[amadeuspagel]

What are simple realtime boardgames?

[orpheansodality]

Magic Maze is a great one!

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209778/magic-maze

[doctorpangloss]

Escape: Curse of the Temple is probably the best balance of good and simple realtime board game.

Captain Sonar is the one you will actually convince people to play though, because it is conceptually cool, even if it's kind of meaningless.

[jncfhnb]

What are you talking about? The real time component is extremely important to captain sonar. The essence of the game is a rush to figure out your opponent’s location and then capitalize on it while they panic.

[doctorpangloss]

I like the game. I’m saying it’s not a meaningful strategy game. It’s basically competitive dice rolling. Escape, by comparison, is literally rolling dice. But you have to make some real decisions. Anyway, they’re both good, and people should try both.

[jncfhnb]

I’m confused by what you possibly mean by “escape is literally rolling dice” when there is no dice in the game or source of randomness.

[vanderZwan]

Bananagrams, as mentioned in other comments, is real-time scrabble. I guess "boggle" is a similar much older precursor

[jtolmar]

Set. Or if you'd like that but faster and dumber, Pick A Pig

Kites if you'd like a cooperative one.