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¿Question #2460?
Nomadik: Abstracts, do you play or avoid like the plague?

ocdspectrum: Somewhere in the middle.
BOBBYCAN: I always end up hating them.
Phil Fleischmann: love 'em!
EllenCaroline: Avoid
watcher969: I can play if I enjoy the game
Felimid: Play.
Woelf: Play, although I generally prefer a game to have some sort of theme even if it's pasted on.
Rygel: Play.
xofour: Avoid like the plague. I wash my hands whenever I come into contact with somebody who may have been playing an abstract.
pooterbug: I have to be in the mood for them :)
Solocutor: Play with gusto
gmonk: I play some, avoid some.
WatchmanX2000: explain please what really an abstract is since almost everything has to be abstract somehow.
jammasterjake: Only Blokus
dunne: Avoid like the plague.
vandemonium: Love 'em!
ZeroZilla: I play, but not avidly.
rgatti: Abstracts are good for variety
datainadequate: Mostly avoid
dogzard: Avoid.
mrspank: I avoid, like the plague, questions that have the word plague in them. I like the word plaque though.
CharmlessMan77: I'll try em.
Butterbane: PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY
DHEK: I do play them... but I prefer non-abstract ones better.
aleo09: play.
Brentoon: aboid
onky: Avoid like a plague.
Gamegrunt: Own and enjoy several.
ejohnson7: Avoid.
Zacratorax: avoid
PsyJam: Not my preference.. I like themes.
Leo-T: play - I like them
Boomer: avoid
purvisa: Neither: I do not know.
dougpartridge: I haven't really avoided, but I haven't really played. The whole issue really hasn't come up.
Flummoxx: play
GrimJester: love them
Chris Page: Play, but don't actively seek out.
Kubilai: the latter
GornTC: I play a few.
vampywife: play
moyet: play
miyazakigrognard: Play.
SkyBry: Never tried.
BeeCeeJay: Usually avoid, but not like the plague.
dietevil: I'll play when in the mood
Debate: Avoid
Fawkes: Play, but it had better not be as long as a standard game of Chess or Go.
Marlowe_PI: Never have, but that's not to say I wouldn't.
bigbadsteve: i have played a few
Connal: I play them. They're fun.
Colors: PLay
davidgpeterson: avoid
ZombyDawg: I have to be talked into playing one.
Ebon Wendigo: Play and enjoy
brainrob: Avoid ...
Geosphere: play
tipigi: play
Loquutus: Once in a while.
Shakar: I won't kill to play them, but I won't run away from them.
puffinge: I'm not all that crazy about most abstracts, although I have really enjoyed Blokus and Ingenious of late.
POvidiusNaso: Avoid generally.
scriptorum: I play, but I prefer thematic games more lately.
beakermyers: Like
Reloaded: I'll play anything once...
Lord_Prussian: Play some like YINSH, but avoid others like chess.
bekudno: play
anson: Play.
Larry Chong: Play. Like a good deal many of them.
ValJor: I play them, I like them.
Bahamut-X: Not so bad I guess
Neontek: Avoid
skrutsch: Somewhere in between
Scott Tepper: occasionally play
Gecko23: Play.
AWildEep: play!
Belash: a little of both
djlg: Play them if they're good, but they're not my favourite.
Nap16: Play
DangerMouse: Avoid them like the plague. I *NEED* theme! There are only a few abstracts that I'll play willingly.
ThatFalafelGirl: play, but not a whole lot
leece: I would like to avoid them like the plague, but the people I game with enjoy them. I generally scrape the bits of brain that've dribbled out my ears off the table and put them back into my head afterwoulds though.
jimchris: I've nothing against them. Not the favourites, though.
Gargoyle: If I say 'yes, I play them', does it mean that I don't try to avoid the plague?
thoia: play some
2amp: never played
heli: play them a bit, but not often
viogression: Play them
jttm: Avoid
melissa: Play. Usually prefer things to be less abstract though. Haven't bought any Gipf games yet
skelebone: I enjoy abstracts.
snoozefest: avoid
CDRodeffer: I play them like crazy.
AlorielLelyn: Assuming you mean abstract games, yes. If you mean a specific title "Abstracts", then I haven't played it
chaddyboy_2000: Pretty much avoid, although there are a few ok ones.
gnomehome: Mostly avoid
CortexBomb: I play them, but I rarely love them
ikeafetishist: sure, i play them. how are black vs. white pieces on a checkerboard different from something with a theme tacked onto it?
Dave: Play.
Nomadik: Play all the time