Board games with emergent complexity? - Lemmy.World
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Some games are complicated - they have really complex rules. Examples of this are games where you have to track many different types of tokens, with different rules for each. Other games have really simple rules, but still manage to produce extreme complexity in they way they are played. Go is the perfect example of this. It literally has 2-3 rules, but because you can play anywhere, the complexity it can produce is wide and deep, to the point that tomes have been written on how to play it. What other boardgames exist that have very simple rules, but produce complex and interesting game play?

cross posting here because there was some interesting discussion in some of the comment threads.

  • Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org
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    8 months ago

    The sportsballphobia you mention having… I’d imagine some of them have emergent complexity too! I’d imagine all the football formation thingies with Xs and Os are part of it. Not an expert on any sports, but I know at least at higher levels they do involve strategy, even if they rely on high levels of athleticism. I have been watching a few videos on sports and some of them can be surprisingly accessible to people with next-to-zero knowledge of sports.

    • naught101OPM
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      8 months ago

      Oh yeah, for sure. I wasn’t trying to deride sports, it’s just something that doesn’t capture my interest enough.