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After years of hating on cooperative board games, I finally get why people love them
I was always the guy who said "why play together when we can just beat each other?" (you know, sore winner and all that). But last month my buddy brought over Pandemic Legacy and I rolled my eyes so hard I almost strained something. Three rounds in, I was actually leaning forward in my chair, arguing with my girlfriend about whether we should quarantine in Seoul or Mumbai first. The tension was real. We lost by one turn and I couldn't stop thinking about it for days. Now we're three sessions in and I'm the one suggesting we play on a Tuesday night. Has anyone else made the switch from competitive to cooperative and felt like they were betraying their former self?
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harper_owens1mo ago
Oh man, the betrayal feeling is real. I think the crazy part nobody talks about is how coop games expose your actual personality under pressure, like you think you're chill until someone makes a bad move and suddenly you're micromanaging their turn in a board game about farming or whatever. It's still competitive just against the mechanics instead of each other, and honestly that can feel way more brutal.
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simoncarr1mo ago
Dude this reminds me of when my buddy tried to teach us this super chill cactus farming game and within ten minutes we were literally arguing about who gets to water the aloe vera. Some people just can't handle a fake drought apparently lol.
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