Boardgame vs Tabletop game?

[razordisc-2Participant 125xp 1]

We have almost finished our game Razordisc and I’m confused what to promote it as.

It’s a scifi mix of Tron, Rollerball & Salute of the Jugger.

It’s a heavy weight game that takes around 2 hours to play.

You will spend time pre-game creating a team with different genetic races, equipment and specialist skills the go head to head with an opponent.

It’s a sports game where the aim is to score by throwing or skating the Halo  (disc) across your end zone whilst your opponent attempts to do the same.

Does this feel more like a tabletop game or generic boardgame?

[zorg 18801xp 1]

Fab looking figures an they have a strong Alita vibe as well.

[razordisc-2Participant 125xp 1]

Thanks Zorg!

Still lots more to come along with other models already in play.

I hope you can see our dilemma,  it’s not your traditional boardgame,  and plays more like a tabletop game.

Alita also has striking comparison to our game although was not intentional  ?

[blinky465 17028xp 1]

Most sports games – from Blood Bowl to Guild Ball and Dreadball etc. all play on some kind of board; with hexes or squares. I’d be surprised if this didn’t have a grid to play on. In which case, it’s a board game (albeit a very exciting looking miniatures-based board game).

A tabletop game – with rulers instead of a grid – would play even slower than a board-based game. And the whole point of a sports game is to be fast and exciting, just like the game (it’s partly why something like Blood Bowl had to have a “gateway” version in Blitz Bowl and keeps getting rules revamps as part of the “living rule book” – the more it tries to be a sports simulator instead of an abstract game, the slower it gets, to the point of being almost unplayable).

By putting a sports game on a grid, you allow players to plan ahead quickly – even during their opponents turn. This helps keep the action feeling quicker and more spontaneous, when a player moves. If it’s not being played on a grid….. well, it’s something to consider 😉

[razordisc-2Participant 125xp 0]

Thank you blinky, a great explanation and one I must agree with.

Boardgame it is as we do indeed use a hexagon board  🙂

[razordisc-2Participant 125xp 1]

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