Some of the games I recommend will be easier to learn. Games such as Monopoly, Risk, and Clue are well-worn territory and provide good reference points into games which are similar, but offer a much richer experience. In short, we are exploring the librarian's role in gamer's advisory. These elements can be used as touchpoints to learn about modern board games and recommend similar games to patrons. In this series, I am diving a bit deeper by breaking down some classic and mass-market games into their core mechanical and thematic elements. In the " Board in the Library" series, I provided an introduction into modern board games, produced a survey of popular mechanisms and themes, discussed starting gaming groups, and made some recommendations for good gateway games. Thus the sheer quantity of board games available can quickly become overwhelming even to those hobbyists deeply entrenched already.
The popularity of the Youtube series Tabletop, created by Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton, is exposing more and more people to the hobby.
Modern board games have a greater presence in retail stores such as Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart. Independent publishers and individual designers are developing, publishing and funding projects on crowdsourcing sites such as IndieGoGo and Kickstarter. According to the venerable BoardGameGeek, the amount of published games has doubled since 2008.
Everywhere news media outlets pronounce that board games are " making a comeback" or are "going through a golden age" or experiencing a " renaissance" or are " in full swing." NPR even flipped the whole thing and did a piece on board games that stink (and, of course, not a single one of these are in print).Īccording to ICV2, a website that tracks the trends of different hobby markets, the modern board game market has seen six consecutive years of growth and is more than twice the size it was in 2008.
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