Graphing Thirty Years of Gaming Collaborations 12
ShannonA writes "The world of designer board games, including such classics as The Settlers of Catan and Modern Art, is full of creative collaborations between designers. In a new article, Six Degrees of Collaboration, Shannon Appelcline traces these collaborative connections across a half-dozen countries and over thirty years of time." Interesting to see how relatively small a part of the table-top gaming industry really is.
Always six degrees? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Always six degrees? (Score:2, Insightful)
I hope that clears things up.
Re:Always six degrees? (Score:1)
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Ride the short bus? (Score:2, Funny)
The entire industry could ride a school bus to work every day.
In a similar vein (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:In a similar vein (Score:4, Interesting)
Am I missing something here? (Score:3, Informative)
Much to my chagrin, Settlers of Catan is mentioned in the summary, but not actually charted. TFA doesn't even mention that game or Klaus Teuber. Ravensburger publishes some of the best games I've ever played. The problem is only a very small fraction of them ever makes it to the US. For those who like easy-to-pick up games that are never the same twice, may I recommend The Amazeing Labyrinth [amazon.com] which is sort of a treasure hunt game where the board changes every round.
Re:Am I missing something here? (Score:2, Informative)
Also, I'd suggest Puerto Rico as a great title from Ravensburger, it takes a bit to learn it but after that it's a great game with very little luck involved.
Re:Am I missing something here? (Score:2, Informative)