Warning for my grandson
We all have been there. You buy a game, you are so excited, you love it and… Yeah, your beloved partner doesn’t like the game. You will not play it. You awesome game gets stuck on the shelf.
I had it with Lord of the Rings: Confrontation. Dungeon Twister. Railways of the World. And so on and so on…
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That’s why you have a son, right? It takes time, I know. It took me like 10 years of waiting, but the day have come. I took Dungeon Twister from the shelf. Believe me – layer of dust on the box was really thick. I opened the box with my hands shaking. I read the rulebook again. I explained rules to my son. We played.
He hated it. He said the game sucks and he won’t play it again with me. I put the game on the shelf again.
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I have daughter. One day I will have grandson. Yes, I know it will take some time to play with him but I am patient. I can wait. But I tell you this. If this ten years old jerk fails me and won’t like Dungeon Twister… His grandpa might be really pissed off.
Just sayin’
I strongly believe that good board game is the one that tells a good story. You play it and suddenly you are sucked into it, you feel chills on the skin. Emotions grow. In a moment you defend castle. You hear roar of warriors. You smell boiling oil. You are into it.
That's how I design my games. I always want to tell a good story. I want players to be into it. As deep as possible.
Thanks for making me smile!
I got so angry with Railways of the World the first time I played it. It felt to me like there was an insurmountable lead after the first 3 turns and the game was supposed to go on for another 2 hours as a foregone conclusion. I hated it. I am more calm now. My son’s was playing Arkham Horror at 8 years old. His favorite game for awhile was Terra Mystica and he is just 11. I love it. He plays all my designs with me. I am working on a Eurogame about the Cold War and he loves it. He’s even coming up with ideas and sometimes they are pretty good.
Grandchildren, though, that’s scary to me.
Great post! My hubby gets equally excited about certain games and then I don’t like them so we don’t play them:) But why didn’t you play with your daughter? I hope your grandson will play with you then:))
Dungeon Twister is one of the greatest games i ever played. It makes me really sad to someone doesn’t like this game. 🙂
But there is less luck in the game. In my opinion that’s the biggest plus of the game, but i can imagine that playing it agains a game designer like you, who thinks about gamplay and possible moves and ways and lacks the whole day, it must be a great frustrating game.
Maybe you should let your grandson win the first dungeon twister round. Than he will maybe like the game 😀