I have to learn & teach at least 1 new game a week, for work, so I can't avoid it. Recently in particular, I've come to absolutely hate it. My throat wants to close up. I've done stand up & hundreds of live performances, so I don't know why this makes me so stressed.
Last night I had to teach a complicated boardgame I'd never played to a group, not all of whom I knew well, while setting it up for the first time, in a public space. In all, it took an hour, I felt incredibly anxious the whole time, I got some rules wrong & I spent the rest of the game so anxious I found it hard to speak or concentrate.
Is it possible to get over the stress & anxiety of teaching games? I'm autistic so there are additional challenges for me.
Hey pals. Anyone going to be at
#Airecon next week? Let me know if you'd like to say hi (& maybe get in a game)
Can anyone recommend good folks for me to follow on here? My personal TL is a bit sparse & dominated by a couple of very heavy posters. I like books, tabletop games & tbh that is probably it. Oh, I guess writing, & interesting history. Any suggestions? (that aren't self-promo!)
I'm extraordinarily excited to get this to the table - ROLLING HEIGHTS, a game about city building where you throw meeples like dice. It looks super neat, I like meeples, I love city building themes &, well. I hope it's as fun as it looks.
What are your favourite civilisation-style tabletop games? I have THROUGH THE AGES & I do like it, though it's a bit mean & I'd love something with an actual map. I played MOSAIC at the weekend & enjoyed it well enough, though maybe I'd love something with more in-depth tech progression. I found TAPESTRY a bit too abstracted for my liking.
Any thoughts? SF/space/Fantasy equivalents totally acceptable.
Are there any tabletop games due out this year you're excited about? Big or tiny? I'm really interested in getting tip offs & recommendations about which titles I should be watching out for. I play so many games & the most reliable filter for finding good ones remains somebody telling me 'play this, it's neat'.
There's lovely! A complimentary and rather flattering review of my bok Everybody Wins on BGG, from Snowdonia creator Tony Boydell
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/140222/everybody-wins
Everybody Wins! | Everyone Needs A Shed
Had 4 brand spanking new boardgames arrive this morning. Can't ever complain of a lack of stimulation! Of course the one with the dryest theme is the one I'm most optimistic about, but I'm open-minded about all of them. You never know, & sometimes a game with an iffy pitch turns out to be pure gold.
I super-approve of this note in the rulebook of a game about marine science I'm learning.
James Wallis