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[โ€“] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes. People constantly describe certain chess matches between grandmasters as "beautiful" and various other aesthetic qualities. I don't see why this can't be extrapolated to board games in general.

If so, is there a limit on what kind of game could and couldn't be used to "create art" in this sense you are using the term?

To use the instrument analogy, different instruments can do different things. A bugle is more limited than a trumpet. Banging on a pot is more limited than playing on a full drum set. The art that can be created is comparatively limited, but it doesn't stop being art.

[โ€“] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Good points, and quite reasonable!