12:05 Also a wargame! Clan War from 1996, I think? My hobby black tar heroin is Mutant Chronicles: Warzone, all editions. Kind of an unfortunate, and some say cursed, property, but very solid games with fun and appealing setting and aesthetics. By all numbers and online pressence it's deader than disco, but every time I bring it out on offer for a game at the various hobby groups, stores, and clubs I'm always finding a few people who either knew it before and wanna play again or wholly new people curious for something different. It took a long time to reconcile that disparity, just because your particular corner of the net isn't talking about a game doesn't mean it's dead and unknown. Thanks for the video, was a good listen, definitely subscribing!
Looking at my area here in rural California, most people play or have heard of 40k, dnd 5e, and magic the gathering. Growing up, it was mostly pokemon and yugioh and those have since faded away in popularity. Even finding those clans of old men who play ww2 games and napoleonic battles are challenge for this area. In terms of old and obscure games, I will refer to a anecdote from Tim Cain who worked on Fallout where one the biggest problems today with video games is that there are so many games coming out that many die or become forgotten simply because people did not know about them. Making advertising and exposure the key factor on whether or not a game is heard of. Which I think is part of the issue with table top games because DnD 5e, 40k, and MtG seem to dominate their genres pretty well to the point where other people may not have heard of or have considered other games in the genre, including older ones. Also generation wise, I think a lot of younger people lack that one particular friend who introduces everyone else to a new game or tells them about a certain game through word of mouth. Also the fact that younger people aren't as tech savvy as the older ones and may not know how to look for things on google beyond places like reddit/tiktok/and their select youtubers. Or they may not have a community or club they can visit to play certain games. Like in my town, it was the highschool games club and sketchy card game/comic book store whose owner was caught robbing stores.
12:05 Also a wargame! Clan War from 1996, I think?
My hobby black tar heroin is Mutant Chronicles: Warzone, all editions. Kind of an unfortunate, and some say cursed, property, but very solid games with fun and appealing setting and aesthetics. By all numbers and online pressence it's deader than disco, but every time I bring it out on offer for a game at the various hobby groups, stores, and clubs I'm always finding a few people who either knew it before and wanna play again or wholly new people curious for something different. It took a long time to reconcile that disparity, just because your particular corner of the net isn't talking about a game doesn't mean it's dead and unknown.
Thanks for the video, was a good listen, definitely subscribing!
Looking at my area here in rural California, most people play or have heard of 40k, dnd 5e, and magic the gathering. Growing up, it was mostly pokemon and yugioh and those have since faded away in popularity. Even finding those clans of old men who play ww2 games and napoleonic battles are challenge for this area.
In terms of old and obscure games, I will refer to a anecdote from Tim Cain who worked on Fallout where one the biggest problems today with video games is that there are so many games coming out that many die or become forgotten simply because people did not know about them. Making advertising and exposure the key factor on whether or not a game is heard of. Which I think is part of the issue with table top games because DnD 5e, 40k, and MtG seem to dominate their genres pretty well to the point where other people may not have heard of or have considered other games in the genre, including older ones.
Also generation wise, I think a lot of younger people lack that one particular friend who introduces everyone else to a new game or tells them about a certain game through word of mouth. Also the fact that younger people aren't as tech savvy as the older ones and may not know how to look for things on google beyond places like reddit/tiktok/and their select youtubers. Or they may not have a community or club they can visit to play certain games. Like in my town, it was the highschool games club and sketchy card game/comic book store whose owner was caught robbing stores.
well said!