do other Aspies dislike games?

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Social type game (board or cards) are an easy way for me to interact. Gatherings are stressful for me unless there is some objective to distract from the need to smalltalk for too long. Games work well enough for that. I get pretty immersed in video games. Not as much as I used to, though.

Nope, I think board games are quite addicting.

I love playing board games and card games. I'm very competitive, so I like to try and win. Plus, I like the rule-driven logic of games. However, I loathe sports. I find them pointless.
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i never much liked monopoly, but i do like board games, like clue or chess.

I love games. They provide me with a way to interact with people since I have no idea how to do small talk. I think I'm one of the few here that actually enjoys the little "getting to know you" games that are usually done at mixers & such.

I like certain types of games like Apples to Apples, Boggle, the Munchkin games, etc. The most social times in my life were when I was invited to game nights. I don't like games that involve planning and strategy, like chess and poker. I simply cannot think one to several turns ahead. I also like to play CRPGs, but only solo. Playing with other people drives me insane.

i'm hopeless at any kind of game or anything else which requires learning and internalizing rules of any kind. that includes the game of life.

I am a big board game fan. But only for games that require some skill and strategy.
I used to play Monopoly and similar American board games when I was little and liked the structure of the game. Now they are just boring, give me choices to what I can do in a game please.
One of my greatest dislikes are games that are mainly social bargaining games where any agreement the players come to is ok. I dislike that amount of freedom in my games.

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Strategy games like Monopoly and Clue, etc., involve the concept of whole (forest) vs parts (trees) which is closely linked to the right hemisphere of the brain as well as working memory/short term memory. Recall reading a How To (understand) Hyperactivity book (1981) about ADHD Inattentive by C. Thomas Wild which reported that three FDA approved medicines (Tirend, NoDoz, Bonine) temporarily improved small aspects of memory (not a cure) thereby temporarily improving the ability to play games like Monopoly and Clue. Very few medicines are known to temporarily improve small aspects of memory (not a cure). That's my understanding. Words: Paying attention, sustained attention, digit span, letter span, short attention span, medium attention span, long attention span, short term/working memory, medium term memory, long term memory, attentiveness, alertness, processing, integration, distractible, distracted, central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), and so on.

I love games, always have and always will. As a child I would create my own board games. I play absolutely everything, and right now my favorite board game is Carcasonne. I play computer games only on the hardest levels, and mostly strategy and adventure. And I was a long time addicted to CS

I'm a board game fan but not the classic ones. Fury of Dracula and Battlestar Galactica are my current favorites.

Fury is a mostly co-op game where the players hunt a single dracula player on a map of Europe. Cat and Mouse like. Galactica is a cooperative board game where you try to stay alive. One or more players might be working against the group. Figuring out who isnt human is half of the fun. It's one of the best examples of a game with a "traitor" mechanic.

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I love boardgames. My mom (and dad) began playing boardgames with me in my early preschool years and I've continued ever since. Back then I enjoyed Rack-o, Aggravation, Monopoly, Mancala, etc. on top of the standard Candyland and Chutes and Ladders that age-group usually plays.

As an adult, I prefer other games like BattleLore, Ticket to Ride, Manila, Munchkin, Chez Geek, Guillotine, and so on. I've also learned that I have a dislike of co-operative games such as Pandemic and Shadows Over Camelot. And although I like Magic the Gathering, I find the costs rather prohibitive.

I'm not a big fan of outdoor games and sports. I just find them boring and messy. I enjoy video games, but usually stick to puzzle/logic/abstract ones and sims (cuboid, flow, flower on ps3, dj hero, guitar hero, rock band, sim city, the sims, sim farm, etc.). I enjoy rpgs like final fantasy, but hate bosses and dislike how they get more and more difficult. I enjoy a slight challenge, but it should be fun, not work-like. The tactics games are utterly awesome (final fantasy tactics, disgaea).

There were math games we played in school, but I can't remember much about them other than that they got me out of class. They were supposed to be preparing us to play them in competition, but that never occurred. I really could've done without all the board races and jeopardy-like games I was subjected to over the years in school.

I love games, all kinds. They're a lot of fun, and the only kind of social interaction I'm good at

I do love games. I've found the biggest problem with them tends to be the people playing them though. Nothing takes me faster out of a game than people who are so obsessed with winning that they don't care if someone new to the game knows how to play. That's why I would love painting miniature armies but I hated the idea of playing them after experiencing being 'taught' the game by wargamers.

I really enjoy trivia games, I've always had a thing for riddles and guessing games. I am rubbish at the sports sections, but I loved playing games like Trivial Pursuit. Although as so often happens with games my family stopped playing that at holidays after one of my sister's complained that year's team had been unfair. Considering it was the three biggest know-it-all Aspies against the rest I could see her point, they didn't really stand a chance even with a numbers advantage. Local trivia shows are really popular here, and my family used to try to guess the answers before the contestants could on the tricky ones (and usually succeeded) while we watched.

Most board games I thought were OK, but they're never fun to play if people don't really know the rules and there's always at least one person who doesn't and several who are so pro at the game it's not as much fun. Unless the game is specifically designed so people don't need to know the rules very well to be able to play against an opponent who knows them very well - which is rare.

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The only computer games I enjoy are Pinball, Solitaire and Scrabble.

I liked board games as a kid, and cards, like Cribbage, etc.

For me, it's people that don't actually try. I hate playing games with people that are drunk or high. I also hate playing with people that interrupt for silly things and try to wiggle out of rules.