The people at Wise Wizard Games have always pushed extreme leftist politics at the expense of their products, and now they’re doing so again by announcing an unprecedented move: they will not have a physical set for their new crowdfund but be digital only because of tariffs.
A board game is played on a physical board on a physical table. The experience of playing a board game is simply NOT about staring at glowing, pixelated images on a screen. Board games are not digital. They are ALWAYS played on a PHYSICAL BOARD. Hence, the term "BOARD game". A game played on a computer, is by definition....a COMPUTER GAME. And I'm fine with this stance labeling me as a technological luddite.
So what's the deal then? Is Wise Wizard Games officially declaring themselves as a computer game company now? If they are, I don't necessarily have a problem with that....but they should just SAY IT.
For the record, I believe there are legitimate complaints about the way the Trump administration is rolling out these tariffs, however, in this case......complaining about the tariffs just seems like an excuse to not spend the money on producing a physical product. Is Wise Wizard Games just hard up for cash? Is their company dying? I ask, because there's a million computer games out there, and I am not interested in putting yet another app on my phone. So why should I buy this particular COMPUTER GAME?
The digital game is actually really well done, but yeah - this is for a computer game, not a board game. And I don't see this doing as well unless they adjust their prices appropriately for a digital game. I will give them props for being one of the few companies that have a "buy once, play on any platform" for expansions, though. Too many tie that to a specific account or platform and require re-buying on all platforms/accounts.
I followed several of the WW campaigns, but the price for their campaigns jumped up quite a bit between the first Star Realms campaign and later ones. It was really hard to justify the pledge levels to get extra cards. The "Realms" games are still pretty good - easy to play, explain, clean up. But the price point got a little too much for me to continue backing.
I do agree the "Wise" name change was pretty unnecessary, though I think that was also around the time we were having a summer of love and if you _didn't_ capitulate, you got all sorts of trouble from the industry. The angry voices were really loud back then. :(
I loved Star Realms back in the day, and Jon's novel in the universe could have spawned an entire series. Too bad about the woke producers.
They won't even get my virtual money.
Plenty of US printers who could satisfy this demand, but slave-wage profit margins are too sweet.
Sad game company can stay sad.
So......it's not a board game then.
It's a computer game.
A board game is played on a physical board on a physical table. The experience of playing a board game is simply NOT about staring at glowing, pixelated images on a screen. Board games are not digital. They are ALWAYS played on a PHYSICAL BOARD. Hence, the term "BOARD game". A game played on a computer, is by definition....a COMPUTER GAME. And I'm fine with this stance labeling me as a technological luddite.
So what's the deal then? Is Wise Wizard Games officially declaring themselves as a computer game company now? If they are, I don't necessarily have a problem with that....but they should just SAY IT.
For the record, I believe there are legitimate complaints about the way the Trump administration is rolling out these tariffs, however, in this case......complaining about the tariffs just seems like an excuse to not spend the money on producing a physical product. Is Wise Wizard Games just hard up for cash? Is their company dying? I ask, because there's a million computer games out there, and I am not interested in putting yet another app on my phone. So why should I buy this particular COMPUTER GAME?
The digital game is actually really well done, but yeah - this is for a computer game, not a board game. And I don't see this doing as well unless they adjust their prices appropriately for a digital game. I will give them props for being one of the few companies that have a "buy once, play on any platform" for expansions, though. Too many tie that to a specific account or platform and require re-buying on all platforms/accounts.
O barf! I used to own Star Realms. It was okayish, but not so good I need to give money to this company.
Eh. I've got fifty board games dying to be played again. Why should I waste money on this wokeness?
I followed several of the WW campaigns, but the price for their campaigns jumped up quite a bit between the first Star Realms campaign and later ones. It was really hard to justify the pledge levels to get extra cards. The "Realms" games are still pretty good - easy to play, explain, clean up. But the price point got a little too much for me to continue backing.
I do agree the "Wise" name change was pretty unnecessary, though I think that was also around the time we were having a summer of love and if you _didn't_ capitulate, you got all sorts of trouble from the industry. The angry voices were really loud back then. :(