We went down to Chicago last weekend & I swung by the game shop (just like funagain but you can actually touch stuff!)...
I had to pick up Fluxx when I saw it. I believe it was Chris Brooks that once mentioned he doesn't take the family for a trip without it... great for kids, etc. Rules are simple: draw a card, play a card. There are 4 card types:actions (i.e. switch hands with another player), rules (bread & butter of the game, rules keep your head spinning, making the game purely tactical and minimizing any feeling of initiative), “keepers” (object cards required to win, but serving no functional purpose), and “goals” (combinations of “keepers” that players need in play to win).
Also, I picked up Bang!, because it was $10, and Sue Rozmiarek has given it some good coverage, including a good review, and a session report or two. Haven't tried this one yet, but it looks like fun, with the right kind of crowd.
Also, casey chesnut has written a pretty amazing game written in managed Direct3D that emulates an old wooden labyrinth game on the tablet, using a webcam as an input device (”optical flow”).
[check out the article] and see the vids at brains-n-brawn.
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