My friends and I devour board games, so I'll stick to our more recent purchases so I don't end up writing one wall of a post. Recently we have been enjoying:
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Azul (2-4 players): A beautiful strategic game of tile laying that it's accesible for all people since it's not only simple but also gorgeous to look at.
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Diamant (3-8 players): A short and sweet game of pushing your luck and balancing risks with being absolutely greedy for more and more gemstones. Easy to get in, hard to stop playing "just one more".
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Kobayakawa (3-6 players): The simplest one of the list. Fifteen cards numbered 1 to 15 and a bunch of tokens. As simple as it gets and a good way to introduce people that never played anything into the variety.
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Secrets (4-8 players): An absolute blast of a hidden role game, deception and confusion on par of a Coen brothers movie. Hilarious and pretty.
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Mysterium (2-7 players) and
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1+ players): This two are my absolute fave deduction games, even if they don't have much to do with each other. One is a cooperative asimetric game with gorgeous art that matches simple mechanics, the other more akin to a "choose your own adventure" book that can be shared.
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Magic Maze (1-8): Real time cooperative madness that will have you staring madly at your friends while unable to talk. A hectic riot of a game.
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Small World (2-5): If you like silly combos take a look at this tongue in cheek fantasy game about area control.
Other than those my group has several evergreen games that we end up coming back to once in a while like: Power Grid, Dead of Winter, Eldritch Horror, Ticket to Ride, Samurai Sword, Citadels, Deception, Salem 1962, Cargo Noir...