So what other strategy games would you recommend? They should be able to work well with two players, as the other people in the house are less into that type of game. I think King of Tokyo is probably on the edge of not working as well with two. !

Youngest boy, 15, is going through some fairly heavy shit at the moment but in the last couple of weeks the drugs have taken better effect, and he's a bit more open to doing stuff.

His support worker, who comes twice a week, brought him Carcassonne to try and he absolutely loved it. Since then, I've bought Pandemic and King of Tokyo. We played King of Tokyo about 7 times in row today, and he loves Pandemic - he's almost playing it with himself by the time he's finished "advising" me what to do with my actions!

So what other strategy games would you recommend? They should be able to work well with two players, as the other people in the house are less into that type of game. I think King of Tokyo is probably on the edge of not working as well with two.

I was thinking of getting him into Warhammer but I'm not sure I can afford to fund that hobby full-time!

Agricola plays better with more players but scales pretty well for 2. Me and my wife love it.

Twilight Struggle for me is the best 2 player game. It's got a great theme, it's quite deep, and although it looks very complex, its rules are elegant and easy to learn. Only problem is that games last too long (box says 3h, but that's nonsense).

It sounds as if you’re making great strides together, Flis. I have no advice as far as the bosrdgamjbg is concerned, but I just wanted to give a nod and a little hug to an amazing mum xx

It looks legit good: https://www.boardgamequest.com/fog-of-love-review/

I'll have to get me some of that aftershave, though.

If you don't use the cards, the language hardly matters at all.

What matters is saying the monster names like a boxing announcer would.

"Mmmmmmmmmm-ECHA DRAGON!"

My nephew is having her 8th birthday soon. Since she likes Cluedo and Monopoly, I'm thinking about gifting her a boardgame that's actually fun and doesn't make our life miserable every time we play monopoly to make her happy.

Any recommendations?

I really like Takeneko. It’s easy to understand, is not language dependant, has a cute panda and all other good stuff

By the way, this isn’t important at all, but in English ‘nephew’ specifically refers to the male children of your sibling, whereas I *think* you’re talking about a girl, which would instead be your niece. Not at all important but a strange quirk of language

I really like Takeneko. It’s easy to understand, is not language dependant, has a cute panda and all other good stuff

I played Acension and didn't like it at all. Dominic ion good if you like shuffling cards. No I kid it is very good. Splendour is meant to be good

What's the one where you get two cards, and there's an Assassin, a Captain, and stuff. That's excellent though no idea if it would work that well with two. I thought that was Dominion.

No, definitely not. There's no board, you just get two cards each, and each card has things they can do. And you can bluff about which cards you have and stuff.

Anyway, it's simple but clever, and supports 2-6 players.

I bloody love Love Letter (or Loot Letter as we have)

Your assessment is absolutely spot on. It's so fucking simple, but has so many layers to it.

But he is talking about coup!