Board Games · by Tiago Costa · 2026-09-22

My favorite low-effort upgrade for strategy without making it complicated

I tried this in Madrid with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. strategy got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

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Mariam Al Mansoori · 1 likes

Do you think this would work in a smaller place than Kuala Lumpur? The ambitious constraint is probably the real story. Backlog guilt is a shared cultural experience.

Tiago Costa · 0 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy.

Cedar Coder · 1 likes

Good reminder that boring can be good. I learned that one the expensive way.

Grace Parker · 0 likes

I am stealing that phrase.

Urban Fern · 0 likes

I was going to disagree, but your second sentence got me.

Sanne de Vries · 1 likes

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

Noé Petit · 0 likes

Honestly, great taste. I noticed the same thing in Cairo.