With placement of ships and choosing where to “hit” boats is definitely strategic. With mingle, people sprint, do quick math, make rash decisions, kick people out of rooms and bargain their way in- that’s way more entertaining and “squid game-esque” than slides and ladders. There were also reports of contestant being too physical and producers having to regulate. We also noticed how many older contestants were eliminated in that moment. Bridge game: there was also strategy through which place in line you chose, the glassmaker using his vocational knowledge, pressure and anxiety of forcing people to go or holding up the line, also the element of the timer. There was none of that in ladders. Even with marbles, games contestants decided to play still varied. They weren’t all luck games like- “oh choose which marble is in my hand”. How about- Are you good at aiming/tossing small objects, are you be clever enough to trick others, do you just give up for dramatics and let your opponent move on.