This past Sunday, I met up with a few friends and had a chance to play one of the board games that I own – Escape: The Curse of the Temple. The experience was okay, but it reminded me of the reasons why I ended up “quitting” board games.

Don’t get me wrong, modern day board games (or the more accurate term, table top games) are a lot of fun and they provide a kind of social interaction that video games will never be able to, in my opinion. Table top games filled the void after I had given up Heroclix and for several months, I was really into the hobby. I ended up buying several games, and I made it a point to attend a monthly event called All Aboard wherein the organizers would bring different games for people to try out. I’d be there by lunch time and…