2026-08-21

# Board games I like

Disclaimer
 - personal
 - target audience - friends and potential friends

Board games I like
 - Chess
   - I am above-average player at chess compared to average person who plays chess online. Highest rating I got is 1750 on lichess bullet (1+0) games.
   - I no longer put much serious effort into actually improving, such as memorising openings or studying theory. I just play for timepass nowadays. I am aware I could improve a lot if I was serious about it.
 - Catan
   - Same, above-average player compared to average person who plays catan online.
 - Secret Hitler. Resistance, Avalon
   - I am a below-average player, but I like playing anyway.
 - New board games
   - I think I'm quite good at [general game-playing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_game_playing). As in, if you had me play against others many new board games that neither them nor us have ever played before, I think I'd do decently well. Given a set of rules, I can often quickly deduce what the meta would look like, without having to actually play the game many times first. (I have some experience here, although I may want to play with more skilled people to get a better sense of my actual skill level here is.)