Clue: Master Detective is vastly superior to regular Clue

[conuly]

There's better balance between the who, the what, and the where. (Though I still don't know why we're so incompetent we can't tell the difference between strangulation and gunshot wounds.)

I spent a ridiculous sum buying a copy of Master Detective used, because it was out of print.

I'm both pleased and perturbed to note that it's now back in print. So, um, buy yourself a copy?

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[bibliofile]

> it's now back in print

They knew that you were going to recommend it and so got ready for all the publicity! They should send you at least one copy for free, as thanks.

[conuly]

Mmm. It's the best of the games that most people grew up with, I think - better than Monopoly, certainly :)

Tabletop geeks are liable to be a bit sniffy about it, but honestly, sometimes you just want to spend time doing something with the family and not trying to convince them to play your thing.

[notasupervillain]

I'm a tabletop geek, but there's a time and place for every game. It's hard to find things that are entertaining enough with concise enough rules for non board game geeks to play when they come over. There's nothing worse than having one non geek in the room with gamers and looking through my collection and thinking "there is literally nothing that she's going to feel comfortable playing."

[conuly]

You said it. That's why I insisted on having Uno on our shelf, so that if god forbid the kids have a friend over who is only comfortable playing a game they know - welp, everybody knows Uno, and it's at least reasonably fun!

(We have Apples to Apples for much the same reason.)

[notasupervillain]

Uno is a good one. I played Apples to Apples too much, and I don't mind the occasional game but I don't want to own it. Which is a shame, because it's basically ideal in these situations.

We have bananagrams, but ironically the non gamer trounced everyone else so hard, every time, that eventually it stopped being fun for the rest of us and we wanted something else.

I've bought a picture matching game (dobble) that I'm hopeful about if this happens again. But I'll consider that variant on clue as well if I know this couple is coming over.

[conuly]

Dobble - which is sold in the US as Spot It! - is pretty easy/fun to learn, and also good for non-gamers.

[notasupervillain]

Yay!

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Qwirkle is good, and Set is fine as long as players with slower reaction understand they do and the fast twitchy person just has an advantage.

I am a geek but my games breadth and depth differs from my boardgame enthusiasts by about a generation.

[conuly]

Qwirkle can also be described as "scrabble, but without the words", which gives you a little edge in introducing it to people. (Similarly, any dice game such as Zombie Dice or King of Tokyo can be summed up as "Basically Yahtzee but...")