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That looks ideal. I've added it to my shopping list. Thanks for the detailed response!

qohen 8y ago
You're welcome. I don't know if you need more, but here are a few other games that can handle 6 players, can be played in close to 30 minutes and are in your price range. The first set is probably the best for gifting, i.e. they are among the best games and also look nice/substantial (except for Codenames, which comes in a smaller, though not tiny box, but there's a lot of game in there): Codenames -- 2-8, though I think you need 4 min. Under $20. Highly-ranked, highly-popular team vs. team word game. There are multiple versions, including one using pictures, instead of words, one for Marvel, one for Harry Potter, etc. But the base game is fine. Has a strong social component, as one person gives clues about certain words that appear in a grid of word-cards and their team has to guess which words they are being clued about; wrong words may give the other team an advantage, etc. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames Sushi Go Party: $18.38 @Amazon plays 2 - 8 Highly-ranked and fast card-drafting game. As opposed to the original Sushi Go, it plays more players and lets you create a different deck of cards for every game (i.e. using different foods). Comes in a nice tin. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192291/sushi-go-party https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192291/sushi-go-party King of Tokyo: plays 2 - 6 ($30 and change on Amazon). It's a yahtzee-mechanic dice-chucker where each player is a Godzilla-style monster in or out of Tokyo. It's also by Richard Garfield. This one is a well-known game in gaming circles, with expansions and so on. Comes with large, custom dice. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo Treasure Hunter plays 2 - 6 ($27-ish on Amazon, though it may go down as Amazon has a history of discounting Queen games during this season -- last year it hit $12.50) Card-drafting game by Richard Garfield (who did another card-drafting game called Magic: The Gathering :-) ). It's in a Ticket To Ride sized box, as it has a board and tokens in addition to cards. Fairly light, despite all the components. And here are a few others -- mostly card games: Parade: plays 2-6, $19.91 @Amzn, $16.99 @Miniature Market. It's a light card game with an Alice in Wonderland theme; it's pretty well-regarded. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/56692/parade https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/56692/parade For Sale: plays 3-6, either around $30 on Amazon for the regular box or around $16 for the deck-of-cards box "travel edition" which has thinner tokens and the rules printed on cards. The game is a well-known filler in gaming circles. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/sale https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/sale Fantasy Realms: plays 3-6, $19.99 @ Amazon -- light card game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms Cheaty Mages: plays 3-6 $16.47 @Amazon -- small-box, light card game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38194/cheaty-mages https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38194/cheaty-mages Age of War: plays 2-6, small, light dice game by ace-designer Reiner Knizia (though this isn't one of his classics). $11.76 @ Amazon. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155695/age-war https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155695/age-war

You're welcome. I don't know if you need more, but here are a few other games that can handle 6 players, can be played in close to 30 minutes and are in your price range. The first set is probably the best for gifting, i.e. they are among the best games and also look nice/substantial (except for Codenames, which comes in a smaller, though not tiny box, but there's a lot of game in there): Codenames -- 2-8, though I think you need 4 min. Under $20. Highly-ranked, highly-popular team vs. team word game. There are multiple versions, including one using pictures, instead of words, one for Marvel, one for Harry Potter, etc. But the base game is fine. Has a strong social component, as one person gives clues about certain words that appear in a grid of word-cards and their team has to guess which words they are being clued about; wrong words may give the other team an advantage, etc. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames Sushi Go Party: $18.38 @Amazon plays 2 - 8 Highly-ranked and fast card-drafting game. As opposed to the original Sushi Go, it plays more players and lets you create a different deck of cards for every game (i.e. using different foods). Comes in a nice tin. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192291/sushi-go-party https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192291/sushi-go-party King of Tokyo: plays 2 - 6 ($30 and change on Amazon). It's a yahtzee-mechanic dice-chucker where each player is a Godzilla-style monster in or out of Tokyo. It's also by Richard Garfield. This one is a well-known game in gaming circles, with expansions and so on. Comes with large, custom dice. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo Treasure Hunter plays 2 - 6 ($27-ish on Amazon, though it may go down as Amazon has a history of discounting Queen games during this season -- last year it hit $12.50) Card-drafting game by Richard Garfield (who did another card-drafting game called Magic: The Gathering :-) ). It's in a Ticket To Ride sized box, as it has a board and tokens in addition to cards. Fairly light, despite all the components. And here are a few others -- mostly card games: Parade: plays 2-6, $19.91 @Amzn, $16.99 @Miniature Market. It's a light card game with an Alice in Wonderland theme; it's pretty well-regarded. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/56692/parade https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/56692/parade For Sale: plays 3-6, either around $30 on Amazon for the regular box or around $16 for the deck-of-cards box "travel edition" which has thinner tokens and the rules printed on cards. The game is a well-known filler in gaming circles. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/sale https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172/sale Fantasy Realms: plays 3-6, $19.99 @ Amazon -- light card game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223040/fantasy-realms Cheaty Mages: plays 3-6 $16.47 @Amazon -- small-box, light card game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38194/cheaty-mages https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38194/cheaty-mages Age of War: plays 2-6, small, light dice game by ace-designer Reiner Knizia (though this isn't one of his classics). $11.76 @ Amazon. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155695/age-war https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155695/age-war