About a decade ago, I purchased a bargain bin CD ROM for Sid Meier’s Windows Civilization and Colonization (DOS)
$10 from one of those office stores then .
I replayed both a gazillion times on 2 sequential PC’s.
It was hard enough to get a group together as a single…
Even harder now that I am married.
Most of the get together folks I hung out with now have kids, and even less time for such a game gatherings anymore.
After work, I can play a solo game on my PC for a while, save it , and then get back to my chores.
Not sure why you would limit yourself to just board games that would need other folks to match your schedule.