Blog Task 6 - Going Cardboard

We watched a show called going cardboard this show was about how board games had become a very important part of peoples lives.

Here is the Synopsis from IMBd:

In 1978, the German press and board game makers created the Spiel des Jahres, or 'Game of the Year' award for excellence in board game design. Competition for this award contributed to an explosion in the variety and sophistication of 'Euro-games.' With the arrival of The Settlers of Catan in the United States in the mid-nineties, more people began to discover the new breed of board game that had been quietly evolving in Germany for the past 30+ years.

Designer board gaming is an up and coming hobby made up of many fascinating facets. Going Cardboard helps make newcomers aware of what they've been missing, while at the same time letting hobby enthusiasts hear from the actual designers responsible for some of their favorite games, and a look behind the scenes at what makes the designer board games industry tick.
Source: IMDb website, link - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229165/

I found this show to be very surprising because i wasn't aware of just how into board games some people are the most surprising part of the whole documentary to me was when the people started talking about how many board games they had one person said that they had a very small amount of board game but the amount they owned was actually in the hundreds and one person made this mans collection actually seem small when the couple said "we are actually behind on our inventory but it's some around 11.000 - 11,500" this couple had actually cleared out a room just for their board games. Other than the absurd amount of board games some people had I was very surprised to learn that Germany hosts the largest board game convention where people from all over the world go to this convention to see what board games are there and to play other people at their favourite games.