Compare Cooperative and Competitive Board Games for a Group

Both types can work for a game night and both can go wrong, just in different ways. Cooperative games have the quarterbacking problem where one person directs everyone else; competitive games have the sore loser problem that changes the atmosphere after turn three. This compares them for your specific group and gives you two game recommendations in each category that would actually suit the people you have got.

I am choosing between a cooperative board game and a competitive one for a group of [number] people. Some members of the group are [describe the group: ages, gaming experience, what they enjoy]. Compare the two approaches for this specific group: what each one does well, where each one tends to cause problems (competitive: sore losers; cooperative: quarterbacking), and which type is more likely to result in everyone wanting to play again. Give two specific game recommendations in each category that would suit this group.