Comment Carcassonne: The Discovery (Score 2, Interesting) 68
The group I play with prefers Carcassonne: The Discovery. Is has a different spin on managing your meeples, and is a shorter but more strategic game. The other Carcassonne games are good too, though.
Check out http://www.meeplepeople.com/. I'll also team up with the previous posters regarding Settlers, Puerto Rico and especially Power Grid. PG is our group's favorite right now, and we often talk about how the various aspects of the game could be modelled in code.
We also like
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Category 5
Citadels
Seafarers of Catan
We think we might like Twilight Imperium (3rd Ed.) but it takes like 8 hours to play (the box says 240 minutes...HA!), and we've only managed
to play once
Everyone should be part of a gaming group, even if it is just casual fun.
When you are 80, your brain will thank you.
lillian