

Compared to anything recent it has an 83 year head start. It is well past its initial hotness, and also well past its period where it would've been passé. No one looks at a Scrabble tile and goes from what game did this piece come from? The tiles are already Iconic so that even if made huge people know what they are out of the game. It might be hard to keep a full set, but those things hang around. The Scrabble board is also easier to draw from memory than a lot of games, and the wood tiles last a lot longer than most components. Unlike Monopoly it doesn't depend as much on collector's editions and other commercial tie-ins to sell sets. (especially with available unlicensed spin offs). It also has had tons of online implementations, and continues to do well in that environment. (and at some point Scrabble is beyond copyright and not too far in the future. But not really enough to over take the base Scrabble game. The almost Scrabble of Words with Friends and the like. Because Mattel owns the rights internationally, and Hasbro within the US, it is less dependent on one publisher.Īlso, it is already being ripped off into non-licensed versions. There are tons of versions for different languages.Ĥ,000 registered clubs internationally, with competitive tournament play. One third of American homes have a copy, one half of British. I think the one that has the best chance surviving of games developed in the past 100 years is. r/tabletopgamedesign - Designer's subreddit.r/boardgameexchange - selling/buying/trading games.Game of the Week Calendar Related Sites & Subreddits The simplest use is to bold game names in your comment and add " /u/r2d8 getinfo" at the end of the post, but this post/sub has other features identified. You'll see people using bold to highlight games, that gives the opportunity to interact with /u/r2d8, a bot that can be used to grab data from BGG on games included in a post. Please see the Rules-page for a full list of the rules. Join our community! Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! Rules Welcome to /r/boardgames! The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games. Join us on IRC or via your preferred IRC platform via libera.chat #boardgames. If you're looking to schedule an AMA, set-up a live event post, or collaborate with us in any way, reach out via modmail! New user on the sub? Please make sure you read our rules below and check out our Contribution Guides since we have additional rules regarding specific topics. Flair icons are BoardGameGeek microbadges and are used with permission.
