The Full Monty....Python Fluxx Experience. Monty Python Fluxx Board Game Review

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The distinct lack of comments on this and the Are you a robot review is only justifying Michael Barnes ban on Monty Python references. Please, think of the children.

The newer boardgame subject matter seems to be reaching farther and farther back in time for pop culture references. I can understand the appeal of using a good one like the Cthulhu Mythos that is also in the public domain. But it gives the impression that this hobby is only for old people. The real problem is probably the firehose of mediocre board games flooding the market in recent years, with each one vying for some kind of distinctive hook for potential buyers.

Shellhead wrote: The newer boardgame subject matter seems to be reaching farther and farther back in time for pop culture references. I can understand the appeal of using a good one like the Cthulhu Mythos that is also in the public domain. But it gives the impression that this hobby is only for old people. The real problem is probably the firehose of mediocre board games flooding the market in recent years, with each one vying for some kind of distinctive hook for potential buyers.

Aging audience to buy the games and cheap licenses imho.

Also, most big licenses are taking a much firmer hand with controlling their brand, I wonder if that's part of it?

LOL like anyone under 40 still quotes Monty Python...right? RIGHT?

Michael Barnes wrote: LOL like anyone under 40 still quotes Monty Python...right? RIGHT?

My 16 year old daughter sent me a screen shot of drawn to life where she attempted to use a holy hand grenade with the caption of disappointed when it didn't work. #parentgoals

Shellhead wrote: But it gives the impression that this hobby is only for old people.

The hobby is increasingly for whales, not players, and older people have more disposable income. You are not going to see many people in their 20s jump into the Kickstarter train because they cannot afford it.


That said, more and more of both gaming and pop culture is dominated by franchises and remakes. Just look at cinemas: IT, Chuky movies, Aladdin, The Addams Family, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Men in Black, Jumanji, Terminator, Hellboy. We don't live in an original age.

It doesn't help that nerdom is the most inbred thing in existance. The vast majority of nerd stuff can be traced back to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Lovecraft, often several of them at once. Or anime, which is itself extremely inbred.

Blah.

* Considers looking up article he wrote on the lack of original titles (not part of a franchise) he wrote 15 years ago about the video game industry *

So boardgames are this era's toy trains?

Sagrilarus wrote: So boardgames are this era's toy trains?

*Stares at his dust-covered train set*

I sure hope not.