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Question about the 'cult of the new' at my local game night
Last week at our meetup in Springfield, I brought my copy of a game from 2015. It's a solid tile layer that my group used to play every month. A guy I hadn't met before took one look at the box and said, 'Oh, that's old. We only play stuff from the last two years here.' In my experience, this push to only play the newest hotness means we miss out on great games that have stood the test of time. Three years ago, this same group played a 2010 auction game that's still my favorite, but I haven't seen it hit the table since 2021. It feels like we're chasing hype instead of depth. I get wanting to try new things, but dismissing a game just because it's not fresh off the press seems short sighted. Has anyone else's group gotten stuck in this cycle?
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hugo4416mo ago
What happens when a new game from last year flops hard, do they still refuse to play a proven classic from 2018? That logic seems broken if the only measure is a release date.
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thomas.piper6mo ago
My friend's group got like that for a while. They passed on a game from 2016 that @hugo441 actually recommended, then spent a whole night being bored by a new dud. They've started mixing in older stuff again.
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