Just seeing this thread for the first time.

Board games!!! My obsession with pinball is largely the cause of my decline in board game playing. I hosted weekly board game nights for the previous 10 years.

Some current (and longstanding) favorites: Agricola, Puerto Rico, Brass.

I got Food Chain Magnate for my birthday, but it won't arrive until whenever they do the next round of reprinting. I hardly know anything about it...just going off good word of mouth, and that I've really enjoyed any Splotter game I've played (I own Antiquity).

Just looked up "Brass Kickstarter" and I don't think we're talking about the same thing. I guess I meant this: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire although that game has received a serious art upgrade since the original version (when it was just called Brass).