Gateway Games: What to Play After Catan and Monopoly

Gateway Games: What to Play After Catan and Monopoly

If Catan opened the door and Monopoly taught you that game nights can end in arguments, here is where to go next. All six are easy to teach and a clear step up in fun.

• Ticket to Ride — Build train routes across a map. The gold-standard gateway game.
• Carcassonne — Lay tiles to build a medieval landscape and claim it with your meeples.
• Splendor — Collect gem tokens and build an engine. Elegant, quick, and quietly addictive.
• Azul — Draft gorgeous tiles to decorate a palace. Teaches in two minutes.
• King of Tokyo — Giant monsters smash each other in a dice-rolling brawl. Pure fun for groups.
• Dominion — The original deck-building game, where you craft your deck as you play.

Any of these will play in under an hour and survive repeated plays. Looking for a place to try them? Check our events page for game days near you.