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The Everlasting Game

July 4 2025

The Everlasting Game
PAX East 2025

Most games are worth a few plays but you eventually are done with them. Many tabletop games will rarely survive more than four or five plays. But then there are those legendary games that seem to stick around forever. The lifestyle games. From Counter Strike to Magic: The Gathering Chess to Ice Hockey some games transcend the pattern. What's their secret? What are the real mechanical and design differences between a game you'll play once and a game you'll play for the rest of your life?

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