Our “game faces” are stoic and strong, instilling fear in the hearts of our enemies and inspiring our compatriots to board game like they’ve never board gamed before. With so many board and card game options existing today, these game faces serve another purpose: hide our disappointment when a friend rolls up to a game night with a copy of your least favorite board game—one you never understood or find offensive for a number of reasons. Read on to learn how players can compose themselves and face even the games they hate.

Ask lots of questions

“What does this piece do? What does this other piece do? This one? What does this card say? Where are the other cards? Who are you?” These, and more, are some of the questions you can ask to let every other player know two things: 1) You are annoying, and 2) you are confused. With each question you ask, the friend who brought this abomination of a board game over will want to play even less—after all, who’s to say the questions will cease when the round really gets going? No one is to say, that’s who.

Take extra long turns

Sometimes, a board game is so tedious that all a player can do to get ahead is consider their actions for a few hours at a time, regardless of how early your friends have to get up in the morning or how long the babysitter is going to stick around. Feel free to talk out your decision-making process, too. It will help to catch any questions you may have…any and all…

Bolster your social media presence

Now is the perfect time to become one of those Ticker Tockers you keep reading about. Charge your phone, find your best angles, and snap numerous photos of the high-caliber actions you’re sure to experience. Document the process of playing the board game with a collection of snaps of your friends’ faces as they regret inviting you. You’re gonna be a star—and young again!

Soothe your aching back

Sitting is one of the worst activities humans can do. Our bodies simply were not meant to live a sedentary life. Unfortunately, at least from an evolutionary perspective, board gamers sit more than almost any other type of person, and our lower backs do not thank us for this decision. Lumbar support pillows and donut sitting pads can only do so much. The best thing any of us can do for our backs is to take breaks from sitting with a bit of stretching or a brisk walk around the block—every hour or so for 15-20 minutes. Now is your chance, especially since you don’t want to play the board game at all, to extend those jaunts for a few hours at a time. Your back will thank you. Your friends will not.