My two gotos have been the Mojo v3 (Spartan 6 LX9) (fairly old at this point), they can be had for $30 on eBay and have a built in programmer, and the Alchitry Au (Artix 7 35T). It's $100, but it's nice and compact and has a ton of gates. Also has a built in programmer and 256 MiB of DDR3.
Neither of these have high speed serial interfaces (for things like ethernet, PCIe, HDMI, etc.), but they're fun starting points.
I'd love to get into making my own FPGA boards, but man, BGAs are scary from a hobbyist perspective. The Spartan 6 LX9 is neat (from a hobbyist perspective) in that it's a big QFP.
Neither of these have high speed serial interfaces (for things like ethernet, PCIe, HDMI, etc.), but they're fun starting points.
I'd love to get into making my own FPGA boards, but man, BGAs are scary from a hobbyist perspective. The Spartan 6 LX9 is neat (from a hobbyist perspective) in that it's a big QFP.