For years I've been having a weekly repeated dream about not having revised for my exams. Next year, I want to enter some game tournaments, & instead of just showing up with no prep, I want to properly train for them. What (tabletop) game should I aim for? [criteria below]
It has to have legit tournaments at at least the national level. Not necessarily in the UK, but somewhere. It can't be too skill-based if it's also popular - I'm not dumb as a rock but I'm never going to get good enough at chess to compete.
By the same token, completely luck-based games are out. They do Monopoly tournaments but I'd rather hot glue whelks to my buttocks than play that game for more than 10 minutes. Ok so I would actually give it a go but it's not a game that requires prep.
Nothing with an expensive buy-in. Magic & Pokémon cost a lot to play competitively. Both have relatively low skill ceilings, which I like, but I don't like paying hundreds of quid for a deck which will become redundant in a few months, plus entry fees & transport.
My ideal game would involve some skill, some luck, have lots of opportunities to play & have a competitive scene. It would be something that, with dedication & the help of a mentor or two, I could improve at.
I am a secretly, shamefully competitive person. I want to explore this side of myself. But I also struggle to apply myself. I would love to really train to get good at a game. Put the work in. Put my hyperfocus to use finally. Then test it in a tournament situation.
Any ideas?
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