, 2 player
Mind Up, 3 player
Big City, 3 player
Basically anything my young ones like.
There’s no fighting other players in New Frontiers, exploring is abstracted to drawing from a bag, exploiting is two actions and expanding is paying the relevant cost for the tech/world
It’s nowhere near a 4X, barely a 1X IMHO. It’s a engine building game.
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/award-winners-2023/
Should you want to visit the announcement directly
Power Grid, accessible plenty of player interaction with loads of maps to mix it up
Race for the Galaxy, engine building without the fuss
6Nimmt wide ranging player count, plays pretty well at all of them and includes plenty of hilarious moments
I wonder if it’s a reimplementation of Risk Express/Age of War? - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28086/risk-express
I don’t really like worker placement games but I really like Keyflower and Tzolk’in
I’d love to get a game of Doppelkopf in
Quest for El Dorado, having got the new Dutrait art with proper cards it was a delight to get this out. Myself vs my seven year old kid.
I won with a thin deck and taking the longer easy routes. Kiddo concentrates fully on the shortest possible path and often gets stuck on teh three symbol spaces waiting for the perfect card.
I always answer ‘tetris’ to this. Whatever maximises shelf space
Captain Sonar does 3v3 and 4v4 well.
Cyclades also has a 2v2v2 variant
Take it off the shelf and put it on the table.