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Board games have been experiencing steady growth since the 90s, largely due to games like Catan breaking through to the North American market. While board game
by failrate 9y ago
Board games have been experiencing steady growth since the 90s, largely due to games like Catan breaking through to the North American market.
While board game designers surely must have learned from video game design, the success of board games cannot be attributed to this cross pollination. Video game designers, of course, have also learned from board games.
One factor that the article mentioned that I do think is increasing purchases is YouTube videos, especially "Let's Play" videos. There, the correlation between video games is clearer, but it's nothing to do with design.
- jackweirdy 9y agoOut of interest, what are the most popular Let's Play videos for board games? The only one I'm aware of is Wil Wheaton's channel, which I've only watched snippets of.
- cableshaft 9y agoRahdo Runs Through and GameNight! are both popular Youtube series that are basically let's plays. Dice Tower is mostly reviews but they do stream videos of them playing games from time to time. There's probably a few others. There are a bunch of other popular Youtube series for reviews, but not as many for let's plays.