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If you could only keep five non-collectible games in your game library (and not be assured of playing other games, ever), which games would they be?

For me, alphabetically:
Acquire
Carcasonne
Cosmic Encounter
Modern Art
Scrabble

I'm curious what people are looking for: hints on how to survive and perhaps even prosper the first few times one plays a game, or rather strategies for the advanced players of games.

I can see a need for both; Certainly a basic survival deck-building guide would have helped me when launching into a new CCG. There's nothing worse than getting crushed out of the gate because your deck sucks. It paints the whole experience poorly.

But obviously, folks also want to win after they know how to play. So the question is, where do people think the balance lies?