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

[julian]

Basically, if they're an excuse to hang out together and be enthusiastic about something, with *lots of conversation* going on, then that's fine.

Or, alternatively, if everyone's into it in friendly-but-competitive ways, as has happened for me in Trivial Pursuit, then that can be OK. But if it becomes one or two people dragging everyone else along in game-play, that's annoying.

[white_hart]

All too often I find it's people who seem to see playing games as a substitute for conversation rather than a complement. (Also, in the recent past, when I've been pushed into playing games it has been with people who were fairly drunk, while I'm teetotal, which probably hasn't helped.)