Be it a video game, board game, card game, sport, etc.
I haven't played a game of chess in...years. My brother and I keep talking about getting a board and to do a slow-play game that goes over days/weeks since we are really not home or awake at the same times most weeks.
On a similar note, I love playing cards for a similar reason. No two games will ever be the same, you and your partner need to have an understanding, a shared sense of trust and a shared sense of risk in order to succeed...even if you have never played with that partner before. There are a lot of customs, etiquette, variants, etc. but you can play an amazing game with complete strangers if everyone has that basic understanding.
My only problem with cards is finding consistent groups of people who want to play regularly. I play with my brother every chance we get, but 2 player games are limited (cribbage, reverse cribbage, gin, double solitaire, backgammon when we don't want to play cards, etc). The rest of our family is 3000+ miles away, and the groups I used to play with out here all moved away.
I haven't played a game of chess in...years. My brother and I keep talking about getting a board and to do a slow-play game that goes over days/weeks since we are really not home or awake at the same times most weeks.
On a similar note, I love playing cards for a similar reason. No two games will ever be the same, you and your partner need to have an understanding, a shared sense of trust and a shared sense of risk in order to succeed...even if you have never played with that partner before. There are a lot of customs, etiquette, variants, etc. but you can play an amazing game with complete strangers if everyone has that basic understanding.
My only problem with cards is finding consistent groups of people who want to play regularly. I play with my brother every chance we get, but 2 player games are limited (cribbage, reverse cribbage, gin, double solitaire, backgammon when we don't want to play cards, etc). The rest of our family is 3000+ miles away, and the groups I used to play with out here all moved away.
You can play correspondence chess through an app with a configurable limit to how long a user can take for a move (up to two weeks on the chess.com app I believe). Lichess and others are similar. Both players play at their own pace. Sometimes I'll look at a game several times throughout the day before making my move.
You can play correspondence chess through an app with a configurable limit to how long a user can take for a move (up to two weeks on the chess.com app I believe). Lichess and others are similar. Both players play at their own pace. Sometimes I'll look at a game several times throughout the day before making my move.
I used to do a similar thing with a site + app called Warlight for Risk sort of games, but I don't know if I would like that for chess. For some reason, the physical pieces being there make the game feel kind of more special. I like chess a lot, similar to how I like cards a lot. I hate playing cards online. There's something about a physical presence that makes a difference.
I used to do a similar thing with a site + app called Warlight for Risk sort of games, but I don't know if I would like that for chess. For some reason, the physical pieces being there make the game feel kind of more special. I like chess a lot, similar to how I like cards a lot. I hate playing cards online. There's something about a physical presence that makes a difference.
There's a reason chess is the most played game of all time (or maybe it isn't, I don't know.) It's easy to learn but practically impossible for a human to master. Every move is a puzzle when you're playing against someone equally matched. One move can decide the game. When I see that move, or when my opponent makes that move, it's a better feeling than I get from any other game. A lot of games I've played are like works of art to me, especially some of the games I've lost.