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Board games are fun, but aren’t played as much as they should be. They are great ways to get friends and family together, socialize, and have fun. And of course, some can be combined with alcohol.

The past couple of weeks, we’ve played four new board games that we’ve never heard of before. The games are definitely not mainstream games in the U.S. When we were in the U.S., we played games every once in awhile. Mostly charades and trivia games. But in Croatia, we’ve branched out of those genres into new ones.

Bootleggers
You are making and selling whiskey in speakeasies. You employ trucks to carry your whiskey to the speakeasies and your mobsters can gain you influence in a speakeasy, where you can really turn a profit. You can trade with other players, blackmail them, steal from them, whatever you like.

Power Grid
In this game you have to buy and run power grids in Germany. All of your power stations need to be connected, but it can get tricky. Many of the connection fees are expensive as well as the resources to produce power (coal, oil, trash, nuclear).

Mare Nostrum
You run an empire and must expand, acquire heroes and wonders. There are many, many heroes and wonders each of which give you a special power. The empires are Rome, Atlantis, Carthage, Babylon, Egypt and Greece. This was by far my favorite game because of how complicated it can get. It’s not easy to win this game or even remember the rules, but with lots of players, it gets super crazy.

Domaine
In Domaine you must also expand, but the areas are limited. This game was not my favorite, but I won the first time playing :)

I highly recommend you all playing more board games :)