
How to Make a Super Thematic Game and Do Research with Dave Beck
The Board Game Design Lab
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The Importance of Theme in Board Games
Board games have evolved to a point now where people aren't always just happy with a puzzle to solve. They want to be engrossed in it, immersed in an environment or a narrative and envision themselves in that space. Sometimes theme really can connect to the visuals you see too. That also is important for the player to be able to see kind of a rich tableow before them on the table. And those things are very largely, in my opinion, connected to theme.
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