![]() By nature, board games involve some degree of abstraction. While establishing a system with set rules and objectives is pretty universal in both analog and digital gaming, the concept of “open-world” is a much more difficult proposition on the table than the screen. These are as much about playing around in the game as they are playing the game itself. Given that my love of board games has now dwarfed that of video games, it makes sense that I want to be able to recreate some of the joys I find in video gaming on the tabletop. “Open-world” is a common term for video games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Elder Scrolls, and Fallout that give you hours of open-ended, player-driven gameplay. With the ever-improving animation and computing technology, video games have now entered the chat. The 20th Century development of the film industry brought another form of narrative expression. Historically, the most natural medium for this kind of world-building has been books. Whether it’s escapist fantasy, modern crime, historical fiction, as long as I’m able to put myself there, I’m in. I want to feel swept away into its universe. One of the things that I enjoy most in consumable media is whenever the creator is able to immerse me into their world. ![]()
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