Board Games Are Back
I want to begin by telling you that board games have grown up but, actually, board games have been growing up for a while now. They’ve started to carry a dignity and a sense of style that’s turning the head of many a video gamer. It’s like they went away to boarding school young and geeky, and now they’ve returned as buff and hunky adults, all strut and swagger. Sales are rising year on year, while the hobby’s biggest convention (Spiel, in Essen, Germany) now attracts more attendees than E3 and PAX combined. Most importantly, more and more video gamers are buying board games and if you’re not yet one of them, let me tell you why you should be. First of all, I’m not talking about the dreary, dry, musty, interminable agonies that are Scrabble or Ludo or Trivial Pursuit. Those were never games to begin with – they were only tests of your patience, exercises in repetition. I’m talking about proper games, games of grand strategy and espionage, of deception and teamwork and battling against the clock. Games where civilisations fall and spaceships soar and people with names like Durlak the Unshaven are busy smashing goblins noses out through the back of their heads. Does that sound more like the kind of excitement you demand? It’s no surprise that video gamers are starting to champion them as much as they might any new platform or next generation console, coming together again and again to enjoy a wealth of new and original gaming experiences. Read more…
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