My Favorite Games

As I sit here eating lunch, and pondering what to do with my afternoon, I thought I would post my favorite games as a way to relax my mind.
 
1)  Puerto Rico - This is as close to a perfect game as you can get.  There are plenty of decisions to make, but not a lot of analysis paralysis.  It can play in as little as 15 minutes, or as long as 1 hour.  Plus, until the final scoring, no one is necessarily out of the game.
 
2)  Tigris & Euphrates - This could easily be #1, and may move to the top spot with additional plays.  The game has a fair degree of randomness with the tile draw, but it is mitigated by the number of strategies you can pursue, and the fact that you can always redraw your hand.  You can have conflict, or you can expand peacefully, but you will not know which was best until the final scoring!
 
3)  El Grande - The game for control of Spain.  Place your caballeros throughout the country, but beware of their meddling just before scoring!
 
4)  Princes of Florence - An auction game combined with building, this is a wonderful combination.  Try to win your auction, but do not spend too much cash, or you will not have the resources to fund your effort to produce more and greater works. 
 
5)  Web of Power - A great light strategy game that plays in 30 minutes.  Always different, and need to watch the card draws, but a great game for the time played.

6)  Torres - The more I play this game, the more I like it.  It is a very subtle brain-burner, but what a game this can be.  Move your knights around to take control of the castles and score points, but beware of your opponent's riding your coattails, or building up something unexpectedly!  Need to play with the Master Rules to get the full effect of the game. 
 
7)  Diplomacy - I do not get to play this game much, but when I do, it is a treat!   It is better suited for email play, but those games are marred by drop-outs and the like.  It is loads of fun to control everything going on in the game.  Keeping everyone's eye everywhere else, but where you are.
 
8)  Die Macher - This will probably move up after more plays to rest somewhere between 1-4, and push PoF back to #5.  A great game in which everything interacts with everything else.  The only downside to the game is the amount of time it takes to play.   However, with additional play, the time will probably work its way down to a long game of Settlers.
 
9)  Traders of Genoa - Great game, provided you play with the right group of players.  If you play with people who nickel and dime everything, it almost becomes unplayable.
 
10)  Magna Grecia - A VERY subtle game, but once you get it, it is a very elegant and deep game.  It is very much like Torres in this regard.
 
Let me know YOUR thoughts!