When it comes to curing boredom or if you need something a group can play, board games are a classic go-to. Board games hold a special place in my heart. I come from a big family, so we would usually play board games not only to pass the time but also to bond and hang out with each other. Many of us have played a board game at least once in our lives, even if we did not want to. So if you have ever wondered what your favorite board game says about you, let us find out.

Sorry
If your favorite board game is “Sorry,” you are never really sorry when it comes to knocking your opponents back to their home base and feeling karma hit you two rounds later. Funny jokes aside, those who like “Sorry” tend to have distinctive play styles that fall into two categories: Moving all your pawns out as quickly as possible or playing in a more calculated way and praying for a Sorry card to stop your opponent from advancing.
Everyone has different strategies when it comes to playing, but for the most part, those strategies fall into those broad categories. Playing style aside, those who love this game are more often people who have a humorous side to themselves, and given the title of the game, it works perfectly to make sure everyone enjoys the game without having upset feelings about not winning or having their pawns knocked back to each color’s designated starting point.

Life
If “Life” is your favorite, you used to imagine what you would be when you got older or you really liked being able to grow up quickly without feeling the changes. When it comes to this game, individual playing styles do not really matter like it does in other games like “Sorry” or “Monopoly.” The point of the game depends on the person playing; one person can play through the track of going through college and then getting married and having kids, while another person could be getting a job in order to live their best life. Funnily enough, depending on the path you choose, we could see that imitated in real life and know people who have similar tracks like the ones we can choose in the game.

CandyLand
If “CandyLand” is your favorite, you are a person who loves colorful games and also just likes to have fun with no pure strategy behind how you play. This was my favorite game when I was younger, but that was mostly because I grew up watching a lot of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and had a giant sweet tooth. When it comes to this game in particular, like I've stated before, there's no real strategy to how you win; your movement is determined by the number of color blocks on the card you draw. For example, if you draw two red blocks, you move two spaces. But I can't speak for everyone. This was the very first board game I learned to play, and it's still one of my favorites, even though I don't play it anymore.

BattleShip
If “Battleship” is your favorite, you either strategically plan out where you are going to put each of your ships, or you just put them all in one spot; there is no in between. When it comes to Battleship majority of us just put our ships wherever on our little maps and pray they do not get hit by the opposite player. Regardless of which strategy you use, every single person who's played this hopes their ship does not get sunk, which is the main point of the game. A lot of times, the people who tend to love this one love strategy based games, whether or not they admit it. Personally, Battleship was never my favorite game mostly because I always tended to lose pieces and it would suck when setting up the game and you have one less ship then your opponent.

Monopoly
Last but not least, if “Monopoly” is your favorite, you fall into two categories: you like lulling your friends or family into a sense of calm and fairness till you have most of the properties and make them go bankrupt, or you are a completionist and like to have all the sets. For me, “Monopoly” is one of my favorite board games, mostly because it's one that a lot of my older cousins play, and it's almost become a tradition. Every Christmas or Thanksgiving, we do at least one round of Monopoly. Now, getting back to strategy, this game has a lot of strategies you can use to try and win the game. Like I said before, you can try and get all the sets or you can get by by just buying any random property. But more than likely, you do try to buy the sets, for example, all the railroads. When you have a completed set, you can put a house or hotel on the properties and raise the price, which is good for you but detrimental to the other players.

Now, regardless of what your favorite board game is or the strategy you like to play with, board games are a small activity that I think many of us take for granted. While I know other people talk about how much we are on our phones or technology, I am not here to reiterate what they say. I personally just really love board games because it's what I used to do when my cousins and I were bored at a family gathering, or we were at each other's houses. We would all vote on a board game, grab it and play it for hours and hours it seemed like. So the next time you are sitting bored, go find a board game and call up some friends and just play.