Well done on the collection. I can't help myself, I have so many.

A fellow war gamer - outstanding! I have so much ASL it's not funny.

I grew up with Avalon Hill games. Love them.

More recently, GMT. Those guys are great.

@Palindromeman To be honest, I miss chit and hex games. That habit got sidelined when micro-armor and 20mm WWII rulesets came out. Though I did play a ruleset based on Squad Leader once. Range conversion was iffy but everything else was solid.

Call of Cthulhu - love that RPG, I've played it for years.

I like Risk, I do. But I think it has the same problem as Monopoly - there is no end game other than grinding tedium.

I suggest Smallworld - it is turn limited, and you get to slaughter each other as much as you want. Actually, need...

@Palindromeman could only find small world 2 is this just as good as 1st one?

@Westy_lad There is the base game, then a number of expansions, all good fun.

Ticket to Ride Europe is brilliant, my preferred ToR game. The introduction of stations stops it from being a cock blocking game.

Co-op is great. I like working as a team. And you can play it solitaire.

@Palindromeman Yep! One of the things I love about Elder Sign in particular is that's it's relatively simple so it's easy for new players to pick up, even people who don't usually play many board games

@ghost_warlock Copy that on Elder Sign. Eldritch Horror is a step up. And then there's Arkham Horror - man, you need an entire day to play AH.

@Palindromeman And don't get me started on Mansions of Madness. I love it but, like AH, I haven't played it in ages because I simply haven't got enough space.

@memorylikeasieve I have the older edition of Mansions of Madness but I've never played it. My group for board games looks like it's probably going to fall apart since the couple that hosts most of the games is moving to California. Other than one player, my RPG groups are more interested in playing RPGs than a hybrid game

@memorylikeasieve Hells yes! MoM and AH are enormous space wise. AH especially if you throw in one of the big box expansions.

I don't personally like the newest, 5th edition, of D&D, but it's very popular right now.

Depending on how rural you are, you could probably find a game store that could hook you up with a game. A buddy of mine here in middle of nowhere Iowa has 12+ people (two tables) that meet weekly and there's another shop in town that gets about the same numbers

As a teenager, I played a lot of D&D. As an adult, I played a lot of Call of Cthulhu. Then I started my own story telling approach to RPG, based on James Ellroy's LA quartet. It was a lot of fun,

@Palindromeman I've gotten a ton of mileage out of converting/adapting Call of Cthulhu content for the Numenera and Cypher System campaigns I've run. Masks of Nyarlathotep and the numerous modules that came out with the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition in particular.

I mostly run my own stories, but I harvest bits and pieces and a few plot points out of of modules for extra setting details and additional complications for the players. I prefer to run sandbox campaigns so having some extra material to use when I haven't had a lot of spare time or when I'm not feeling adequately creative is a huge boon!

@ghost_warlock I spent weeks planning my LA campaign, so I understand what you are saying.

I love coop games! Pandemic is a good one - you are on the ropes from the first turn.

Also, respect for being a play tester.

I really love Elder Sign and Eldritch Horror

@ghost_warlock Yes and yes to both!

All of the Cheapass games are always huge fun.

@NotAndrew yeah