We are old friends and every year, we spend a weekend in a rented house to play boardgames and drink beer. That’s great, but it’s always a challenge to pick the next game. Sometimes, the most pushy person simply grabs the privilege.
Simply rotating the game vote does not seem right to me, because there’s great variances in game length.
Do you have strategies and opinions? Please tell me if you do.
Usually some people bring games to the table.
We talk about what we think of each one (in terms of how much we want to play them and maybe some pros and cons why the group might like it). Games that no one liked (for this evening) are out.
People can say if they do not want to play certain games. They are out as well.
By then we either have only one game left or people start vetoing some more or express strong preferences. As everyone is at least okay with the remaining games, this can be very quick.