I’ve been playing Ark Nova on BGA (boardgamearena) a lot in the past two years, somewhere between 1500 and 2000 games. That means 1000+ hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s quite addictive. I stopped for a while, but then started playing arena\/season mode. It gave you a score and a rank and reset every 2 (or 3?) months, which made it even more addictive because every X months I felt I could start fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Wesley arrived, I started feeling bad about playing it. On one hand, I was often interrupted by the baby and had to play while being distracted; on the other hand, when my energy level is low due to exhaustion, I turn to this kind of familiar game to relax, which has become a constant state. Overall, I just didn’t feel it was an enjoyable experience anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also realized that, as a soft completionist gamer, I don’t really like games that never end. I like to finish a game and move on to the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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