Rant: I thought legacy board games were just a cash grab until I tried one

For years, I heard people at my local game store in Austin talk about legacy games like they were the best thing ever. I thought it was just a trick to get you to buy more stuff, like you pay for a game and then wreck it. Then my group played Pandemic Legacy Season 1 last month. We played it over six weeks. The way the game changed forever after our choices, and the new rules that came out of an envelope when we lost a city... it felt totally different. It wasn't just a board game anymore, it was our story. I was wrong. It's a legit new way to play. Has anyone else had a game type they hated until they actually gave it a real shot?

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christopher3899d ago

Totally get where you're coming from. I felt the same way about deck builders for the longest time, thought they were just boring card shuffling. Finally tried Dominion with a friend and it clicked hard, the way you build your engine is so satisfying. Changed my whole view on the genre.

hall.alex9d ago

Remember trying to teach my crew Dominion on a slow day, @christopher389. Watching my foreman's face go from confused to totally hooked when he finally saw his engine work, buying provinces every turn, was priceless. It's that exact moment the game clicks, when you stop just buying cards and start actually building something that runs itself. Makes you want to immediately reset and try a different combo.