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Are you a 1EGAD-Gamer or a GAMAPPIAD-Gamer?

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What type of gamer are you?   When you go to game days do you you prefer to play 1 huge epic deep game that takes 4+ hours, or play as many games as possible?    Does it depend on the mood/the group?  Are you a 1EGAD-Gamer (1 Epic Game A Day)     OR in the spirit of the 2012 Olympics,  are you a GAMAPPIAD-Gamer (Get As Many As Possible Played In A Day) ? Since I'm relatively new (1 year and still going)  to board gaming compared to others, I find that when it comes to the length of games on offer during a board game day, I tend to choose games that play in around the 45-60 minute mark.  Whether it be a Euro game, a party game, a storytelling game, an American-style game...or any other game.  Even when it comes to RPG'ing...if there was a toss up between playing a lot of games in the same time it takes to run a session of AD&D...I'd probably choose - playing lots of games.  (Sorry, my D&D group...hopefully one day you'll see me again... so