Let’s be honest. Most of us in the hobby buy games that we play once or twice or in rare cases, three or four times. In fact, the term “shelf of shame” is a thing, describing games that people have bought but not yet played. The thing is, these games sit there unplayed for months on end and may never see the welcome sight of a table, let alone a board game table. So in this article, I want to look at this a bit further and investigate why we don’t play the same games more than a handful of times.

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    9 days ago

    In my opinion, the best board games get better with repeated plays because that’s when you can really get into the strategy.

    I feel you. My game club got into Dune Uprising recently and we played dozens of games in a month. You could see the skill level rising so starkly. Looking forward to the Bloodlines expansion!

    Side note, but I also really hate the idea of legacy games where you just have to throw the thing out once you’re done.

    Yeah, I finished Pandemic Legacy recently and it really seems like a waste. I wish there was more focus on making the games resettable, and not making components single-use.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      6 days ago

      I enjoyed the experience of Pandemic legacy, but yeah, it feels so wasteful. We started a game of Betrayal legacy (got shelved indefinitely due to life and scheduling) but it was much the same. More immersive, but everything was intentionally permanent.