The quiet disappearance of player elimination games

I was going through my shelf last weekend and realized I haven't touched a single player elimination game in like 5 years. Back around 2018 my group would play Bang! or King of Tokyo constantly, but now everyone wants games where you stay in until the end. I think a lot of the newer euro-style games from places like Essen changed what people expect from a Saturday night. Does anyone else's group just avoid games where you can get knocked out early?

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parkera222mo ago

My old group still plays elimination games all the time. We keep Bang! in rotation and I think it's fun to watch from the sidelines and roast people still in. @joseph_torres I get what you're saying but sometimes getting taken out early is part of the tension, it makes everyone play faster and less careful.

joseph_torres2mo agoMost Upvoted

Is it just a gaming thing though? I swear this same shift happened everywhere I look, people don't want ANY risk of sitting out or being left behind anymore. It's like we're all scared of missing out on something.

miam752mo ago

oh absolutely, my group is exactly the same. we tried to pull out bang! last month and three people just sat there scrolling their phones after the first round. it kills the whole vibe when someone's out for 45 minutes. i miss the old days where getting eliminated just meant you got to heckle everyone and it was still part of the fun.