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Hot take: I think the hype around heavy eurogames is killing casual game nights
Honestly, I keep seeing people raving about these 4-hour resource management games with 50-page rulebooks. Tbh, I tried three of them at my local shop in Portland last month, and everyone at the table was just staring at their phones between turns. Ngl, games like Wingspan and Scythe are fine, but they push out lighter games that actually get played. I brought out a 1990s card game last Friday, and it got way more laughs than any heavy euro ever did. Why do we act like longer rules equals better gaming? Anyone else feel like we lost something when we stopped playing games that finish in under an hour?
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casey81811d ago
Pretty sure half the fun is pretending to read the rulebook while everyone else checks who unfriended them on Facebook.
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miller.diana11d ago
God right? lol. Last time we cracked open a new game my buddy spent 10 minutes "studying" the setup rules then goes "wait, who won the Super Bowl?" Completely broke the mood. We just sat there staring at the pieces like idiots.
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