I’m interested in hearing what cooperative games people are playing, old or new. My group has had Bloc by Bloc out on the table a few times. That is pretty fun for us, but I’m wanting to add some more cooperative titles to the library.
Great list. Flashpoint semi replaced Pandemic for our group for a short period of time. I love the theme of that one. Some really excellent expansions for that one too. Who doesn’t want to be a fire fighting dog?
I don’t see it mentioned, so: 2p Onirim is an interesting low cognitive game you can play with your partner before going to bed. You are in a common dream and both need to beat the game without talking, simply by giving hints. Playing with a low light is cool.
I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite co-op game, but still, it’s easy to pick.
Dungeon Fighter is a very silly coop game that might appeal to people that don’t like board games normally. You’re a group of adventurers and have to move through a dungeon. You roll the dice on a big bullseye board. The twist is that all abilities or traps etc. are in the form of modifying how you roll your dice. So you might have to roll the dice from below the table, or while jumping etc.
Spirit Island is probably our biggest mainstay at the moment. One of our group has most of the content and I’m still only about halfway through playing every spirit we have. The replayability is just amazing and the pacing is beautiful, hitting you hard in the early game and then slowly you turn the tide. Not to mention some of the spirits are just so doggamn satisfying to play.
We’re also pretty big into Aeon’s End. I completely hated this game in the beginning because I couldn’t see how you could possibly win. Once it clicked and we began to get better, it became a lot more satisfying to play.
We also played through and enjoyed all Legends of Andor, all Pandemic Legacy, Mechs vs Minions and Gloomhaven.
I just got Spirit Island and played the intro scenario with my group and we are all itching to try again with different spirits and the full ruleset. It’s a really engaging and complex puzzle with an enormous number of emergent strategies.
We are excited for a bigger challenge; the intro scenario felt very easy to us.
I like coop campaign games, some of those I liked most are: LOTR journeys in the middle earth, descent leyends of the dark and gloomhaven. I strognly recommend Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion. Not the best, but very good and you will get a lot of value for the price, as all these are on the expensive side. Zombiecide is good and a bit lighter. Apart from those, I’m playing marvel champions now, which is a coop card game, great for two, a bit too long with more players.
My husband and I really like Wonderbook. It’s a campaign game with several chapters. The theming is a bit childlike sometimes but the mechanics are fun.
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