The Future is Now, so Why Not Play More Games?
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| Games. I need lots of games. |
My recent trip to Gen Con confirmed one thing: the board game industry is
thriving. It continues to expand at a fantastic rate. If you’re like me, you have a (not so) small collection of board games, some of which you have kept in shrink wrap,
the ultimate board game sin.
Yes, I know your mint copy of
Space Hulk, still in shrink wrap is worth quite a bit (he says, checking eBay…) but the purpose of a board game is to
play it. To have
fun with it. To cause
angry arguments that
end friendships! Ahem, okay, we’re talking about games other than
Diplomacy here. That's what this column is about.
I was recently talking with my fellow blogger over at the
Vorpal Chainsword, and lamenting the games we both have yet haven’t played yet, and we started to discuss the best way of changing this. Since it’s 2015, and we’re technology nerds, we thought there had to be a better way to learn to play, since we’re in the year of
Back to the Future II, which is
definitely the future. So re-hydrate a Pizza Hut pizza with me, and take your fax machine off the hook for a few minutes, and let’s talk about learning a new game you own.
