Reply To: Too many games with miniatures in it?

[angelicdespot 4700xp 1]

I tend to agree with @onlyonepinman

I think it probably helps to think of miniature-heavy board games as a separate genre to other board games. We don’t ‘need’ games.   We don’t ‘need’ any one specific game.   Most of us tend to enjoy particular types of games, not all games equally, and those people who like almost any games don’t have the time to play them all and/or presumably conclude that some games are simply better versions of very similar ones.

So while there are plenty of good games that don’t need miniatures at all, and plenty of good games that don’t play functionally any differently as a result of having miniatures, there are plenty of gamers who like miniature-heavy games.

Some will be much better than others.   Quite a few have fairly unremarkable rules, but that’s no different to non-miniature board games where the huge range and volume of games, and rapid release of new games means that plenty don’t get taken off the shelves much after the initial buzz has worn off.

And while there are quite a few miniature-heavy board games that don’t last the test of time (or even probably last more than a year or two), there are very definitely some miniature-heavy board games that are truly excellent games.   Mediocre miniatures board games are not just a sign of market demand.   They’re a sign of a successful (sub?) genre of games which includes some really amazing examples.