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putative
Dec 2, 2013
Soiled Meat
I'm not an expert either, but I recently played "Between Two Cities" and it was pretty great.

There can be a winner though, so there goes your first criterion, BUT this game is about as collaborative as competition gets:

All players sit in a circle and each player sits "between two cities" with one on the left and one on the right. In this way, every player co-owns 2 cities with 2 other players. Everyone's turn happens simultaneously so the play is quick. All players draft city tiles and cooperate with their left- and right-hand neighbors to build their left and right cities. Your goal is to maximize bonuses to earn points and your final score is the LOWEST scoring of your two cities. In this way there is no benefit to "screwing" your neighbors by tanking one of your two cities to benefit the other. Again there can be a winner (ties are not uncommon!) but the competition is very mild. It's also a pretty quick game, maybe 20 minutes.

Again I know this immediately ignores your very first point lol, but it might be worth a shot. See if you can play-test it some time, I recommend it. Hope you find the game for your group :-)

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putative
Dec 2, 2013
Soiled Meat

Countblanc posted:

Some faster pure co-op games:

- The Mind
- Hanabi
- Burgle Bros
- SPACE ALERT (!!!)

This one isn't a full co-op but it's team-based and light so it might still fit, but I've had a lot of love for Trapwords recently.

Space Alert!!! Yes!

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