Board Game Gift Guide 2011

Pretty good list, I was originally worried if it would be all complex games based on the site it was from.

Blokus is probably the cheapest one on the list, and easiest to find. Ticket to Ride/Settlers of Catan are all around great games (and getting known enough that enough people know how to play them).

In the other section, I can vouch for Dominion (and all it's expansions).

Overall board game geek is a great site to get new challenging (and tons of fun) games. A lot of places I've worked, the geeks had board game nights...