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¿Question #5153?
Scott Tepper: What is it about playing boardgames that appeals to you so much?

D00MSTALKER: Entertainment, competition, winning & spending time with family & friends.
Jackal2k: A lot
Woelf: Board games are fun.
Hendal: interaction, competition, fun with friends, a diversion from the real world
dbriel: I hate trees so having them turned into something else useful intrigues and entertains me.
v3rt1g0: Winning
rgalazka: Getting to hang out with friends and have a good time. It is also a great way to spend time with family.
Felimid: Unpredictable, mixing of strategies, kibbitzing, etc.
Gr00ver: I like the stimulating brain activity along with social interaction. I tend to avoid games that are mostly solitare experiences, prefering games wher each individual impacts the outcome of the game.
pwilz: They're shorter and have less downtime than role-playing or miniatures.
WiltChamberlain: winning
kathleenryan: It brings people together and is fun.
Dathkadan: The ritualistic moving around of arcane bits in a structured method of intent.
stoop76: I think that the warm feeling we get from buying a new game and punching out the componenets sums it up. The rest is trying to find a reason to do buy more :)
Asmoridin: Tactics, competition, intellectual challenge
Der Ubermolch: It is both social and brain-exercizing.
hancock.tom: This is a great GQ. I think its the complex decisions in some of them. Others its the historical simulation or the fantastic theme/chrome. The really great ones achieve all of that and more.
chockle: I like playing in a world with a small number of specific rules, which is very different than real life.
DHEK: It's fun and interesting!
Kafka: Intellectual challange in a social setting
elirlandes: The intellectual struggle between friends.
Butterbane: Log out? You mean to say we can actually log out of BGG? Dang! I thought I was trapped here forever!
sujihime: The strategy and the social aspect.
aleo09: can't pinpoint it exactly, being w/ friends in a freindly/competitive environment.
Mr_Six: Friendly competition
cnelson: Seeing the game system in action, interacting with others in a controlled environment, enjoying the theme, and--if I'm lucky--winning.
GrimJester: I don't like playing them. I like eating them, because they are tasty and chock full of minerals and fiber.
jjloc: strategy, interacting with other humans, food for the brain.
Agyar900: Social time
dictator555: #1: Makes socializing less stressful because there's more structure.
cleavet: Primarily the social aspect.
Cut & Space: Social fun
Dorque: Brain exercise, hanging out with friends, laughing when my master giant is killed by a minotaur's desparate headbutt.
Big BabOOn: It is fun...and it keeps you from the evil TV.
themightyhump: The comraderie.
Hoju: BS'ing with my friends
kevinwho: I enjoy the challenge and the mental stimulation of a good game. And I can be social with people without making up lots of stupid small talk.
WatchmanX2000: escapism. history. comradery with friends. watching the changing tides of events. being a know-it-all sometimes
brainrob: Brainwork and socialising at the same time
dwarf: Being with friends and family and having a good time.
Johan: Need a bigger box to answer that.
Steeledragon: socializing and competing
scriptorum: 1. The microcosm of the game, both as a representation of thematic material and as an experience of operating within a set of mechanics and rules. 2. The challenge: competition, discovery of basic game principles, successful application of strategies and subsequent failure against better strategies. The unfolding mystery of gameplay experience. 3. The craft of game design and construction. The smell of the components. The collectibility of the game. Its standing among other games in history.
Loquutus: Matching wits with armed people.
Tushratta: The wee cardboard counters.
rawdawg: thinking and strategy
River Blue: Using my brain. Before it atrophies.
GrandpaDave: They're fun.
BiscuitTheCat: interaction
LemonyFresh: Enjoying the company of others while using your brain
Fawkes: The people you play with.
JohnnyD: Fun factor
bigbadsteve: great way to escape for a few hours
djlg: Intellectual social gatherings.
ssmooth: I really don't know.
CortexBomb: My theory is that I and many others enjoy board games because reality as such has no rules about how we act in the abstract...we need to create them and reason them out. Board games are little artificial worlds with very firm boundaries, so we can try to learn them and be as effective as we possibly can within that construct and chart our progress in a simple manner. I might also add that I like the mental stimulation.
POvidiusNaso: The competition and the thinking.
jttm: Control
Lord_Prussian: Great question--the challenge of learning the rules and strategies, maybe.
puffinge: I think Pokey said it best. Did I really just say that?
Spielfreak: Puzzle-solving, brain exercising, escapism, socializing with friends.
skelebone: Socializing in a competetive, but not too competetive, atmosphere.
CDRodeffer: Spending time with people that's not merely passive, as opposed to watching the tube.
chaddyboy_2000: The social aspect.