There is no consensus on what a "strategy" game is. Some people basically use it to mean "not mass market" or "more meaningful decisions than Candyland." Some people mean "weight over 3." 2/
-
-
Show this thread
-
Ditto on "family" game. People don't agree on what this means. A game I CAN play with my family? Plus the theme is appropriate and engaging for kids? Or "this is so light I would ONLY play it with kids?" (Which, also, varies by person) 3/
Show this thread -
What does it mean to be a card game, and why do we care? Are Medium and Just One card games? Is Wingspan? Is it meaningful to single out Tussie Mussie and Point Salad as CARD games, or is it that they're light weight, short play time, inexpensive, small, etc? 4/
Show this thread -
What does it mean to be "innovative"? Does it have to be a new mechanic? Can it be theme? Can it be busting the hegemony? This is one where I might agree "expert" opinion could be more helpful than crowdsourcing nominations. But I'm not sure experts would agree either. 5/
Show this thread -
And I hate "thematic" as the new term for games with lots of narrative and output randomness, because it too feels unclear. It actually kinda mystifies me how that wasn't also "misused" by Wingspan fans, while they were at it, because Wingspan surely stands out for its THEME. 6/
Show this thread -
If I were queen at
@BoardGameGeek I'd look for ways to create meaningful, automated, mutually-exclusive categories that wouldn't require a jury to kill themselves defining which game is eligible for which categories. 7/Show this thread -
For example I think weight is what most people mean by "family" and "strategy". And every game has a weight rating! So why not: Light games (<1.5) Mid-weight games (1.5-3) Heavy games (>3) (This is basically what
@theATTAs did IIRC) Can you think of others? 8/Show this thread -
But I'm not queen, and I know it's a lot of work to make something like the Golden Geeks happen, and a lot less work to complain about them on Twitter. And I am truly grateful for all the Wingspan love, in whatever imperfect categories people want to express it in.
9/9Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I personally trust voting awards over jury awards because said juries are always full of massive conflict of interest and internal biases. With a mass popular vote, those things kind of even out
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I've been avoiding most of the awards chatter because what I've seen has been very "it's not right that Wingspan won/it's not that good" rather than "in a more balanced/meaningful system, a single game would win fewer awards". One blames the game/gamemaker; one blames the system.
-
Happily most of what I've seen has been "sure, game of the year, but no way it's x" which at least acknowledges some basic level of worthiness

- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.