rwallace comments on A Player of Games - Less Wrong

15 Post author: Larks 23 September 2010 10:52PM

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Comment author: rwallace 24 September 2010 04:58:15AM 3 points [-]

I did something like this back in the 90s, with a guy in a local gaming club who had a big collection of boardgames, played a different one each time, and won about 50% of the time. It's important to bear in mind the typical boardgame does not have the depth of chess or Go -- those are classics for a reason -- and most of them are actually pretty much ideal for this sort of rapid pickup.

Comment author: wedrifid 24 September 2010 05:04:12AM 1 point [-]

and most of them are actually pretty much ideal for this sort of rapid pickup.

You have that right. There is nothing like the combination of having a lot of fun and winning. Oh, wait, different 'pickup'. Nevermind. ;)