12 minutes ago, Eggzavier said:

I was almost the 6,000th like.

Forever 5,999

You’ll always be 6,000th in my heart

9 hours ago, ricefrisbeetreats said:

100% agree. In a time where people have fewer social interactions (some days, I speak to maybe 5 people total) the appeal of activities that require you to be social is increasing.

It was one of my recommendations for the people at Wizards of the Coast when they were working on the D&D 4th edition "all online" gaming apps and whatnot. I told them that even though you might find a small market for that kind of stuff, people are playing role playing games, tabletop, board, etc because they specifically want to be in a room spending time with people.

Not to hijack the article, but it's also why I'm a proponent of low electronic footprints in games. Stuff like the board game XCom requiring an app to play made me and a number of other friends reconsider the purchase (most didn't end up buying it).

Gaming is in a good place. If people continue to be decent human beings, it's only going to continue to grow.

Aww gee...

I don't need no article to tell me what I all ready know first hand!

All I need to do is look at my KS Profile to know that something has gone horribly/seriously wrong!!!

Board game after board game...

Then I look at another random backer's profile...

It's not JUST ME!

But yes, you're right! I think, especially now that I have two little guys in primary school, that human interaction is important.

Also, board games like Above & Below for example, encourage players to use their imagination whilst adventuring. Players get to explore in a 'choose your own adventure' kind of way. They're given a brief narrative to consider and then presented with a handful of choices. Often times each choice comes with a reward or consequence.

5 hours ago, Eggzavier said:

At least we can agree on one thing.

"What have the romans ever done for us."

Ameritrash is one of those labels that got adopted by a specific community, people saw the word in print without understanding the connotation/history, and started using it in the way that the word would make you expect that it would be used.

For myself, I recently sat down and played the combined Axis and Allies 1940 Europe and Pacific games with 3 friends. AA is probably one of the shining examples of pure Ameritrash.

We played for about 10 hours and agreed to end the game once we realized that it was going to take about 30 more.

But it was so great

Yeah, when I first heard the term "Ameritrash" I thought it was rather harsh - actually heard about it from Richard Ham (Rhado Runs) in one of his YouTube board game reviews. Although I don't think it is meant in a derogatory way, at least not in his case.