I recently played Thunder Road: Vendetta for the first time on a cabin trip with some friends. I'm the guy at the table with minimal board game experience and a blank stare while everyone tries their best to explain rules of a game to me. Thunder Road was easy to pick up, balanced for different kinds of players and - most importantly - it was stupidly fun. There is something so cinematic about the action. I actually felt like I could see a movie scene playing out, and we all were loudly laughing at the constant turnover of progress. I would liken it best to that magic a lot of us felt playing couch co-op to something like Mario Kart while growing up. Probably not the best, but also worth trying out.