Beyond the Sun - I enjoyed this one. The game turned into a run away for one of the players who had pushed hard down the science track. I learned some lessons too latr, but that's to be expected in the first play.
Dead Men Tell No Tales - I really liked this one, but I'm a sucker for cooperative games where you're just trying to stem the tide of misery. It was the first play for everyone, so strategies started to unfold but a little too late, we lost with two treasures right beside each other left to collect.