During your Christmas PiF, you gifted me two board games: Mr. Jack Pocket and Cosmic Wimpout. I wanted to report back that MJP is amazing. I first had a quickie with my girlfriend (hah) when we had 20 minutes to kill while waiting for the bus. I was able to teach her the rules and finish a game within that time, yet it was just as engrossing and memorable as games that have taken three times that long to teach (to say nothing of how long they take to play...).

I had been looking for a travel-friendly, logical, psychological game and it fit the bill perfectly. Now we both look for opportunities to play it whenever we can! Thank you so much for this!

In the meantime I have bought Coloretto, in the hopes of mixing more meaningful gameplay into the games I bring to the parties I host at work. My group isn't very serious though, and probably won't go for it, so I'd like to request a more realistic option:

• Incan Gold, a push-your-luck game (one of my favorites) that is light, taught quickly and surprisingly directly competitive. This is not as portable as Cosmic Wimpout, but has significantly less downtime for non-active players and a treasure-hunting theme that is more relatable than the abstract "get points" goal of Cosmic Wimpout.