There's a pretty wide variation in how complex board games get. On the one hand there's games like "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dice Building Game" which I

There's a pretty wide variation in how complex board games get. On the one hand there's games like "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dice Building Game" which I haven't managed to play at all due to how complex a game it is. On the other hand there's games like "Patchwork" which is one step above snakes-and-ladders complexity-wise. The complexity of the rules is fairly orthogonal to how "deep" a game is though. I've now played patchwork a fair few times and I've not yet found a specific strategy that aproximates optimal. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you might just have had a single bad experience. I'd recommend trying again with different games. There's something out there for everyone.