What we‘re looking for:
- Easy to learn, hard to master
- small footprint
- It has to be great with both 2 or more players (up to 5)
- exciting (push your luck or take that or similar mechanisms, maybe bluffing? A coop small engine builder tycoon game heavier than Bohnanza maybe?)
What we already have and like, but are bad with 2p
- The Crew: Awesome, but sucks at 2p
- For Sale
- High Society
What we didn‘t enjoy:
- Sushi Go Party
- Cascadia (also too big)
- King if Toyko (awesome but a bit too big, we‘d prefer a game without dice)
- Love Letter
- Coup
- Hanabi co-op deduction, the deluxe edition that uses blocks rather than cards might work even better in a pub.
- Point Salad simple but fun drafting game that works well at all player counts (2-6)
- Coloretto or Port Royal for the push-your-luck. Zombie Dice and Martian Dice are fun too if you want a light option with lots of dice chucking
- Fantasy Realms rummy-like hand-crafting but with much more interesting scoring possibilities
- Liar’s Dice or Spicy for bluffing
- Super Mega Lucky Box bingo but good!