To The Tabletop

One game becomes your job. You clock in while you play it. Are paid like 21.00 an hour to play this game.

What game would you pick?

How often would you play other games instead of that one, even though they don’t pay you?

Game nights can be resistance.

Play a game.
Lose yourself in joy.

Ask everybody what support they need and what support they are going to give this week.

Life is a cooperative game.

Same!

And the plus is that even though I NEVER thrift for the intention of reselling, when I do occasionally have to make space, I usually come out a little ahead.

That is bananas! And at a Savers?!??!? One of my unluckiest stores.

My whole collection is thrifted, but we are talking an average of .3 good finds per thrift stop.

They aren’t all perfect games, but Disney has really kicked booty when it comes to licensing games with its IP.

I can’t think of any other IP with such a range of games? Maybe Star Wars? Ohh, wait.

I couldn’t make it as a board game TikToker. My perfectionism, self image, and mental health got in the way every time I tried to start it back up, but wow was that platform cool for board gamers.

I am much more more of a board game player than a TCGer.

But thanks to some fun thrift finds, I now have a fully playable Magic Commander deck, Pokémon deck, and Lorcana deck ready for use at a moments notice.

Any others I should keep an eye out for?

Board games indeed.

It is if my family has a later edition copy but I still bring mine to their place.

My snobbiest board game take is that Carcassonne 1st edition is the very best art available for the game.

I remembered it’s the same mechanic that pandemic uses to manage city cards.

Cool! Sounds like you are well on your way!!!

I think random farmer checks could be tough to strategize around. Have you played forbidden island? I think the way it manages the flood deck is an example of a great way to have randomness you can plan around!

Cool!
Is it a 2 player game where one player is chicken and one is farmer?

Todays thrift finds:

Horrified.
Dungeon Academy.

Played Dungeon Acadamy, cool roll and write. Real time is fun. It felt maybe a little too fast though?

Horrified is brand new! Excited to get it to the table

I’m no expert at design and have published nothing, but I love dabbling!

I have always come up with a mechanism first, then struggle to put theme to it.

Is the idea you have a theme or a concept for mechanics?

One thing about my board game table?

I like to say all are welcome.

But if you make the game less safe for others who are or are not at the table at that moment, you are not welcome.

#transrightsarehumanrights

#boardgames

Obviously there are party games, and We Didn’t Playtest This came to mind, but what about strategy games? I think you could do something pretty cool with mid game entry, but I can’t think of any games that plan for it.

Board gaming is a hobby that has so much capacity for inclusivity.

And so much capacity for unintentional exclusion.

“Oops, we maxed player count”
“Sorry, we already started”
“This game is probably too complex for a beginner.”

It would be cool to have a game that anybody could join anytime.

Mine would be…..

15 different games scribbled down in various places.

How many games have I attempted to design? 15.