Computer games, board games, etc. are accepted.
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#2Game of thrones board game - fun, negotiation, persuation and strategy in one package. There is variaty of strategies how to win and each requires interaction between players. The best moments were about reasoning why to everybody should ally with you instead of others.
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#3This might be a captain obvious-type answer...but have you thought about Chess?
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#4Settlers of Catan taught me not to trust anyone, ever.
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#5Go. Rules are much simpler than chess, but it took computers much longer to beat humans.
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#6IQ can be reduced through maltreatment, but in general we don't know how to increase IQ. Higher IQ people are more likely to play chess, but playing chess does not raise IQ. So just play the games you enjoy.
"Most people think playing chess makes you 'smarter', but the evidence isn't clear on that" https://phys.org/news/2019-07-people-chess-smarter-evidence-... .
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#7Factorio if you're into engineering planning, or maybe community test chambers of Portal 2 for puzzles that can be picked up readily.
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#8Game of thrones board game - fun, negotiation, persuation and strategy in one package. There is variaty of strategies how to win and each requires interaction between players. The best moments were about reasoning why to everybody should ally with you instead of others.
One of the most fun board games I've played, but it does take a while and requires like five players or so.
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#9Set
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#10I really like playing "Immersive Sim" games (aka Prey, System Shock, Deus Ex, etc) because they generally have really tough combat but open ended gameplay. This means you must think very carefully about every encounter to come out on top.