Spouse and I have a closet overfilled with board games of various descriptions. We participated for several years in a gaming group that met at a pizza parlor near our home until it changed dates and moved.
We have a bunch of games we can't play right now, because they are either only for, or better for, more than two. There are online options for those, but part of the value in game playing for us is the interpersonal interaction, so not right now, thanks. We also have plenty of games that play with two. In that category in our house are multiple Carcassonne variants, a comprehensive set of Ticket To Ride maps, and what's currently getting the most overall play: Azul and Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra. I have also been a tournament bridge player and was able to contend at reasonably high levels; I have stepped away from that for a while for the sake of my mental health.
As far as video games go, spouse thinks of them as a time sink they have no patience for. I am a veteran of thirty years or so where my work entailed pushing buttons to make computers do things (software developer/manager), and I had no desire to do the same thing in my spare time.
Not being overly blessed with the physical skills that competitive sports emphasize, most of my sports activity is of the sort where one can compete against oneself and one's own limitations. I am a fairly regular cyclist who is frequently time trialing against my best time on a familiar route. Tenpin bowling, golf, and skiing are things I have enjoyed in the past.
We are both interested enough in the competitive aspect of sports to find it worth watching, especially when the competition occurs at the highest level. We watch as much for the story as for the outcome. Our interests wind up only casually intersecting US norms. American and most-of-the-rest-of-the-world football are both worth watching; our favorite vent there is bemoaning the porous state of the US men's national team back line, with figuring out just exactly who we should be as a footballing nation close behind. (Much less problem with the women: they're the best in the world for now, and we hope they can manage to stay ahead as the major footballing nations realize that the same things that make their men's teams excellent work for women as well.) Our DVR gets a lot of work during the Olympics and the Tour de France; also the Tour of California (where we live) before it was "put on hiatus" (hope it's not permanent) after last year's race. And if we have an emotional investment in a team in one of the more popular US sports, we'll watch and cheer for them.
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House of Games
on 2020-03-24 05:40 am (UTC)We have a bunch of games we can't play right now, because they are either only for, or better for, more than two. There are online options for those, but part of the value in game playing for us is the interpersonal interaction, so not right now, thanks. We also have plenty of games that play with two. In that category in our house are multiple Carcassonne variants, a comprehensive set of Ticket To Ride maps, and what's currently getting the most overall play: Azul and Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra. I have also been a tournament bridge player and was able to contend at reasonably high levels; I have stepped away from that for a while for the sake of my mental health.
As far as video games go, spouse thinks of them as a time sink they have no patience for. I am a veteran of thirty years or so where my work entailed pushing buttons to make computers do things (software developer/manager), and I had no desire to do the same thing in my spare time.
Not being overly blessed with the physical skills that competitive sports emphasize, most of my sports activity is of the sort where one can compete against oneself and one's own limitations. I am a fairly regular cyclist who is frequently time trialing against my best time on a familiar route. Tenpin bowling, golf, and skiing are things I have enjoyed in the past.
We are both interested enough in the competitive aspect of sports to find it worth watching, especially when the competition occurs at the highest level. We watch as much for the story as for the outcome. Our interests wind up only casually intersecting US norms. American and most-of-the-rest-of-the-world football are both worth watching; our favorite vent there is bemoaning the porous state of the US men's national team back line, with figuring out just exactly who we should be as a footballing nation close behind. (Much less problem with the women: they're the best in the world for now, and we hope they can manage to stay ahead as the major footballing nations realize that the same things that make their men's teams excellent work for women as well.) Our DVR gets a lot of work during the Olympics and the Tour de France; also the Tour of California (where we live) before it was "put on hiatus" (hope it's not permanent) after last year's race. And if we have an emotional investment in a team in one of the more popular US sports, we'll watch and cheer for them.