Who would pay $100 for a board game sight unseen? (oh, sweet summer child) Well apparently almost 5,000 people were on board for that, because the Kickstarter was not only a rousing success, but it also changed the way many future Kickstarters were ran. I remember seeing Zombicide’s price tag of $100 for the “all in” and thinking that was a CRAZY price. I had backed a few games here and there on the platform, but never really spent that much time browsing it. It was a game within a game.įast forward to 2012 and what do we see? Zombicide hops on Kickstarter. So, when I got into board games, I not only checked out if there were any expansions, but also any promo cards I needed to find. Nothing bugged me more than missing one issue out of a run of 20 (thanks Powers #2). I used to be a comic book collector, and I LOVED getting full runs of series. This also tugged at my inner completionist. It was both fun and a way to get more content for games I already loved.

Free cards for games I either had or might someday get. I don’t quite remember the games, but I loved the concept. In 2003, Gen Con moved from Milwaukee to Indianapolis, and it was there that I got re-introduced to promo cards. Carcassonne, Zombies!!!, Munchkin, Mage Knight Dungeons, and the Renier Knizia Lord of the Rings game often graced my tabletop. Yet things changed when I played my first euro game. Up until then, board games made me think of Risk, Axis and Allies, and Monopoly. At some point in the early 2000s, I was introduced to The Settlers of Catan. My journey into tabletop gaming is probably similar to many others.

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