On Jul 15, 9:17 am, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > The only unique part to my scenario is that I consider myself a game > evangelist – which means that although I may not personally LIKE some > of the games in my collection I actually keep them there so that I can > entertain others that probably wouldn’t enjoy ANYTHING I consider to > be a 7 or above. I am not particular to party games but I have > several for those that enjoy the lighter side.
The idea is one I think about and I also try to 'be prepared' to some extent. But as soon as I read this, I realized that the situation may resolve itself -- as long as someone is interested enough to buy the promising-looking, lighter games before playing them. It's hard to get good 6 player games, but really, how many do you need? The nature of a casual gamer is to play the same game repeatedly or to allocate a very short time span to playing (like time for 1 game). For example, I have No Thanks! and Hollywood Blockbuster, which have been wildly popular with casual gamers. And thanks to exposure through the group (Mark T, Mark H, and Jeremy respectively), I now own Die Sieben Siegel and have Vikings and Snow Tails on my want list. Those three are pretty darn good IMO, and very accessible. (I've also had good luck with casual gamers using Ra and Scripts and Scribes.) Granted, only a few of these play 6, but since I'm single, I only need 5 players at most anyway :) That's a joke... And then there is the dreaded 'new gamer'...who needs to be spoon-fed his games in the proper order, etc.. I think this just isn't the case. If someone actually shows up and presents himself as interested in playing board games and says he can tolerate the time investment, he can play virtually anything. For examples... * I once introduced Brass to a fellow who was just getting into gaming and who thought it would be way over his pay grade. He liked it, and he won. * Last night, a fellow was leery about playing Automobile and Masters of Venice. We played Masters of Venice and he came in second or third out of four (all within 2 points of each other, as I recall). He said it was too fiddly and long, but that it was an OK experience. I don't think the rest of us would have said any more than that. :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" 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/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
