New Accessible Cooperative Play

You have probably heard about the many benefits of cooperative games including improved communications, social IQ, team bonding and building, stress reduction and gaining more meaning in life. You may have even reading up which games to buy or even bought a few co-op games to try - but then been pushed back by detailed rules and maybe thrown in the towel when you have tried to teach others so you can play with them.

Studies have repeatedly shown that one of the highest drivers of meaning in life for humans is the constructive interaction they have with others. Board games can bring people together to interact so boxes get ticked right away.  But not all games are equal.  Many games are competitive so there is a winner and a looser - which can be a bitter experience that many seek to avoid.

There are a number of cooperative game types and one of the defining features is that a loss is distributed among team members - which makes the gaming experience more enjoyable as it is much less onerous on individuals.  Most co-op games pit you against a game mechanic (detailed rules) so that you all team up to play against the game system. TorKings is one of a rarer cooperative board games where you play one team against another. Losses are still distributed but as TorKings' rules are exceedingly simple and quick to pick it has a rare distinction of being one of the most accessible cooperative strategic board games on the planet!

You have probably heard about the many benefits of cooperative games includes improved communications, social IQ, team bonding and building, stress reduction and gaining more meaning in life. You may have even reading up which games to buy or even bought a few co-op games to try - but then found out that they take an extensive amount of time to read and understand the detailed rules and then possibly thrown in the towel when you have tried to teach others so you can play with them.

There are many cooperative board games out there but they by and large have failed to make it into the mainstream.   The main problem being that they are often notoriously laden with detailed and complex rules that take ages to pick up and mobilize into actual gameplay. I.e. they suffer from poor accessibility.