There are many reasons why the MARIOs and the ZELDAs have been so popular with mainstream gamers across the decades. My wife discovered (with my help!) the Mar

There are many reasons why the MARIOs and the ZELDAs have been so popular with mainstream gamers across the decades. My wife discovered (with my help!) the Mario games - of which there are many, and varied - a couple of years ago, and a few hours play per week has been both fun and mentally helpful for her. Taking her brain in directions it wouldn't normally go. Be aware that strategy games tend to be time suckers, by their very nature of gradual patient persistence. This is where shallower more arcade-y styles of gaming can be better, to dip in and out without getting obsessed. They can still be surprisingly deep and tactical.