Boardgames are a tough business to make money in. Anyone can become a designer. The market has thousands and thousands of games out there. Gamers have shelves and shelves loaded with games. They put games they don’t like or don’t have room for out into the used market.
What this all adds up to is that your game has to really fight to get attention. The game mechanics and components need to be really polished. The artwork needs to be very compelling. Thematic games need to have interesting themes and stories. More abstract/euro games need to have really tight rules.
Most of the board games I have ended up playing in more recent years, have been via Tabletop Simulator (no consideration to try them, and since it’s online I don’t have to find people IRL to play with). Though I bought Survive: Atlantis and that game is hella fun and the board, pieces and cards are exceptionally well-made. I wanna get the other versions of the game that exist; they’re not even just thematic changes to the set, they actually have unique variants of the rules.
Boardgames are a tough business to make money in. Anyone can become a designer. The market has thousands and thousands of games out there. Gamers have shelves and shelves loaded with games. They put games they don’t like or don’t have room for out into the used market.
What this all adds up to is that your game has to really fight to get attention. The game mechanics and components need to be really polished. The artwork needs to be very compelling. Thematic games need to have interesting themes and stories. More abstract/euro games need to have really tight rules.
It’s tough!
Most of the board games I have ended up playing in more recent years, have been via Tabletop Simulator (no consideration to try them, and since it’s online I don’t have to find people IRL to play with). Though I bought Survive: Atlantis and that game is hella fun and the board, pieces and cards are exceptionally well-made. I wanna get the other versions of the game that exist; they’re not even just thematic changes to the set, they actually have unique variants of the rules.