Bohrer has done things in the past that affected me personally, that have nothing to do with Martin or the AoS lawsuit. He spread rumors that resulting in me, as a fellow publisher at the time, having to deal with his misrepresentations (he posted on BGG that I was publishing Credit Mobilier and I had to deal with a bunch of emails from people asking when it was coming out. I'm sure he thought it was "a good joke" but there were some pissed off people over it, and I didn't appreciate having to deal with it. You have to be someone's friend first to play a "good joke" on them.). He also spread rumors about Warfrog *to me personally* when I saw him at a con (either GenCon or Origins, don't remember which) that I knew were not fully true and greatly exaggerated because I had additional info about the situation he didn't know I had.
When someone's "personal behavior" affects me, I have a right to not financially support them. It's not going out of my way, there are plenty of other good games to buy. I'm sure Chicago Express is a great game, as I've said it sounds like a game I'd like. But there are plenty of other great games that don't put money in Bohrer's pocket. I'm not perfect, I totally agree, but I don't think that imperfection stems from using my wallet to express my opinions. On Dec 30, 9:13 am, DarrellKH <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Martin would agree that nobody is perfect. > > If you want to go out of your way to avoid John Bohrer making any > money from you for his products, then that's just another example of > this adage. > > If a designer makes a game I admire, I buy it. I'm not going to judge > his personal behavior one, damn bit more than I'd want him to be > judging mine. And if I do have any thoughts on what I've seen about > him online, I'm not going to hold them over his head, and pretend I'm > a better person for it. > > God knows, if I played that kind of silly game, I likely wouldn't own > three-quarters of the music I've bought in my life, half the novels > I've read, or most of the movies I've enjoyed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
