Spiel Des Jahres is a prize they give every year to a bunch of board games. Don't look at very old board games, but some of the modern ones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiel_des_JahresAs for Go, I was tempted, but it's also very abstract, I do like some kind of theme in my board games.
A board game well integrated with the theme gives great vibes.
Some of the games great from there:
- Sky Team, discovered right there on the wikipedia page: for 2 players, me and my wife spent countless hours on it. Very simple rules yet so damn fun
- Azul up to 4, simple rules and a lot of depths. Place tiles on a board while stealing from others the stuff they want to use
- Kingdomino is so simple yet choosing the piece (some form of draft) requires thinking ahead so many turns!
- Dominion is still a great game: deck builder with simple rules. Didn't think that was possible? It is!
A lot of the children games are also great (this is for families with kids)
Some nominated are also great, even if they didn't win
