5 Board Games To Jump Start Your New Hobby

IMG_20190927_224544_147First off, I’m so happy you decided to take your first step into this amazing hobby! It can be a bit daunting to begin your own collection; there are so many great games to choose from! 

Fear not; I’m here to take the stress away from picking your first few games that will ease you in and get you ready to expand your collection. These board games are what I like to call “foundations,” because while they’re easy and have a dash of thinking and strategy, they will also get you psyched up to play games that dig deeper into their mechanics. 

They’re also called “gateway” games, so if you want to search this term up to expand your own knowledge about them, go for it! Or you can stick around and let me do the research for you. 

Let’s dive into the 5 games I believe are great games to begin your board game collection. 

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Mysterium, A Review

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Mysterium (2015)

Players: 2-7

Playing Time: 42 minutes. (Which is odd to have such an exact time on a box.)

Age: 10+ (I had a nine-year-old play this and she did fine.)

Weight: 1.92/5 (Source: Board Game Geek)

Designer: Oleskandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Artist: Igor Burlakov, Xavier Collette, Oleskandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Publisher: Libellud


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