Diving into BoardGameGeek
&gt; Are heavy games really &#x27;better&#x27; than &#x27;light&#x27; games?<p>To serious board game players, yes, more complex games are &quot;better&quot; because the simple games tend to have dozens of games with almost identical feel. If the game is complex there can be more variety.<p>&gt; But I don&#x27;t have time to play games that are very complex and take many hours!<p>And the authors personal biases heavily stilt things.