#7. Dominion ($29 @ Amazon.com)
Players: 2-4
You’re a monarch in medieval times who wants to build a cooler kingdom than the other loser kings around your … fiefdom … or whatever. Your goal is to accumulate a variety of cards that allow you to do different things that help you, hurt your opponents — always fun to do — or both. The person with the most “victory points” at the end of the game wins.