I've played Munchkin, Pandemic, Dungeon Quest out of that list. What would you really recommend out of the rest?
They're all good fun in my opinion, it will probably depend on what type of game you like, how many players you have, and how long you prefer your games to last. I enjoy Last Night on Earth just because I like the whole zombie apocolypse thing, and I also like Castle Ravenloft/Wrath of Ashardalon because it's a fantasy setting and both are descent co-op which suits our group.
In case anybody is interested:
Talisman - You go around a pre-set board encountering cards you draw for landing on the spaces. Only the player characters are depicted with miniatures. The game can go on fair while (4+ hours) but this does depend on how many players you have, we play as 5. Game length can be tweaked by adding/omitting certain rules to make for quicker (2 hours) to epic all weekender.
Last Night on Earth - The board is made up of 4 random tiles so the map is somewhat random. Excellent zombie vs. survivor game if you're into that. 1 or 2 players have to be zombies, the rest are survivors so not 100% co-op but close. Lots of miniatures, and games can be 1-3 hours maybe depending on scenario (lots of 'missions' to choose from).
Touch of Evil - Similar design/artwork to Last Night on Earth but themed on old style horror, e.g. heroes against Dracula, Werewolf, etc. Only player characters have miniatures, the rest are tokens. Can be 100% co-op - the boss villian has kind of AI rules and you all take his turn in sequence. Also has a competitive mode where you work against each other. It's a bit similar to Cluedo in some aspects, but you build your character's skills/items, discover secrets of the town, to have a final showdown with the scenario 'boss'.
Doom/Descent - Very similar, Descent is your standard fantasy affair, Doom is more or less the same ruleset but sci-fi based on the Doom film (ignore that, it's a lot more fun that the film). Both games have lots and lots of minatures, 1 player has to be the baddies, the rest team up. Doom also has a 'deathmatch' mode. Build your character up collecting weapons and kill baddies, complete the scenario type game. Can be quite lengthy 2-4 hours maybe depending on scenario. Oh and modular maps, i.e. you have corridor sections, room sections, etc. that you build the map from.
Castle Ravenloft/Wrath of Ashardalon - 100% co-op, lots and lots of miniatures, modular board again - each room is a random 'tile'. Dungeon builds as you go, the monsters follow an AI ruleset, fantasy setting, really good basic D&D starter experience. Castle Ravenloft was the first game, Wrath of Ashardalon came out over. Both different settings with different monsters/characters/maps but the game itself is very similar. Ashardalon has a few expanded rules but components are interchangeable and you can still own both and have different experiences, they're just very similar. We play 5 players and it's awesome fun for us.
City of Thieves - 4 player max. The board is set so the map never changes. You each control a gang of thieves sent into a city to steal treasure. It's competetive, for example there's NPC guards you try and move into the other teams, block them getting treasure, block them getting out of the city at the end, etc. Each characters has it's own miniature, fairly quick play time - 2 hours or so, reasonably simplistic rules.
Betrayal at House on the Hill - We play as 5, only miniatures in the game are the player figures. The board builds as you go with tiles for each room of the mansion. You explore and uncover secrets, depending on the scenario you've picked (it can be random) you find out you have to work together, kill somebody, kill something, etc. Play time 2 hours+ depending on scenario.
Road Kill Rally - We play as 5, 6 max I think. It's a racing game where the track builds randomly out of tiles. First to the end gets most points but you also get points for shooting and ramming other players with guns and equipment you fit to your car. You also get points for shooting and knocking over pedestrians, most points for old people and kids I think. Miniatures are a bit silly looking (the whole premise is silly) but surprisingly fun. Game length about 2 hours.
Phew! (Sorry) lol
all the expansions so I've kind of put it off for now as it's a bit of an investment all in.
