Value for money
The cost of tabletop games is a topic that keeps popping up.
The cost of tabletop games is a topic that keeps popping up.
As we all know, plastics are the scourge of our planet and can now be found virtually everywhere - from the obvious places like landfill sites to the most unexpected such as in the Arctic.
Different people buy games for different reasons, and many of us will have amassed a little, or not so little, collection that we have at home that we are proud of.
I often feel that we accept the written word as something that's a given and don't pay much attention to it.
If you like competitive games, then you're probably familiar with trying to gauge where in the ranking you currently are during the game.
There are many reasons why some games are played a couple of times and then put to one side.
In the next article in my series about how board games go from an idea to a product, I want to talk about the creative people who are responsible for the graphics and other visual bits that we see when we play games.
I previously shared my experiences of games nights with friends who are all in different places, briefly touching on the different platforms available, but focussing more on the experience and what to do to make it feel as close to being together as possible.
In last week's article, I talked about what is involved in designing a game.
Making a new game is a very long process that can take anything from a few months to many years.