My wife and I mostly play cooperative games, she doesn’t like very complicated games so we’ve been through a few of them:
Pandemic - great base game for cooperative but does have an issue with quarterback and no way to mitigate so you need to be cognizant of this. If you really enjoy the theme/playstyle of this I hugely recommend getting the legacy version (Season 1 is the best but I’ve heard good things about the others)
Marvel Champions - This is A LCG so can be a steep price if you want literally everything, but the base game itself is fun enough so I’d suggest starting with just that, and if yall enjoy grab either the expansion that sounds the most interesting or the boosters for whatever hero one of you enjoys the most. You have rules for building custom decks but all of the heros come with a pre-built that works reasonably well with their theme
Gloomhaven - we’ve found that my wife is much more willing to take on a more complicated ruleset as long as it’s a legacy type game where the base rules stay the same, and you build towards something. I haven’t personally played it but a lot of people recommend starting with Jaws of the Lion first if your new to the genre as it’s cheaper and has a simplified ruleset
One Deck Dungeon - simple ruleset dungeon crawler that takes up little shelf or table space. Great little game, note if you want to play with more than 2 you will need the forest of shadows expansion.
Mansions of Madness - The second editions app works quite well at reducing the complexity of the game while keeping it interesting. We’ll play this often on Halloween with friends while waiting on trick or treaters.
My wife and I mostly play cooperative games, she doesn’t like very complicated games so we’ve been through a few of them:
Pandemic - great base game for cooperative but does have an issue with quarterback and no way to mitigate so you need to be cognizant of this. If you really enjoy the theme/playstyle of this I hugely recommend getting the legacy version (Season 1 is the best but I’ve heard good things about the others)
Marvel Champions - This is A LCG so can be a steep price if you want literally everything, but the base game itself is fun enough so I’d suggest starting with just that, and if yall enjoy grab either the expansion that sounds the most interesting or the boosters for whatever hero one of you enjoys the most. You have rules for building custom decks but all of the heros come with a pre-built that works reasonably well with their theme
Gloomhaven - we’ve found that my wife is much more willing to take on a more complicated ruleset as long as it’s a legacy type game where the base rules stay the same, and you build towards something. I haven’t personally played it but a lot of people recommend starting with Jaws of the Lion first if your new to the genre as it’s cheaper and has a simplified ruleset
One Deck Dungeon - simple ruleset dungeon crawler that takes up little shelf or table space. Great little game, note if you want to play with more than 2 you will need the forest of shadows expansion.
Mansions of Madness - The second editions app works quite well at reducing the complexity of the game while keeping it interesting. We’ll play this often on Halloween with friends while waiting on trick or treaters.