As someone who would consider themselves a pretty avid board gamer, here are some of my personal favorites! There are a couple I'm sure that I'll get some crap for not including (I'm personally not a huge fan of Catan for example) but for the purpose...
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Deck Building
Dungeon Crawler
Co-Op
Easy to Learn
Strategy
Deck Building
Deck building games are just like the name suggests, they typically start off slower as players build up their decks to have progressively better turns.
Dungeon Crawler
Dungeon Crawler games are ones where the players are moving through a predetermined board or location and must accomplish something on that board in order to win!
Co-Op
You'll find games where players need to work together to win or lose in this category.
Easy to Learn
There are some in here that are technically games in another category but they're also good for groups of people who are newer to games or want something a little bit easier to learn.
Strategy
For the purposes of this list I am classifying strategy games as those that don't necessarily fit in one of the previous categories. Pretty much all board games require some sort of strategy but these are ones that aren't deck building, dungeon crawl...
