There are a lot of top 10 lists out there in the world of games. But so far, none for game gurus who have to recommend games to brand new players who have no idea what they want. A game like that has to grab players right from the beginning, it has to offer a kind of fun they haven't experienced before, and it has to be teachable in an extremely short span of time. Ticket to Ride? Too complicated. Catan? Forget it. This is the list of indispensable games for breaking through to the new.