Let's try this Wish again. This time, I'm just going to type it up in Notepad - Notepad doesn't crash.

Recommend three non-RPG games for RPGers. Why do you recommend these three?

• Settlers of Cataan

The best thing about Settlers of Cataan is that I have yet to find someone who doesn't enjoy it. Even people who generally hate board games more complex than Monopoly(*) get sucked right in. The second best thing is that it's the sort of game that you can hold a new player's hand for the first five rounds or so while you teach them the game, and not have them end up feeling like there's no point to playing the rest of the game now because everybody's seen their hand.

And you never get tired of "I've got wood for a sheep!"



• 1000 Blank White Cards

Here is a statement of the rules. Here is the history. Here are the results of the games I've played in.

It's good because it's fast-paced, it lets everybody create something, and there's a physical result at the end of the game that you can put on the web. There's also the part where nobody actually cares who scores the most points at the end, that's entertaining too. I've known quite a few gamers who are absolutely no fun to play explicitly competetive games with because they're poor losers. Someone who manages to get upset at losing 1kbwc has no soul.

• Gammarauders

It's just so damned goofy. Pretty hard to find, and nothing really deep about it, but it's got giant animals that squash hovertanks. What's not to love? Plus, I'd just feel goofy mentioning Munchkin when everyone else has already covered it.

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