I think the proof is in the pudding.  I&#x27;ve played hundreds of hours of chess in my life, and I set chess aside as a special case, but as for the rest of the traditional board games, they become boring once you&#x27;ve played highly rated games on boardgamegeek.com.  Monopoly is a good example.  It feels crushingly dull and random (yes, even with wheeling and dealing) to the point that I would call it an anti-game - it actually removes fun instead of creates it.  A better title would be &quot;Death March.&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve spent that last thirty years playing and watching board games enter what seems to be their golden age, and have introduced scores of people to the games I love, and have had friends do so in kind.  Almost universally people say something along the lines of, &quot;Wow, that was fun.  It&#x27;s nothing like the games we played as a kid.&quot;  Often followed up with &quot;Where do we buy this?&quot; They don&#x27;t play the games from their childhood anymore because they&#x27;re boring and they didn&#x27;t know there were alternatives.  Now they&#x27;ll play board games as adults and enjoy themselves.  Beats the Hell out of TV.