Need full length catan documentary.

Also my hometown

Nice video

Ok ok I agree, but these damn tokens and hexes grid, they need to go!!

5:52 Long shot but what game is this?

Board games have been boring for decades, it's not until recently that board games have actually made it worth playing multiple times over! Way more Co-Op games and solo with way more themes and different tactics that gets away from roll a die and move. Or just plain cards.

Great documentary! One suggestion, for you or any other potential documentarians watching, is to please label all the cool games you show. I only recognized like a tenth of them, but would love to learn more!

My favorite board games is rolling stones rock n roll party game and chess and Checker set and Monopoly.

doubt it will become mainstream anytime soon, maybe in the us or europe. but elsewhere, it will remain niche. first of all, these board games are waaay too expensive outside the us. $30-70 might be cool for something you play with friends and family over there where a day’s work earns u $100. but converted to many currencies here, that can be a month’s worth of grocery or rent. so boardgaming becomes a luxury most simply cant afford. secondly, english texts are not immediately accessible to non english speaking countries. and a lot of those upper level games need a lot of reading, and frankly medieval or fantasy themes are not really popular outside us/europe and a lot of games circle around that theme. outside of watching LOTR movies, most here just dont care about orcs and dwarves. that’s like asking a caucasian to try and enjoy a game based on ‘romance of the 3 kingdoms’ or ‘journey to the west’, a popular fantasy/historic epic in asia. ‘what’s that? why would i want to play a game based on a culture im not familiar with?? pass.’ to become mainstream you need to win over the world. or most of the world. and the americans have the tendency to think usa is the world. boardgames might become more and more popular in usa, sure, but all i see in documentaries about boardgaming is always more white people. pan the camera elsewhere and i doubt you will see the rest of the world are doing the same.

4:06 is my favorite part.

What game is at 5:52 ???

I agree wholeheartedly with Tom sentence that compare boardgames abd technology, games are getting better. Don't advice new players to buy Catan just because you started there 15 years ago. There are better options, I wouldn't even advice someone to buy a game older than 5 years (except for party games that focuses only on one specific mechanism, for example Codenames I think will always be super fun and accessoble)

I live there

Christian parents: back in my day we played board games and not glued to the tv. Me: start playing dnd Parents: we said board games not satanism. BTW I love my parents i am Christian as well they were just miss informed unfortunately

This was a great documentary!

I remember playing Monopoly, Triopoly, Sorry, Uno, and Risk with my friends and siblings growing up. I remember the arguments and the laughs, what great memories! It is amazing to see how much tabletop games have changed over the years :-)

Love this cámara shot

Griffins for Life!

One of my favorite board games as a kid was Electronic Talking Battleship (1995), my dad and I would play this game quite often, only thing was I was good at the game and my dad could never beat me. Now I'm 34 years old and my buddies & I play board games such as Ghostbusters: The board game (1&2), Castle Panic, Magic: The gathering, D&D, Jenga Boom! Western Legends, Trivial Pursuit, Sorry, Munchkin, UNO, etc.

It's a great video. Thanks Candlebox.

I think the Coronavirus has hurt the boardgame hobby, but it may result in a greater surge of activity afterward!

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Modern board games are the best thing to happen to my life. They've brought me out of my shell completely, completing the task that Magic started. They've inspired me to try making my own ideas real. They've brought me a lot of fun and some really interesting people that I enjoy playing with. I think the future is looking pretty good for board games.

Board games are for tournaments, calculating combinations, and strategy, especially wargames....Not some shit wich you play with coffee on a floor and that's for luck so you roll dices... They are to make a science of themselves and masters.

Nobody: Not a single soul: Android users: 0:07

What is the game at 4:00 with the grid and corner grid spots spotted around the board, and the 3 red green and purple pawns?

Well done on this little mini documentary. I agree with the comments in the video, and I am constantly becoming more and more into the modern games vs what we grew up with. :) Love it.

5:55 what game is this one with the guns?

The thing about games being social lubricant is spot on. I openly admit that I'm an introvert and have a really hard time interacting with new people, especially crowds. One day at my old school some people who I didn't know were playing a game and needed one more player. Even though I'd never played the game before and didn't even know any of these people's names, within two minutes it felt like I had known them for years. It was easily the best gaming experience I've ever had.

In addition to the Internet, another explanation for the board gaming boom over the past 50 years is that there are simply more people in the world who have more money to spend on luxuries. The market is big enough to support both popular new games but also niche games that wouldn't have found enough players 50 years ago.

