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Reply To: Is it okay to be left behind – Pondering post lockdown

September 12, 2021 at 8:34 pm #1677054

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> This got me thinking, am i okay being left behind in all the hype of new games?

Too many new games are just iterations of old ones. Too many Ameritrash games can be described as IGO/UGO dice-throwing skill-checks with a $50 price tag just for the rules book. I’m pretty sure when an academic can’t get students to purchase the next edition of their overpriced textbook, they apply for a job at GW to write “new” game rules.

Although I like the CYOA of Solomon Kane, I hope my old gaming group will go back to Gloomhaven. Only played Dungeonworld twice, but its player-investment worldbuilding was a great change from waiting at the table to roll a die. While I’ll continue to collect and paint miniatures for games I’ll never play, I’ve at least found that handful that I actually enjoy playing.