Awesome that this thread exists... I wonder how I never discovered this before. Maybe because I just wasn't that into board games 10 years ago.
In any case, I've started becoming pretty serious about board games this year - even to the point of wanting to design games myself. I think I'm at about 110-120 games in my collection currently.
So I'm hoping we can keep this thread rolling
I'll do my part by posting pics and mini reviews of games that I play
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
A very visually appealing game that works decently well as a gateway game.
The theme is unique and well done.
In reality, it's quite an abstract game, so if you're looking for a light abstract game when Chess isn't quite what you're looking for, then Photosynthesis might scratch that itch for you.
I would, however, say that I've only played it with 2 players and I'm almost confident it's way better with 3 or 4 players. As a 2-player game it's quite confrontational (and I imagine less random than a 3- or 4-player game), but if you're into that then there are no minuses. I just think for me the theme exudes an air of "calm" and "beauty" that isn't totally the feeling you get from a 2-player game where your every move should be calculated to hurt the other person instead of just being able to focus on growing beautiful trees :P
Overall I give it a 7.5/10, but it could potentially be higher when I try it with more than just 2 players.