Urban exploring, card games, flight sim. Currently, that is, and open to more opportunities for play : )

What card games are you playing?

Music

Music is huge. Listening and playing. I find that playing guitar provides an outlet unlike anything else. I assume the same goes for any musical instrument.

Code golf [0] can be a fun outlet if you want to learn a new angle of something you already know. Similarly, I've recently taken to building extensions for things, e.g. a simple utility for Chrome [1], since it allows you to go from nothing to something useful super quickly. Outside of coding, any form of art is beyond liberating — music, dancing, photography, etc. You use your mind in a completely different way and it feels like a fresh breeze blowing through the hallways of your head.

[0] https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/

[1] https://github.com/Etheryte/right-click-opens-link-in-a-back...

Explore non-conformity.

OpenStreetMap is easy but has as much satisfaction as Factorio for me because it actually is helpful and has directly tangible results. Makes it feel somewhat game-like after you've done a couple edits and are just doing the routine things (not having to look up details about how to map a feature you're not familiar with). It's just the right amount of challenging to be enjoyable for me.

Forest walks, books, coding games or simulations, playing games like Creeper World 3 or Parkitect or Geographic Adventures, those are more common things I guess

Similar to OSM, there's a bunch of other open data projects where tidying up or improving some unloved corner is a similar mental state as doing a jigsaw.

Play games online – sometimes with friends, sometimes with strangers. These days I've been playing mostly browser-based games. My current rotation:

* https://colonist.io (Settlers of Catan)

* https://really.boring.website (Scattergories)

* https://geoguessr.com (it is what it sounds like)

* https://skribbl.io (Pictionary)

* https://thewikigame.com (wikipedia racing game)

How do you play the wiki game? There's no instructions anywhere lol. I don't get it...

EDIT: oh I see:

> The game, at its most basic, presents players with a Challenge: that is a Start Article and Goal Article that must be connected via clicking article links, during a given Round.

> Different game modes require players to connect articles the fastest, with the fewest clicks, or other combinations and variations.

Ski weekends and occasional weekday. Balance practice here and there during the week.

civ 6, gym, squash

I got into surfing a couple years ago and try to go as often as I can now (usually a few times per week).

I don't care that much about getting better, though of course it happens naturally with time. I just like being in the ocean and how it forces me to be present. It never fails to bring me a sense of peace while I'm out there, and I feel great after a session.

The downside is that the places I'd be happy living in are now greatly reduced.

Disc golf. I started playing during COVID. It's the first new hobby I've picked up in over a decade.

If you have a course nearby, it's a really accessible sport because all you need is a couple of plastic discs. It's a great way to get outside and walk a couple of miles. Plus it has a lot of nerdy elements (disc flight numbers, release angles, form, plastic types, etc.). And for me, it's fun whether I'm playing by myself, with friends, or with my kids.