So last week before Christmas I played another game of Agricola. I played with the uber couple who've played so many times they consistantely get 30 or 40 points in a 4 or 5 player game.
I've decided to move Agricola to my "no thanks" list of games. These are games I don't want to play, usually with certain people. Or in some cases these are games you simply have no interest in at all.
Other games on my list:
Settlers of Catan. Yes, great gateway game but for some reason I don't care about playing it. Maybe because I've never won, (yes, something as silly as that affects my judgement). Seems like the only way to get ahead is being a jerk and cutting off another persons growth, especially in a 4 player game (have not played with the 5-6 player expansion).
Taluva. Love the art but only recently did someone take the time to explain the 'like tiles expansion' rules fully. I'd pass if certain people play in the same game.
Hacienda. I like this one, but again if certain friends are playing I'd rather play something I have a better chance of winning.
Saint Petersburg. Bleh!
Jungle Speed. More of a party game, but I was reminded of this yesterday before we started Bang! Our host brought it out with several others and thankfully it was tossed aside because the pregnant lady didn't want to jostle herself too much.
So are there games you'd prefer not to play with certain people you know?
There is a friend of mine with whom I should never ever again play Trivial Pursuit (as a team).
Individually, we each were formidable. Together, we were a disaster.
Every time she thought I was absolutely right, her answer was the correct one. Every time I relented and went with her answer, my answer was the correct one. We ended up with one pie wedge and a lot of buddies who were red-faced from laughing.
OTOH, my buddies and I are forbidden from suggesting Taboo as a party game if the teams are "Guys vs Girls." I swear, the last time we played, it was like we were a groupmind. Our "in-jokes" allowed us to guess the correct answers in just seconds- followed by guys gasping for air in laughter and women gaping in amazement and miffitude.
Munchkin is one game there are some friends I can't play it with. They take the game too seriously and they don't get the screw your opponent attitude of the game. There are some couples I won't play it with as they will work together as one and make it not fun.
Axis and Allies there are some people we play with that we purposely have only play certain countries.
Mostly though the people themselves choose not to play the games they don't like or would ruin for other people. So, it is not as big of deal with us.
I can safely add Qwirkle to my list now. I had liked the game, but after the whipping I got last night, nope, not gonna play it anymore.
Oh, come on! So, you used to like the game, but now you refuse to play it just because you lost one night? Between that and the reasoning for some of the games in your first post, I have to say that it kind of sounds like you're a bit of a sore loser.
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I can sort of sympathize. There are certain games that lend themselves to a level of rote play that gives someone who plays it all the time an unbeatable advantage. You're only choice is to play enough times to learn those optimal patterns, which isn't exactly fun. My best friend used to love the Avalon Hill Civilization board game, but he'd determined an optimal path through the game, and there weren't enough random events to reliably shake him off the path. So it became a game where someone had to give up their strategy and concentrate on screwing with him every turn. Not fun.
We also used to have one guy that *hated* for games to end. Rather than play to win, he'd play to keep anyone from winning so the game would go on as long as possible. Very, very frustrating.
I can't say there's a game I won't play with certain people or because I don't win, but there are games i won't play because they are often not much fun.
Axis & Allies, Monopoly, Risk, Carcasonne are big ones. I recently played Pandemic again and I don't like the whole "this is what everyone needs to do" group mind aspect of it. It's more like a discussion than a board game, so it may soon make the list.
I don't have a list of games I won't play in particular, except for Clue which I find exceptionally tedious. I do have a list of people that I'm wary of playing games with, for various reasons.
However, any game that is "twitch"-based I'm not as likely to enjoy, and so I tend to avoid those. By twitch-based I mean that it relies on reflexes or quick perception rather than being able to think at my own speed.
My GM refuses to play Apples to Apples, which I love to tease him about.
I also have a friend I tend not to play with. He is smart, a good tactician and LUCKY. When you combine all those qualities he tends to win way more than his fair share of games (80%+).
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