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So I’ve been fiddling about with the GLOOMHAVEN: JAWS OF THE LION box. I’ve got a plan to introduce it to some people I’ve been playing HELLBOY with, as I’m really keen to try out the ‘HAVEN experience. As I was messing about I googled a little about what was going on with FROSTHAVEN and found that the creator had ruffled a few feathers; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frosthaven/frosthaven/posts/3185807 So long story short, he reflected on the storytelling in GLOOMHAVEN and decided to bring in a consultant to make stuff a little less homogenous and make sure he wasn’t bringing real world biases into his work. I think that’s pretty cool, but a little mangled wording at the bottom (where he offered to refund backers) seems to have the Boardgame world in uproar. It’s interesting, I noted when I was playing ISLAND SIEGE that Boardgames seemed fairly conversative in relation to a lot of medium. It does seem the tide is shifting a little and the reaction is to be expected. I don’t agree, but there is a part of me that sympathises with the notion that safe spaces are being invaded by outside elements. I’ve an acquaintance, who I was real strong friends with in school, who is still disgruntled that the geeky interests that got his head kicked in, have become real mainstream the last decade and that he no longer feels part of the target demo. But I do wonder if a similar thing is about to happen with Boardgames, there seems to be an entire cottage industry of YouTube channels about Boardgames (which are all relatively new) and every YouTube channel with a cast seems to be indulging in D and D playthroughs. I do wonder if Boardgames are going to have that switch like Videogames did, where people just get into them en-masse. On a less rambling note, I love the minis for JAWS OF THE LION. Very Bloodborne |
#12903915, By Raiftel Boardgames anyone?
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