By playing board games you can build better relationships

ByGabia party

It is a "board game" which has a history long enough to be said to have been played by humans at least thousands of years ago, but if you can build a better human relationship by playing it,QuartzIt marks it.

Playing board games like Monopoly and chess can make make you a nicer person with better relationships - Quartz
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It was held for the first time in 1968 and the 50th event to be commemorated was held in August 2017. The largest board game related event in North America is "Gen Con"is. Gen Con is an event dealing with many subcar contents other than board games such as cosplay and online games, but originally it was an event made for people who enjoy board games. The first organizer to commemorate is the first role playing game in the world later "Dungeons & DragonsWill be createdGary GeyaxMr. is.

In Gen Con a real size "Pioneers of CatanAnd "familiar from ancient times"Candy land"Or"Balderdash, "Game of Thrones" card game tournament, and many board game related events are held. It is a board game that has been familiar to humans from ancient times, but it is clear that many people are loved by modern people like Gen Con has celebrated its 50th anniversary in the age of digital gaming prosperity.

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Even with board games, from role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, "Magic: The GatheringAlthough card games such as "Various" are played, most of them are interpersonal games, so there is a feature that makes players "controlled in confrontation". The process of this confrontation attracts players, even if they lose the game, they will make me think that it was "fun."

For example, in the case of "chess" which is one of the famous board games used for war and military strategy, "opponent" is "controlled confrontation", and only the result of which one finally wins There is no flashhouse or originality on the board that the game officials are the real thrill of chess, that is, "fun".

Board games are temporary, but they unleash players from the distinction of "winning group" and "losing group" that are clearly present in their lives. Professor Mary Flanagan, who is conducting research on movies and media, said The Atlantic "reminds me of order change system, rules and fairness" and features of board gamestalkis.

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Another important feature of the board game is that multiple people need to sit together in the same room and focus on the same experience in real time. These experiences are an increasingly valuable experience in modern social media growth. In factAccording to The AtlanticRecent young people have increased opportunities to communicate using smartphones in their rooms, so the number of children in their teens feeling lonely is increasing rapidly. And contemporary children feeling loneliness are said to have a higher rate of depression and anxiety than those of children of the past.

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Indeed, most people who participated in the Bo game event Gen Con showed satisfaction with the event, which is no less than the fact that they enjoyed the same time together with others. Penny Arcade Expo Organizer of events for game creatorsNew York Times"It turned out that what we do together is very addictive" as I said, playing with someone like a board game may be highly addictive.

Also on the Kickstarter of the cloud funding siteThe original board game is gathering a lot of fundsIt is clear that the concern for board games is increasing worldwide also from. And most of them are not just simple games that just roll dice, but advanced bargaining and strategy becomes important, so you will improve every time you play and the satisfaction level of the players will also increase.

In many modern times when many are hungry for a connection with people, Quartz sports that inviting a neighbor to a house to play in a board game seems like a good starting point.