Acidbath

and his song is a fucking BANGER. Glory glory hallelujah!!!!!

I dont play a lot of chess and I'm bad at it but I recommend playing chess puzzles or timed chess. If it helps, just think of it as a mini skermish on one area of the "map".

While there is competitive chess, I think the advantage it has over most things is that many people know how to play and that most of the time its a casual background game. Like you aren't trying to win, you are trying to not lose.

When someone is playing at a house party, it's so much fun to make wierd faces after they played a move or so.

Yeah... everytime I see it in movies I kinda cringe. However it still is an effective narrative tool to say that the person is a stategist or is in a higher tax bracket ( or honestly any quality that the common viewer doesn't have). Even so, I wish writers would stop doing this.

I apologize if my recommendations are not what you are looking for but have you tried:

Disco Elysium? Cuz that game blew my fucking mind. I voice acting and characters are superb.

Signalis. Its such a lovely artsy game thats like resident evil but more story driven imo (less survival).

I love poe2 with wasd movement. I beg you to try it out. It was something i was hesitant at first but now I wish all arpg's had this feature.

Kenshi is also a great option but I don't think its for everyone. Still recommend it though cuz the world is very mysterious in first playthrough.

We have one, it's called Donald Trump. Every time he lies, his penis shrinks.