المنعزلون

My game group played three rounds back to back and nobody wanted to stop. The escalating combo mechanic is what makes it — you think you're safe and then someone chains a Loner card onto the pile and wrecks you.

The combo-chaining in this one gets brutal fast, and stealing Loner cards from the public pile never stops being satisfying. Taught three friends in about ten minutes and we played four rounds straight.

Brought this to game night and the card-shedding got so heated my cousin actually slammed a combo down. Recruiting Loner cards off the table is way more fun than I expected, and the escalating throws never let anyone coast. Took one round to click, then we played four more.