UPDATE: DT’s low score for Deep Regrets

Post I made last week regarding Dice Tower's low scores regarding Deep Regrets. A lot of you had things to say about this, and it encouraged me to take the plunge (accidental pun).

We liked it. I mean, we REALLY liked it. It fits a need I did not know I had. Yes, it's mostly luck, but that fits given the format. It's fishing. It did not take long for me to grab both extensions. Funny enough, I was worried about not liking the game without them (thinking the extensions would "fix" the concerns by the reviewers). I just want to get "more" of what the base game does.

I'm a grown-ass man who should know better than thinking these scores and rankings are as if they were solid gold standards. To complicate things further, I missinterpret these scores all the time. 6 out 10 is still good. It's not bad because there are games with much better scores out there. Lastly, there is no reason to think that some of the games they reviewed as "bad" could be games that I like.

I feel doubly silly because this should not be a new lesson for me. When I started out in this hobby, I looked at the BBG top 100 as something that represented the penultimate board gaming experience. I would snatch any game that was on that list if I did not already own it. I enjoyed a lot of these games, but not necessarily all of them.

Then this one time, I went over to a friend's house for a board game day. They were playing this game I had never heard about called Medici, and I @#$% loved it. I mean... LOOOOVED it. I would have played that the whole damn day. When I looked it up, I was flabbergasted to see it several hundred positions down the top 100 (I may be wrong, but I recall it being in the low thousands; now it seems to be around 700). Another one that surprised me was Skull. This game is responsible for one of the best family memories. I brought it to a Christmas party with my new in-laws. It was a game of 6 players, and we had twice that amount of people looking over our shoulders and shouting with each played hand.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who helped remind me that this hobby is about fun, and part of the fun is trying and discovering new things.

/bow with thankfulness.

Bonus: As an example, I'll take MTG. It's a game that has its place in the history books for gaming. I know many people who revere it and may even say it shaped their youth. I also know that this game is NOT for everyone, and I can tell when that's the case before they've even tried the game. As for me? It's good. It's more than fine... I'd rather play Old King's Crown.