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I'ma throw out a few games that meet some of your preferences but not all. I would look at them and see if they interest you at all

Betrayal at House on the Hill
+It starts out as cooperative but at some point the scenario gets revealed and it may stay cooperative or become one vs many.
+Each scenario plays very differently
=Fairly easy to learn, but not the easiest
-Doesn't work for 2 people

The castles of Burgundy
+Works well for two to four players
+Once you know how to play its pretty simple and turns go pretty quickly
+Similar to Ticket to Ride in it's easy to play it "ok" but you'll learn new strategies and get better every time you play
+Kind of a mix of Euro and American imo. It's mostly competition through resource denial (and turn order denial) but its a lot more impactful/common than in Ticket to Ride.
+Has enough randomness to keep the games varied, but is less swingy than something like catan imo.
-A little bit to learn, the gameplay is simple its just learning what every tile does. (Complexity 3/5 vs 1.86/5 for US Ticket to Ride). This is probably one I would recommend to someone looking for something like Catan but a little better more complex.
-Not team based

The Resistance: Avalon (Or regular resistance but that one has balance issues)
+Team based, but hidden teams in same way that werewolf is
+Bluffing with a lot of potential strategy
+Easy to learn
-Doesn't work for two people

Tragedy Looper
+Team based, with it being 1 vs the rest
+Works with 2-4 players and is fun with any number (4 is probably ideal though)
+Has a very cool premise where one player is trapping everyone in a time loop and trying to prevent the other players from figuring it out
-Higher complexity than the rest (Will take some time to learn). Only the person playing the mastermind needs to understand everything though, the other players have it a bit easier
-Probably more complex than your looking for, but maybe down the road you can branch out into it if it interests you. (Complexity 3.51/5 vs 1.86/5 for US Ticket to Ride)
-Due to it being scenario based can't play infinitely. But I think there is a good number

Splendor
+Easy to learn (Easier than Ticket to Ride)
+You can play ok at first but similar to Ticket to ride you start to pick up little tricks as you go along
+Works well for 2 to 4 players
+Fast game (30 mins or so) so you can play lots of rounds
-Euro style with the only direct competition being resource denial (although it's a little more common here than TTR I find).


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