What Makes a Good Game

No one can say certainty what makes a game endure and spread in popularity, or why ercane, Forgoten games hang on and thrive in one region and not other.
Sometimes fashion playes unexpected trump, as when backgammon rose from near obsecurity to become fashionable during 1960s and 1970s. The poker world of today is dominated by Texas Hold "Em, which for the first century of its existence was perhapsknown only montana saloons.

Several elements do appear to influence survival in the game worldA sense of competition is obviously important,and so portability. Many children's games endure because they require little or no equipment.

Often, race and tag games simply involve energy, while word games need only penciland paper. A mix of luck and skill is eternally resent in succesful games. Children enjoy the surprises of chance more than grow-up do,
For older players it's more a matter of personal taste trough we still love a luck break, we hope to have skill to cope with whatever is dealt.