A game is something that has a goal within certain bounds/rules. You accept that when you play and tedium isn’t relivent except as maybe a thing you don’t like, just like you might not like how a piece feels or character looks or a particular rule.
A toy is something you play with for “fun”.
I think people that want a toy accidentally start playing a game then get upset that it isnt a toy.
A game is something that has a goal within certain bounds/rules. You accept that when you play and tedium isn’t relivent except as maybe a thing you don’t like, just like you might not like how a piece feels or character looks or a particular rule.
A toy is something you play with for “fun”.
I think people that want a toy accidentally start playing a game then get upset that it isnt a toy.
Why can’t/shouldn’t a game be both? Plenty of games have easy modes and cheat consoles.
They CAN be, but they are not obligated to be.
Fair enough.