Saturday discussion post: board games (72/365)

[white_hart]

We have been watching The Queen's Gambit on Netflix, which is very good even if you know as little about chess as I do.

I don't really like any board games (other than possibly Trivial Pursuit). I never find that they manage to hold my interest, and they tend to stifle other conversation. I know lots of people who really enjoy them, though. So tell me, if you like playing board games, what do you enjoy about them? What kinds do you play? Or are you like me and don't like them?

Comments

[mountainkiss]

I like TP because I learn stuff but otherwise I try to avoid them because I’m insanely competitive but it is not a side of myself that I want to nurture.

On the other hand my close relationship with my nephew comes out of a five hour game of Monopoly and I would not trade that for the world.

[white_hart]

I am also extremely competitive, and utterly fixated on rules, which is a bad combination, I think.

[girlyswot]

We have a thing that some of us (ME) have to keep reminding ourselves: Let us not love winning more than we love those against whom we compete.

[mountainkiss]

There is that, but I also overreact to losing and want to avoid that experience.