So Oath is not a legacy game, because there’s no permanent changes to the game (no destruction, no stickers, no writing, nothing). It’s not a campaign game either since there’s no overarching narrative covering multiple games (well, not one provided by the game, at least). So it’s kind of its own thing....
I’m sort of peeved that boardgames has gone from a “hey, I get to sit in meat space not staring at a monitor and doing something fun with friends” into a consumerist dog and pony show.
I feel like part of the problem is that the people participating in and boosting the consumerist aspect are the ones with the shiniest toys to show. Like, sure, 1830 is an awesome game (even if I still can’t get a regular group to play it), but you won’t get more upvotes for showing off your 100th game of 1830 than your first game of <insert the newest game>.
An look, I like having new games. I enjoy the feel of new puzzles to try. But in the end, it’s as you say, the best part of the games is getting together with friends and doing soemthing fun for a few hours. Having a collection as a backdrop in my video calls is not the point of buying games.
Now that I have kids I don’t always have the luxury of reading the rules the same day we play the game, so what I usually do is I read the rules a few days in advance, which means I won’t remember as much when the time comes to play, so then I end up complementing that with a rules explanation video.
If some random dude comes in and opens a new instance, and then it comes out that this dude willingly associates with white supremacists, is a known creep, and even had a hand in an actual real life genocide, everybody would defederate without a second thought.
But suddenly that dude is Facebook and has a shit ton of money and everybody is just wait and see.
The problem with this is chatgpt is shit at facts. You ask it a question and it might just give you bullshit, and you tell it to provide a citation and it will happily invent one. There’s no easy way to verify whatever it says to you, other than going to the source, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of this exercise.
I have four Uwe Rosenberg games. Three of those follow a similar format: game title on top, then a line, then some dude, another line, publisher logo. But Feast For Odin had to go and be all creative and unique.
What do we call a game like Oath?
So Oath is not a legacy game, because there’s no permanent changes to the game (no destruction, no stickers, no writing, nothing). It’s not a campaign game either since there’s no overarching narrative covering multiple games (well, not one provided by the game, at least). So it’s kind of its own thing....
What kind of boardgamer are you?
The Expert: You buy board games as often and as many as you can. You play them alone or with friends. It‘s your favorite hobby....
Best way to learn a new game?
Sure, the best way to learn is someone explaining the game to you live, but thats not always available....
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Using ChatGPT for bordgames? (www.digitaltrends.com)
Has anyone played around with this before? I know its used to DM dnd session but am curious how useful it could be for boardgames!
This is slightly annoying (feddit.cl)
I have four Uwe Rosenberg games. Three of those follow a similar format: game title on top, then a line, then some dude, another line, publisher logo. But Feast For Odin had to go and be all creative and unique.
Worms - the boardgame kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com)
Yet another one of those videogame to boardgame adaptations.