Which board game would you buy, and why?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Which of these would you buy?

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Alien, because it lends itself to the sort of game I could find friends who would want to play, and Princess Bride, because it's one of the nostalgic properties that I'm not burned out on merchandising for.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Gloomier, because of Keith Baker or Princess Bride Adventure Book Game, because of the miniature Andre the Giant.

 

[overgeeked]

Once Upon a Time. I already own this. It’s a great card-based story-building game. Also great for random fairy-tale elements.

Princess Bride. If it’s by the same people who did Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, I’d pick this up in a heartbeat. Those two are fantastic.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

The Alien game is not good.

Edit (to be more informative): The game does not scale properly for different numbers of players. The alien has the potential to do stuff after each player turn. In a 2p game the alien moves once in between your turns. In a 4p get it moves three times.

So, frequently, you move somewhere safe and far away from the alien and before you get to go again it's gone all the way across the ship and attacked you.

Of your listed games I think Hive is generally considered the best "game" though its not got a popular IP attached.

 

[Dioltach]

Never played any of these, but I've played Nemesis, which is commonly held to be the perfect Alien boardgame. It has a very cinematic feel: even if you're eliminated early, you'll want to watch the rest of the game unfold. If only to see whether anyone makes it out alive.

 

[Stalker0]

Hive is a wonderful little 2 player strategy game. Its interesting, strategic, pretty, and very space efficient, a great travel game if you want to kill some time.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

If you are soliciting ideas for games in general might I suggest Space Base.

It's great for gamers and non-gamers. I have played with people 8-80 years old. It's the only game everyone enjoyed. And it's not too expensive.

 

[Pedantic]

Hive is the only one of those my hobby gamer constitution wants to play. If I'm honest, I didn't actually get on much with Hive, but it's the gamiest game there.

 

[aco175]

I have never played any of them, but I know all the Jaws quotes.