For that you want Ugg-Tect. A team caveman building game where only one player gets to see what you're building and everyone else has to build it. Oh, and the only way to communicate is through grunts, limited gestures and a giant inflatable club.

Both Ticket to Ride and Settlers of Catan are great ways to re-introduce yourself to boardgames (I lean more towards TTR, myself). But I wanted to add that while there are some great games that can be played in 20 - 30 minutes, TTR is closer to 45 - 60 minutes and SoC can be up to 90+ minutes, depending on the number…

Oh, and I would also add that Pandemic is a great introductory game and is also co-operative. Everyone is working together against the game to save the world from a bunch of deadly diseases.

If you think you'll be able to put together a large group of people, Two Rooms and a Boom is a great game full of hidden roles. For smaller groups who like to bluff, Coup is an excellent choice and plays so quick we can usually get 3 or 4 games in about an hour. I also second Fyodor's suggestion of The Resistance:…

Depending on the age of your son, Battlelore 2nd edition might be worth taking a look at as a good mythical strategy game. It uses Richard Borg's Command & Colors system which is really simple to learn.

For all their flaws, I'm pretty sure that the later Fable games allow you to interact with just about every adult character to some degree. And how you act in game/to them specifically will affect their attitude towards you to the point where they are waving/flipping you off/running away when they see you.

Fair enough on the Dalish but after the Temple of Mythal (if you're in a relationship with Sera) then you have to agree with her

Prolonged attempts to get some lady on lady lovin' with Cassandra gives you a great cut scene of her awkwardly trying to explain how you're neat, and she likes you — a lot, like a lot a lot — 'cause you're cool, and she's flattered, and maybe a little curious but she's all about the wood.

In addition to what other people have said about Sera's likes/dislikes: she hates everything the least bit Dalish or, in her words, "Elf-y". God, does she hate Elf things.

Haha, yeah… I might have executed him — even though I thought forcing him to work for the Inquisition was the more pragmatic/better option — because I wanted Sera to like me.

Your comment had me Google it as well and I ended up on the List of places in England with counterintuitive pronunciations: A–L Wikipedia page. And I'm convinced it's just a list of every place in England (A-L). Seriously Englanders, we named the language after you, the least you could do is not fuck it up this…

My only complaint with the Elder Scrolls games (or at least the most recent ones, I haven't played anything earlier than Oblivion) is that the games are often so intent on telling Their stories that they refuse to acknowledge My story to the point of breaking immersion.

Bullshit.

Well, to be fair, Gawker did put out an article titled "A Guide to the Celebrities of the 2014 Nude Leak". And a quick run through of their archives show that they were quick to alert their readers every time new photos were leaked, making sure to include details on who was in the photos, how provocatively they were…

"I don’t believe in vaccination either. That’s a… well, that’s a… what? That’s another theory that I think is flawed, that we go by the Louis Pasteur theory, even though Louis Pasteur renounced it on his own deathbed and said that Beauchamp(s) was right: it’s not the invading germs, it’s the terrain."

For a purer “lying to your friends” mechanic, I would also recommend trying The Resistance: Avalon. Less game than BSG the BG but it plays quicker.