So great to hear Alan Moon! Great perspective and sense of humor. I grew up, like Candice, thinking that "die" was the correct singular of "dice," but there are a lot of references to "dice" being appropriate for both singular and plural. I still say "die" myself but I've seen enough counterpoints that I won't correct others :) but I feel her pain!
As a board game “consumer” (not a designer), I appreciate negative reviews & comments, as long as there’s an explanation for the negativity. Unfortunately it’s the only way to offset the 99% of the extremely positive reviews from the content creators online. Relationships with the publishers/designers and the free games that they receive cause dishonest reviews, so we need to hear other non-biased opinions too. I get that sometimes it might hurt a board game designers feelings. You know what hurts a board game consumers feelings? Being lied to and spending their money on a sh!tty game. If you put it out there and charge money for it, the people that buy it have every right to give their opinion about it online.
Re: Gender neutral rulebooks ... That's been discussed/mentioned online by reviewers and the like since before the pandemic started, companies have easily had more than four years to fix the problem. It should not even take a year to fix a rulebook going through the production process.
So great to hear Alan Moon! Great perspective and sense of humor. I grew up, like Candice, thinking that "die" was the correct singular of "dice," but there are a lot of references to "dice" being appropriate for both singular and plural. I still say "die" myself but I've seen enough counterpoints that I won't correct others :) but I feel her pain!
As a board game “consumer” (not a designer), I appreciate negative reviews & comments, as long as there’s an explanation for the negativity. Unfortunately it’s the only way to offset the 99% of the extremely positive reviews from the content creators online. Relationships with the publishers/designers and the free games that they receive cause dishonest reviews, so we need to hear other non-biased opinions too. I get that sometimes it might hurt a board game designers feelings. You know what hurts a board game consumers feelings? Being lied to and spending their money on a sh!tty game. If you put it out there and charge money for it, the people that buy it have every right to give their opinion about it online.
Re: Gender neutral rulebooks ... That's been discussed/mentioned online by reviewers and the like since before the pandemic started, companies have easily had more than four years to fix the problem.
It should not even take a year to fix a rulebook going through the production process.