To find the best board games for adults, we polled Wirecutter staffers about their favorite games, and considered nine roundups and reviews of board games, including those from Ars Technica , Popular Mechanics , Vulture , and Smithsonian. The questions are interesting and the answers and discussions afterward are so funny. Deploy thieves, monks, knights, and farmers to protect or destroy others on this ever-expanding tile-placement game. The cards are so raunchy and I love it! The selfish Outlaws, each of whom are trying to be the last alive. That's What She Said Game. This is one of our newest games we got for Christmas this year and a new favorite.
These games also tend to have longer playing times and cost a bit more. Players randomly draw an ancient city, and they have three Ages—a total of 18 turns—to develop their civilization and earn points. Everdell is a thoughtful, challenging game that nevertheless moves extremely quickly. Sold by: Closeouts General Merchandise. But the mystery of who has which cards—and, importantly, how good you think your friends are at lying about their cards—is where the real drama of the game comes into play.
