I thought cooperative board games were boring until one night in March changed that

Me and my group always played competitive stuff like Risk or Catan. Then a buddy brought over Pandemic on a Thursday and I rolled my eyes so hard. But after 30 minutes of us all panicking over an outbreak in Tokyo, I was hooked. The teamwork actually felt tense and fun, not lame. Has anyone else had a cooperative game flip their opinion?

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mason_foster681mo ago

Dude that's exactly how I felt the first time I played Castle Panic with my nephews.

jessica_miller1mo ago

Right, and isn't that part of the fun though? Watching kids get totally wiped out by a goblin invasion while your perfect defense plan crumbles is half the entertainment. It's basically a lesson in humility for adults, wrapped in a cardboard box. Plus the look on their faces when they finally pull off a win is totally worth it.

burns.fiona1mo ago

Same thing happened to me with Forbidden Island. My wife kept pushing me to try it and I kept saying nah, that looks weak. Finally gave in one rainy Saturday and we barely escaped with our lives like three rounds in a row. The tension was real, way more than I expected from a co-op game. Totally changed my mind about the whole genre. It's nice when a game proves you wrong like that.