Board Games are Too Popular
With internet shows like @TableTop and websites like Boargamegeek , tabletop gaming has had a huge resurgence in the last few years. Damn you Wheaton!!! Game publishers are jumping on this to try to capitalize while the market is hot, and so there are a plethora of new games released in a constant stream these days. On top of that, funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo , and easy distribution through places like DriveThruCards are allowing more and more amateur game designers to get their work made and distributed. So this is all great, right? That's a LOT of shitty games. Well, not really. As with anything in life, board games run the full spectrum of awesome to terrible. And in this spectrum, there is the typical bell curve of distribution. So based on that, only 4% of the games released will be awesome. Some 7% will be really good. Another 12% will be Ok. The rest are going to s...