Over the last few years, we’ve managed, in-between RPGs (games, not grenades), to more or less regularly play non-RPGs as folks come over. Which is great, because I just plain enjoy playing games (and, remarkably, have become a lot less competition-minded than I used to be) and it was thought to be a dying passtime.<\/p>\n
But board games and card games and the like have made quite a comeback in the last decade. Defective Yeti has this year’s game suggestions<\/a>, as well as suggestions from the past<\/a>. Those looking for non-Amazon gifts for me or mine (or even our friends) might consider something from the list that’s short of Advanced in complexity, with a playing time of 30-60 minutes or so, and for groups of 4+ (or more, with teams).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the last few years, we’ve managed, in-between RPGs (games, not grenades), to more or less regularly play non-RPGs as folks come over. 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