Another game I forget to win all the damned time: Eclipse. Playing it is pure pleasure, especially with all the expansion widgets and fancy plastic ship fleets. Aaaand then four or five hours later I’ve lost.

Meanwhile, every minute I’m not actively playing Twilight Imperium I’m reminded that I’m failing to win and it just means 8 hours of feeling angry. Weird, right? But there’s def something about FFG’s (or Corey’s) approach to that flavor of game that amps up the acrimony and strips away the operational fun so you can focus on it.