Large Group Games

[UmbroTek]

My job is looking for suggestions for online group activities and of course I am pushing for BGA. The group will be 6-12 people depending on scheduling and it looks like there are quite a few options on BGA. I am already a huge fan of Concept but does anyone else have recommendations for large group games on BGA that can be thought quickly?

[cigma]

You can filter the games page for number of players, for example: https://boardgamearena.com/gamelist?players=10

Games for 10+ players, easy to learn and without much downtime (simultanous gameplay): 6 nimmt, Railroad Ink, Can't stop express, Concept, Pingimus, Panic Lab.

And with less players (6) also: Stella, For sale, Incan Gold, Spot it = Dobble, Similo, Trek 12, Turn the Tide.

There might be more games in this category that I don't know. It also depends on what exactly you mean by "taught quickly" and how much downtime you will accept.

[pjt33]

Note that 6 Nimmt plays very differently at different player counts, so you may find that some people prefer it with 6 players, others with 8, and others with 10.

My experience of playing Railroad Ink with 8 players is that inevitably one or two people end up having to F5, and I seem to recall having to abandon one game because the game state became too large for some platform limitation. This may be fixed now. An easy workaround would be to split into two subgroups to play it.

[Varianor]

+1 for 6nimmt though it’s better at 6-8 IMO. I like the implementation here of Welcome To, which easily supports up to 12. Easy to teach, fairly easy to master. Railroad Ink is good yet it’s a tad random at times due to the dice. It is however another fine choice for a large group. You can also split into 6 and 6, then rotate 1/3 the players, to play through multiple smaller count games, if you want a different experience.