Board Games
What they are and why I think they are awesome
12/2014 / Milan Herda / @moriquend
- What are "modern-style" board games?
- Why do I play them?
- Why should you play them?
"So, you play board games. Hmm, you mean like…?"
"No, I play games like…"
Vikings
Agricola
Battlelore
Eldritch Horror
What's a difference?
Characteristics of modern-style board games
- limited weight of luck and randomness
- theme (euro-game, ameritrash)
- well balanced
- no player elimination
- author's name on the box :)
I like playing board games because
- I like to play :)
- visually attractive
- fiddle with the components
- player interaction
- I can see how the game works
Nerdy hobby?
- games are for children
- it is not usual to just sit down and play a game with family/friends
- big entrance barrier (price, rules, nobody knows about it)
- only weird people play these games
Why should you play them?
- fun and relax
- quality time with friends/family
- many hours of fun for relatively small price
- social interactions
- improve strategical and analytical thinking
- good things can happen to you :)
Where to start
- events (HRAtislava)
- clubs (Alea Istropolitana, iHRYsko)
- boardgamegeek.com