On further reflection, I like to have control of the pace I play a game. Real-time strategy games against human opponents are stressful, but I don’t mind PvP with asynchronous turns. (Even in chess with a clock, I’m not forced to move faster just because my opponent does.)
An observation: chess is a PvP game.
In video games, I prefer PvE to PvP and, in fact, largely stopped playing video games because I disliked the focus.
Yet I strongly prefer competitive over cooperative board games.
I haven’t figured out why my brain draws this distinction yet.
On further reflection, I like to have control of the pace I play a game. Real-time strategy games against human opponents are stressful, but I don’t mind PvP with asynchronous turns. (Even in chess with a clock, I’m not forced to move faster just because my opponent does.)