Breaking the silos
Why board gaming needs a platform that brings the community together, making it effortless to find games, events, and people to play with.
I want there to be a platform that "breaks" the current silos around board gaming and brings the community together. I want to find interesting events at a glance or by a press of a single button. I don't really care that much whether the platform is going to be built by me in the end. But at least I am willing to give it a serious effort and try. Maybe the companies that come after can then learn from my mistakes, which I am sure there might already be many. One of which is that I don't care about money, when I definitely should.
Beyond Chatrooms
I want finding company for board gaming to be effortless and safe, without the need to lurk in multiple individual discord rooms and chats. I'm not a chatter. I want to meet people face to face, that's why I love live games. I want there to be plenty of public options to choose from and I would like to know if there is any seats left at the table before I get there. I want to find interesting things to do near me, from a glance, and not from hours and hours of back-and-forth chatting, sometimes over weeks. I believe there are plenty of board game fans that, while interested in meeting new people and playing games, are not within the current virtual ecosystem. The community as such is smaller, and the gaming hubs are not as profitable and popular as they could be.
If me and my friends have room for two more people at the table, why not spice things up sometimes and share it publicly? What options do we have? Or if I am looking for a table to join with a friend of mine or my wife? Start chatting for weeks in discord? I think the social aspect of live gaming is probably THE selling point of board games and card games. Going through major virtual loops to achieve the experience is counter-intuitive to me.
It strikes me as odd that while board gaming has attracted (in my opinion) so many passionate and brilliant people, yet the main way our community meets up and gets together is via chatrooms. How is this not something that is already fixed? I sure would like it to be.
Vertti
vertti@tableport.gg