>>>>Likewise, no Sudoku. Just don't have the patience. I may be able to recalculate prices across currencies more or less accurately off the top of my head, but combinatory stuff like that, no. Not my cup of tea.
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>>>Try Bridge. Tournaments usually allocate approximately 7 minutes per hand (25 hands per session) but "friendly" home games are typically faster.
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>>Too deeply ingrained in two somewhat similar games from home - lorum and preferans - so I figure I'd have all the wrong reflexes and intuition. IOW, I'd suck :).
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>Here's the thing I never liked about bridge. If you follow the bidding conventions you're basically telling your partner (and of course everyone else) exactly what cards you have in your hand. What's the fun in that?

It is, of course, not as precise as all that. The challenge/fun is utilizing that information to best advantage.



>I'm not interested in a game which consists of who can follow rules the best.

There are lots of legitimate reasons why one wouldn't like or want to play bridge. But I think you are VASTLY over-simplifying your point. My guess (I could be wrong) is that you were exposed to the game by parents (or even grandparents) who played as a social past-time and had little idea what the game was all about. Sort of like people who learn to move the chess pieces and think they understand the game.