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The shift from heavy euros to light party games in my group over 5 years
I remember back in 2018 my group would sit down for a 4 hour game of Terraforming Mars or Caverna every Friday night. Now if a game takes longer than 45 minutes, half the group loses interest and pulls out their phones lol. I think what changed was when three of the guys had kids and suddenly free time got real scarce. Last month I tried to bring out Brass Birmingham and two people literally groaned. So now my shelf is full of stuff like Codenames, Just One, and Wavelength. Even I miss the deep strategy sometimes but I get it. Anyone else have their group switch from heavy games to quick ones as life got busier?
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eric_carr3d ago
The whole "two people literally groaned" part hit close to home. My buddy Dave brought Gates of Loyang to a game night last year, and his brother-in-law Mike just sat there and said "nah, I'll pass" and started scrolling Instagram. Dave didn't even open the box, just put it back in his car. Now his shelf is mostly Just One and that one about drawing fish with terrible artists. He tells me he misses the old days too but what can you do.
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sullivan.elliot2d ago
That Dave story hurts. My Terra Mystica box has been in the trunk for two years now.
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