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If games are really about learning, then on each turn, not only are you testing a hypothesis, you’re posing an interesting problem for your opponent to learn how to solve. It’s such an important lesson, I optimize all the games I design for learning: they have ultra-simple rules and no luck, to make pinpointing mistakes faster and simpler, which in turn makes learning more pleasurable. It’s true in games and it’s true in life. The answers are there, and games teach you to keep testing until you find them. Think of each turn as an experiment, a hypothesis test, because it is. Games are learning accelerators.
Does losing make you feel sullen? If so, you’re an Over-Investor. Think about how playing games makes you feel. You feel they’re an unseemly indulgence. I’m guessing this is a byproduct of the Protestant Ethic which has so shaped our culture.You’ve never played board games before, so you don’t have any opinion about them, or maybe you think they’re just for kids, and you don’t understand what the fuss is about.Although it’s a common problem, there are other reasons people don’t like board games, notably: How to cure Over-investment Syndrome?įirst, it’s important to make sure you’re actually an over-investor. I would hate to have missed that, and I don’t want others to miss it. Board games, I’m convinced, are one of the most mentally, socially, and even spiritually nourishing entertainments in our world. I was once an over-investor, and I’m grateful I am no longer, because games changed my life: they taught me how to learn. Why try to cure Over-Investment Syndrome?
Type 2: these sufferers (mostly men) are the opposite: they’re not opposed to competition, but they don’t want to unleash the competitive beast in an activity which seems unreal or unimportant. A lot of women seem to fall into this category. Type 1: these sufferers dislike competition generally, in games and life, because it feels like a needless kind of one-upmanship, which pointlessly makes someone feel bad. There appears to be two distinct types of sufferers: I call this Over-Investment Syndrome and a majority of the haters I’ve spoken to have it, which has surprised me. When they win, they feel they’ve subjected their opponents to the same. When they lose, they feel they’ve endured a public humiliation. What I mean is: those who dislike board games often care so much about who wins and loses, their identities are affected. If you hate board games, maybe it applies to you? Here it is: Many people who dislike board games care too much about them. Notably, there appears to be a dominant factor in turning people off board games. I make games for a living and I want to understand how to make games less hate-able.Īs a board games nutcase, I have a hard time understanding how anyone, ANYONE, can avoid being compelled, as if by some unseen force, to spend every waking minute thinking about, playing, and designing board games.īut I’m a curious nutcase, so years ago I began asking people who don’t like them (as if that were possible hahaha no seriously that’s not possible) about why. Important: before you read what follows, if you don’t like board games, I’d be grateful if you told me why in this 2-question survey.
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