They’re not learning anything or challenging anyone, they’ve forgotten the score system if they ever knew it, they’re just enjoying watching their friends try to work out whether Whipped Cream or Spam is more Cuddly.
If nothing is being learned, why does that question sound fascinating to me.
Does playing one deck not have any depth?
This might be incidental, but in both of these cases it sounds like someone is ignoring an overarching game for the sub-games. TCGs for instance consist of a core game (using the deck) and a metagame (building the deck). (I personally kinda don’t like deckbuilding, so I don’t play most of TCGs. I’m the audience for Keyforge). This individual comparison between whipped cream and spam is a small game. And it’s quite common for party games to have overarching games that aren’t really necessary. IIRC, Aella’s “game”, Askhole just dispenses completely with an overarching game, each card presents its own discrete ordeal.
If nothing is being learned, why does that question sound fascinating to me.
Does playing one deck not have any depth?
This might be incidental, but in both of these cases it sounds like someone is ignoring an overarching game for the sub-games. TCGs for instance consist of a core game (using the deck) and a metagame (building the deck). (I personally kinda don’t like deckbuilding, so I don’t play most of TCGs. I’m the audience for Keyforge). This individual comparison between whipped cream and spam is a small game. And it’s quite common for party games to have overarching games that aren’t really necessary. IIRC, Aella’s “game”, Askhole just dispenses completely with an overarching game, each card presents its own discrete ordeal.