So, i've had a solid 3/4 man gaming group for the last couple of years now (one is my kid, and she works half of the Saturdays we game on, so half is at 4, half without). We started off with Gloomhaven, crushed thru that content, did Forgotten Circles, Jaws of the Lion, and now are working thru Crimson Scales (which is really good, btw, try them out on TTS if you wanna see). In the off weeks where we don't have 4, I picked up Dice Throne on the recommendations in this thread, and kickstarted Marvel Dice Throne, which is good as well, without seeming repetitive. We played thru Arkham Horror, and now picked up Dice Throne Adventures. I've gotta say, gaming has come a long way. DTA using the same mechanics as DT but being a COMPLETELY different strategy is pretty insanely cool. We got absolutely throttled in the first playthrough and thought maybe the game sucked...nope, just us. Cruising thru the 2nd playthrough now and understand the nuance of the mechanics. Kinda cool to see a roguelike in tabletop version.
I picked up Posthuman because I thought it looked cool. It is not. Really disappointed with that game. It's like it wants to be Catan with a cool adventure theme, but it fails in execution. I also bought Kingdom Rush and all of it's expansions based simply upon how awesome the mobile games are, and it turns out we're really disappointed in that one as well. Everyone just compares it to tetris, but that's not really the case. It's a really fiddly game and it doesn't seem like you have enough resources to ever do the things you need to do, which just turns me off from it.
For the rest of the year, we probably are good with Crimson Scales, it's expansion should be here in ~3-4 months, and Frosthaven is due by the end of the year, so says that woke cocksucker. So we've got a good solid amount of gaming ahead of us, but what other games have you guys enjoyed in that 3-4 player tactical games do I need to start researching to fill inevitable gaps in my gaming cycle? It's kinda awesome to see how far board games have come since I was doing Chess tournaments in 4th grade and playing Risk weekly in my 20's. I've clearly missed a ton, and I don't mind going back to older games if the gameplay is solid.