[AfterShave]

>The worst part of cooperative games is that guy who just tells everyone what to do

I'm always conflicted when it comes to cooperative games because of this. The goal of the game is to win, and you have to win as a team. So debating decisions would be for the best. It just never feels like much of a debate. One player spots the optimal move and points it out. You lose agency on your own turn. I certainly want to make my own moves to some extent. But of course I also want to win. Especially in how brutally difficult most of the cooperative games I have played are. Such as Eldritch Horror or whichever Warhammer Fantasy card game. Going against the group seems foolish.

[sdenton4]

Yeah, co-op games really need some hidden information (or something) to make it interesting. Another common fix is to have a traitor, but I feel that undermines the co-opness.

Hanabi is really brilliant, though!