Hi Dark: I figured as much. After all, here in the States toy stores like Toys-R-Us have an entire isle devoted to card and board games and it typically includes everything from the classics like Monopoly, Life, Sorry, Trouble, and Chess to more advanced games like Talisman and Battle Tech. If card and board games were truly going away big toy stores like Toys-R-Us wouldn't carry them, and as a matter of fact right now there is a great big isle from floor to ceiling at my local Toys-R-Us filled with such games.
Back when I was in college there were Chess clubs as well as various other clubs where young men and women sat around playing card and board games on a weekly basis. Although, that was more than a dozen years ago I don't think people have really changed that much in over a decade that card and board games would simply die out in favor of computerized games. Yes, it seems that younger people play video games more than board games, but the fact that Walmart, K-mart, and Toys-R-Us are selling them is evidence that someone is still buying them. The Monster City Battle game sounds flipping awesome. I'll have to check that out as I am in the mood for something different, and it sounds right up my alley. I am sure my son would enjoy it too. Cheers! On 12/4/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Actually if you meet with people who are interested in rp and the like, > board and card games are as much known about and played as computer games. > > My brother regularly plays both wii party games and fantasy board games like > > Talisman with his friends, and if you go to sites like dwarfstar games, you > > will see many are still being produced, indeed with access to printers often > > by hobby developers. > > And this is aside from the the rather more specialist interest in > collectable card games, ccgs, such as roar deal, Ufs, Yugio, and magic the > gathering, or miniture based war games like Warhammer 40 K or battletech. > > Indeed the recent 4th eddition of d&D has a combat system based on table and > > minitures and is at least partly a war game in it's own right, albeit one > with full rp mechanics. > > Of course, you wouldn't sit down to do something as complex as battletech > with your family, but there are plenty of more low key games around of the > sort my brother plays, which often have a very fun theme. > > For example, I recently heard of a game called monster city battle, where > basically each player has a giant monster such as godzilla, King Kong or a > huge robot, and the object of the game is to see who can destroy most of the > > city, while not being beaten up by the other monsters. it played as a > slightly tactical but very crazy game with some rules like Draughts, > (checkers), but also some use of dice for calculating damage and the like, > > and sounded pretty awsome! > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
