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Board Games · by Mariana Costa · 2026-10-08

Playing with friends matters more than a perfect plan

I tried this with friends, and the social part mattered more than having the perfect plan.

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Camille Dubois · 4 likes

You explained the tradeoff really clearly.

Iryna Melnyk · 3 likes

My version of this was messier, but the conclusion was similar

Mariam Said · 4 likes

Now I want a spreadsheet

Maya Putri · 0 likes

Totally agree, especially for beginners

Gentle Fern · 2 likes

I would pin this if I could

Rohan Mehta · 1 likes

helpful correction

Gentle Fern · 1 likes

@rohanreads Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes

Sleepy Fern · 0 likes

I am curious what changed your mind

Priya Nair · 1 likes

my wallet felt that

Avery Johnson · 0 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot

Mariana Costa · 0 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Yui Tanaka · 1 likes

could be regional too

Valeria López · 2 likes

Same here. It took me too long to learn

Amelia Hughes · 1 likes

I think both things can be true

Solar Lantern · 3 likes

Useful intention, poor execution.

Brave Orbit · 1 likes

This sounds good, but in practice it could be a bad idea without more context.

Minji Kim · 1 likes

Anecdotally, this tracks with what I’ve seen. I care less about the perfect answer than repeatability.