Fair enough. In the general case, if you're genuinely interested, hop onto Board Game Geek - they're the definitive community site for all things board game re

Fair enough. In the general case, if you're genuinely interested, hop onto Board Game Geek - they're the definitive community site for all things board game related. They offer an advanced search feature where you plugin your preferred number of players, complexity (based on user evaluations), and other features, and can then sort by whatever. The 'board game rating' is an algorithm, much like HN's, that's mildly secret, but is generally regarded as being pretty good. In the specific case of my experience -- I'd suggest Splendor as a good example of a game that's faster to teach someone than Monopoly, but less frustrating, more fun, usually ends in closer-run games, and can never devolve to a multi-hour battle of who can tolerate the most tedium. There's a bunch of games with similar mechanics that I'd happily recommend eg. Century Spice Road, which is a less abstract than Splendor. If you or the kids like the pretty, then either Sagrada or Azul are about as complex as Monopoly, but a) look gorgeous, and b) don't result in people not talking to each other the rest of the weekend. For two players, things like Jaipur, or (a bit heftier, but not onerously so) Seven Wonders Duel. For really easy to learn, fast to play, with sophisticated longer term strategy options, Hive. [0] https://boardgamegeek.com/advsearch/boardgame https://boardgamegeek.com/advsearch/boardgame