I like Go more than Chess. But I play Pente more than Go because I am lazy. Nine Men’s Morris is my favorite short stone game, but no one will play it with me because I had a rather long winning streak once.

I like Monopoly and Scrabble very much in the clbumic board game line. Also Risk.

In strategic, non-elimination games I love Catan of course, with the Knights and Cities expansion. Carcbumonne, Arkham Horror, and Descent are all fun, though Descent takes *all goddamned day* to play. Race for the Galaxy and its expansion are amazing. I played Puerto Rico once and liked it very much, but I haven’t bought it yet because I usually focus on the two-players so that I can always play them with my comparably game-obsessed husband.