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Written by Grayson on 2024-12-11 at 21:14

I think about what the current state, and potential future state, of boardgames are and one thought that has come up a bunch in the last couple of years is:

"have we hit a situation where we are effectively over producing games?" Note, this question isn't "we're printing too many" of each title but "now the box weighs 9kg and has dual/triple mounted boards, custom dice, elaborate meeples, etc. All of this for a euro that should have weighed 3kg and been ~20% cheaper without a printing issue" and is that getting the better of us because of the nature of how production houses are effectively small shops and can only manage so many variables?

I think there are three camps (well, two of which are realistic so lets focus on that); no, this is great and some natural and potentially inevitable flaws are fine because the package is otherwise great. I can also understand the folks who say "hey, I don't need a bling'd out copy, and if that reduces production issues and a little bit of cash in printing, that's fine and I can imagine things in my mind's eye."

What do you say?

(oh, and what triggered this was Black Forest and it's warping of elaborate player boards) https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3382750/warped-player-boards

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