Board games for beginners

In short: Modern board games are far more than Monopoly. There are cooperative, tactical and short games for every group.

In more detail: Awards such as “Spiel des Jahres” help with orientation.

In detail

• Family games: Short rules, little text, for example card-laying or dice games.
• Cooperative games: Everyone wins or loses together, good for groups of different levels.
• Strategy games: Building and trading, longer playing time.
• Party games: Word games, guessing, drawing.
• Choosing: Mind number of players, duration and age.
• Learning rules: Explainer videos or a trial round.
• Storage: Store dry and flat, protect cards with sleeves.
• Playing together: Promotes communication and frustration tolerance (gaming-und-bildschirmzeit-gesund-spielen-und-warnzeichen-erkennen, stress-abbauen-und-entspannen).