On Sunday, I had some friends over, and we played Heat. It was my first time with the game, and I found it to be a lot of fun.
There’s just enough strategy in managing your car’s “heat” level. Take on too much, and you’ll stall out. Don’t take enough risk, and the other players will pull ahead. I accurately captured the tension of racing video games. “Do I floor it and come into the turn quickly, risking spinning out? Or do I brake and take it safely but lose my place?”
Haven’t played anything in person since Covid originally hit… Luckily we have an only group, a colleague of mine DMs Alien (Mutant Year Zero Engine) for our small group, and we usually manage to meet once a months on discord/VTT. So far, no one died (with one close call). And after over half a year, we had our first combat last session :D