Just wait until the sjws find and try and take over the board game industry like they've done with the video game industry. There will be cries of not enough "diversity" in the community and white Male gamers will be bashed. Already happening in Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder :/.

I like them because it's a social activity. It gives people something to do when hanging out that's not watching something side by side and that's a lot cheaper than going out all the time. Sure, I love going on a hike with a friend or two, but sometimes the weather just doesn't oblige so you're restricted to pretty much going out to eat or going to a movie. I think this is part of why there's such a huge board gaming community in the midwest; there isn't that much to do when the weather is awful, and it's often awful. In gaming stores, the meeting new people over a common activity aspect is really enjoyable too. Also, I find constantly learning new games so frequently makes me learn better in general. Since a lot of the more advanced game have rather long rule explanations, they've really given me a far longer attention span, which makes learning anything easier.

I would also say that at the same time, the video game industry exploded and more people are into video games now than ever before. When you have more gamers you are likely to see some people crossing over. That being said, it seems the two industries are getting more and more intertwined. Video games turning into board games and board games going digital.

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3uydqZ7nLWmp5o Great to see that gaming has been on rise again. I started in the 90's with Hero Quest, Space Crusade and Mighty Empires. I just introduced board gaming hobby to my friend who had previously only played Hungry Hippos and Monopoly. We played Star Wars: Rebellion and it was really interesting experience for him.

Great interview! I love the comments about Jesse Schell's 100 Lenses. Awesome stuff!

I loved the video ! What is that really big game with spaceshipz those two guys are playing ?

I'm going there tomorrow

So here's my board game story: First games I ever played were Monopoly and Mouse Trap when I was about 10 years old then over my teenage years games like Scrabble and Rummikub. The thing was, these games were only brought out rarely, and I was usually much happier playing video games instead. I played a little Magic and Pokémon in secondary school but nothing serious. Fast forward to 2017 and I received the Dark Souls boardgame from Kickstarter. I love the game series and the boardgame demo looked cool, so I took the plunge. This "kickstarted" (pun intended) something new inside me. It was far, far more enjoyable than I had anticipated. Playing with either my brother or buddy, discussing tactics, potential builds, laying down the probability of success on each dice roll and having backup strategies if the percentage was too low, ending a session at the halfway point, keeping track of all our loot and coming back to it the next week, raring to go... I had no idea board games could be like this. After playing that for a while I started looking into other tabletop games, found out about The Dice Tower, Shut Up And Sit Down, Board Game Geek etc. I had no idea there was such a breadth of games out there. I bought Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and my buddy and I played through the first case while his wife and kid were in bed, whispering theories and passing notes to solve it. I expanded to new genres and experiences, my love for tabletop growing, and even challenging my love for video games. I eventually bought: Clank in Space Arkham Horror: The Card Game Tzaar Yinsh The Fox in The Forest 7 Wonders Duel The Terrifying Girl Disorder Bunny Kingdom Scythe Kanagawa Tsuro Keyforge This War of Mine And... I plan on getting even more games in the future. Tabletop is amazing and I feel annoyed that I've missed out on so much, but I guess that's how it goes.

Awesome documentary, Thanks for sharing!

Like many people, Monopoly was my first game. Then, I was told about Risk. I thought board games couldn't get better. In a Target nearby, I saw Pandemic. Bought it, loved it. Same Target, Axis and Allies 1941, and this is where my collection is close to exploding. I saw Ikusa, wanted it but I didn't know where to get it. Did some research, found 2 board game stores, one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. I bought Ikusa and from there, I now have 40+ games.

I go to Albert cassens I'm in 4th grade there

I live in glen carbon on glen crossing

Great documentary Erin! As a hobbyist it's very exciting to see this industry continue to grow.

Awesome short doc! What game is at the 3:30 minute mark?

I enjoy board games more than video games these days. I've introduced my students to them and almost all of them seem to enjoy it. Catan, Armadora, Stratego, Connect 4x4, Clue, Skrimmish, Aggravation, Clash of the Cards, Battleship all seem to be liked. I wish I was able to play Betrayal at House on the Hill, Starcraft Risk, and D&D with them too. Very fun games.

I remember playing board games during recess when it was raining outside.

When I was a kid my older brother made board games out of paper and clay dice. Then we migrated to video games, I'm 30 now and I'm starting my own board game collection :-)

I like board games because there’s no such thing as a ‘freemium’ board game, or at least I haven’t found one yet.

Very unfortunate this isn't captioned properly

im moving to glen carbon il.