Zephyr Arsland
Learned
Hey, nice idea! My recommendations are already on the list, but I'll list them anyways:
Shadows over Camelot (and expansion): Had a blast playing this back in the day. Really well done, tight mechanics.
Arkham & Eldritch Horror: You can't go wrong with these. They're pretty different from each other, apart from the name. AH is claustrophobic, intense and mostly unfair in sometimes stupid ways. I don't know your or your group's tolerance to frustration, but be wary of AH. I love it, but being in this tabletop thing for quite some years now, I've found that it tends to upset some people. Unless you're a fan of the setting, in which casego bomb some dodongos go to town on those shoggoths.
EH is more "Indy Jones goes Cthulhu-hunting" and is awesome too.
Pandemic & Pandemic Legacy: If you like the original, I hear Rob Daviau's spin is really good. No spoilers, though!
Dead of Winter: Darn Matalarata , beat me to this one. This was a surprise when it came out (It was pretty hyped, but IMO it lived up to it). Immersive, challenging and really fun. Lots of replayability with many characters, scenarios and crossroads make this a good investment. Also, it's one of those games that create moments you'll be talking about for a week after the session's end.
BONUS OFF-THE-WALL recommendation: Mysterium. It's Clue meets Dixit and it's really, really inventive. Asymmetrical playstyles: up to four players are paranormal investigators out to solve a century-old murder mystery, and another player is the amnesiac ghost that will guide them, but only by showing them really wacky, onirical pictures in their dreams. It's genius.
Shadows over Camelot (and expansion): Had a blast playing this back in the day. Really well done, tight mechanics.
Arkham & Eldritch Horror: You can't go wrong with these. They're pretty different from each other, apart from the name. AH is claustrophobic, intense and mostly unfair in sometimes stupid ways. I don't know your or your group's tolerance to frustration, but be wary of AH. I love it, but being in this tabletop thing for quite some years now, I've found that it tends to upset some people. Unless you're a fan of the setting, in which case
EH is more "Indy Jones goes Cthulhu-hunting" and is awesome too.
Pandemic & Pandemic Legacy: If you like the original, I hear Rob Daviau's spin is really good. No spoilers, though!
Dead of Winter: Darn Matalarata , beat me to this one. This was a surprise when it came out (It was pretty hyped, but IMO it lived up to it). Immersive, challenging and really fun. Lots of replayability with many characters, scenarios and crossroads make this a good investment. Also, it's one of those games that create moments you'll be talking about for a week after the session's end.
BONUS OFF-THE-WALL recommendation: Mysterium. It's Clue meets Dixit and it's really, really inventive. Asymmetrical playstyles: up to four players are paranormal investigators out to solve a century-old murder mystery, and another player is the amnesiac ghost that will guide them, but only by showing them really wacky, onirical pictures in their dreams. It's genius.