Nick Bentley @Nick__Bentley
Posts about game design, peace of mind, and climate change | Values = truth, clarity, respect, kindness | President of Underdog Games Studio underdoggames.com Joined July 2009-
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Most people think anxiety can be controlled through sheer willpower. Wrong. I've spent 1,000's of hours in clinical training as a therapist. Here’s the #1 best method for navigating anxiety (without having to pay for therapy):
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On average, food is getting harder to grow worldwide. Current climate models suggest the problem will worsen, in an accelerating way. I predict world food prices will rise non-linearly on average for the rest of our lives. I also predict this will cause great tumult, and great…
Mass migration will follow soon. We were warned but we ignored it. Worse, we are still ignoring it.
Mass migration will follow soon. We were warned but we ignored it. Worse, we are still ignoring it.
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@Nick__Bentley It always depends. Sometimes a product gets a revision and you can tell it's a cash grab. Sometimes you can tell it's about improvement. I'm a cynic when it comes to games these days, as I was scammed on quite a few Kickstarter games from 2019/2020.
@Nick__Bentley Well, and of upside. You must have spent X work-hours doing this 2nd edition. Will the additional sales trajectory of 2E exceed that of 1E + [some other game that could have been brought to market with those same X hours]? I assume you must be confident that's the case.
@Nick__Bentley And this kind of thing drove people nuts about Lucas and the endless updates and edits to Star Wars in the various DVD editions. People wanted the original theatrical release, not all the tweaking and changes. So I guess it's just a matter of taste.
@Nick__Bentley Well, but I think it's also a question of where one's effort is best directed, AND what one considers to be one's definitive authorial statement. I know I could tweak my published games, but I'm more interested to say "these are done, in perpetuity" and work on new stuff.
@Nick__Bentley I'm holding out for the third edition so my feelings don't get hurt. 😁
@Nick__Bentley I own the 1st edition and appreciate that UG is making 2nd editions. A lot of the negative comments on BGG (e.g., boring/repetitive/non-replayable) differ from how my family and I view the 1st edition but happy to hear those are being addresses.
@Nick__Bentley As a consumer if I purchase v1 and don’t intend to purchase v2 I wouldn’t get upset over this unless I JUST bought v1 as v2 was getting released. If I never owned v1 then I’m happy you’re making improvements before I buy the new one.
@Nick__Bentley (Not directed at your game specifically, just a general comment)
@Nick__Bentley Well, I said I tended to the latter view but I sympathize with the former. Carcassonne is perfect, Lost Cities is perfect, Acquire is perfect. It's /possible/. It's not /easy/ but it's /possible/. So I understand that perspective. Other games have done it, why not this one?
@Nick__Bentley If highly regarded games like WotR, Twilight Imperium, John Company, can all have 2nd (+) editions, that are now considered the definitive edition, it seems that post-release refinement is ok. Up to a point. Releasing incremental improvements yearly (e.g.) would be bad.
@Nick__Bentley So, one view is, "I wish you had made it perfect the first time; I don't want to have to pay again for a perfected (until the next edition) version. Another is, it's hard to get it perfect, second editions are pretty typical and not unreasonable. I tend to this view myself.
@Nick__Bentley I suspect the disconnect is partly that games aren't wear-and-tear items. When this year's sneaker wears out, I can buy next year's model, and if it's better, great. When I buy a game I don't expect it to become obsolete, I want to keep playing that same game forever.
@Nick__Bentley If they buy an iPhone 13 do they get upset the next year when the 14 comes out? Or when the PS5 came out? There are multiple reasons for new editions: rules, reprints etc but it doesn’t mean the old version is bad. Example I still enjoy my old Mayfair version of Catan.
Mass migration will follow soon. We were warned but we ignored it. Worse, we are still ignoring it.
‘Scientific method ... is powerless to explain the consciousness that directs it.' – Saul Bellow
"If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them." - Confucius
@Nick__Bentley I've not played this game previously. It clocks in at 1760 words, about compared to TtR. So, I'd expect them to be comparable in weight/complexity. After reading the rules, I'd say that's about right. I think non-gamers will probably mostly be able to follow this. Some
@Nick__Bentley be able to see all the places you've been and the adventures you've had. (Being a fan of mini-cards myself, given the choice I'd choose mini cards that I can keep in a display over poker cards that I have to overlap, but that's just me).
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