This hub is a hub I think is pretty critical to write. Of the 1000+ board game reviews I’ve done, it feels like maybe … 200 of them are cooperative games? I looked that up before I published this. But cooperative games are on the rise! Not everyone wants to compete; some players want to win or lose together! A major type of cooperative game that I cover on the site is Puzzle and Mystery Games, so I broke those out into their own hub a while ago. Cooperative games remain a very nice alternative to intense competition or a great way to placate hypercompetitive players while still playing something together. I’m a big fan, though the games themselves run the gamut in terms of themes, styles, and mechanics. Let’s dive in!