Forgot one..
Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space
These all look good. If you could only have 4 which would you suggest.
Personal favourites:
Welcome to Dino World / Welcome to... your perfect home. Both roll/flip and write games. Pretty simple but later on can be irritating as you realise you've screwed your own ability to place something.
Sushi Go Party - Good little card game, but the Party version has more complicated options for more advanced games and you can just pick an choose at random as well, and it's in a lovely tin.
Decrypto / Just One - Both deduction games. Decrypto is the more complicated one, but it's still pretty quick and fun to play. Just One is dead simple and a lot of fun, especially if drinking has been involved. Working out how peoples brains work can be hard.
Citadels - A hidden character game. Actually quite deep when you get to the higher player counts as you can have assassinations of other players and thefts going on.
I hate social deduction games, so I wouldn't go with The Resistance: Avalon or Saboteur... but that's just me. Socially inept.
Other ones we own:
Space Cadets Dice Duel, Blockbuster - not actually got to play these yet. Bah.. Lockdown...
Bang! The dice game, Skygo, Black it out - perfect for grannies. So simple. Black it out is a print and play.
7 Wonders is a modern classic imo. They've just released a 2nd edition, but I have no idea about the second editions expansions available.
Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space - Hidden movement game. Excellent with a bigger group. There is a print and play version available.
Carcassonne is just... Carcassonne. Tile laying nirvana. I can't remember which expansions take the payer count to 8, but the Big Box is 8 players. Language independent too, so gan import the french/italian/german version and just print the rules out from Boardgamegeek or wherever. No problems. It's what I did.
Some of these are on Boardgamearena.com, Tabletopia.com, tabletop simulator, some are available as phone apps or steam games too. Might be worth checking them out there (cheaper) before splashing the cash.
