The rule is: simple enough that nobody has to be persuaded.
Ambitious game nights happen twice. Simple ones happen for years. Cards, dice, one board game everybody already knows.
Same night, same time, snacks that require no cooking. Lower the effort until it survives a bad week.
Let the youngest person pick the game every other round and attendance solves itself.
How to actually do it
- 01Choose one game everyone already understands.
- 02Fix the night and keep it even when it is only two of you.
- 03Keep it under an hour so it stays a treat.
You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.
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