Note that boardgames have become popular enough nowadays that there are now a couple of very decent Youtube channels which feature boardgame reviews, gameplay sessions, and rules explanations.
The latter point is particularly noteworthy: some great games have truly terrible manuals (IIRC e.g. Mage Knight and Space Alert had that problem), with longwinded page-length explanations and a focus on arcane rules interactions. The rules for these games are much easier to learn from a 5-minute sample gameplay session, followed by consulting their extremely detailed manuals whenever you have a question.
Note that boardgames have become popular enough nowadays that there are now a couple of very decent Youtube channels which feature boardgame reviews, gameplay sessions, and rules explanations.
The latter point is particularly noteworthy: some great games have truly terrible manuals (IIRC e.g. Mage Knight and Space Alert had that problem), with longwinded page-length explanations and a focus on arcane rules interactions. The rules for these games are much easier to learn from a 5-minute sample gameplay session, followed by consulting their extremely detailed manuals whenever you have a question.
Ah yes. Space Alert. An incredibly good co-op game with rather a lot of depth if you play with the same group many many times.
… and one I couldn’t get my family to play with me (past one session or two) because they’re allergic to games with time pressure :(.