Tic tac toe with a 3 x 3 board is trivial and not much fun.
Tic tac toe tic tac (5 in a row) with a 15 x 15 board is endlessly fascinating.
Simple doesn’t mean dumb. When we add layers and community and options, it can generate all sorts of possibilities.
Connection is always the wildcard, the peer to peer multiplier that makes every system more complex.