Catan Universe is an official online multiplayer version of the board game available for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. Trying to convince other players to join your cause can mean the difference between winning an encounter and losing.

For a long time this has been my go-to game, one I could just pick up and play whenever I had a little free time and thoroughly enjoyed doing so.Seeing as 51 alien species are included in the base set, there's almost always something new to see, learn, or overcome.

Despite being tasked with curing a clutch of super-diseases, good communication (not to mention the ability to think on your feet) will see you through. As we mentioned in our review, such white-knuckle decision-making "shows off everything tabletop gaming is capable of. You want something simple: Because it rips up the rules (in a manner of speaking, anyway) and offers lots of unique options, Cosmic Encounter may not be your speed if you want something really straightforward.Because this is a game from the publisher of Wingspan about space bees, that's probably not surprising. Rather than leaving success up to luck, all of your movement or attack actions are divvied up onto cards instead.