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It can happen to anyone: a friend of a friend joins for the evening and suddenly Catan is not an option.

What are your goto games in those situations?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wingspan can scale up to 6 or 7 players.

Werewolf is fun for even more.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I agree about Werewolf. It's especially nice that the set of characters can be varied for lesser or more experienced groups.

I've had a terribly boring time with large-group (five or more) Wingspan. Admittedly, I'm not very enthusiastic about the mechanics in the first place, but the game seems to drag badly with more than four players. I also would not recommend it for groups with inexperienced players. Wingspan's combo-oriented engine-building can be punishing for those without "system mastery", as can the odd "score n points for each bird with a red tail who's looking to the left" objectives.