Going Cardboard

We were shown a board game documentary called "Going Cardboard", it was about the game of the year awards which started in Germany 1978. People competed in these awards and it is said that because of these awards a whole new variety of games were brought about, changing the games industry forever. I found it hard to believe that this competition made board game creators come up with such interesting and unique ideas. People only realised that board games had been evolving for the past thirty or so years when a game called Settlers of Catan was created in America in the nineties.

Going Cardboard informs people who are wanting to create board games of what has been going on in the games industry to help them on their way. Going Cardboard also lets the board game enthusiasts hear from the creators of their favourite games and gives them a behind the scenes look at board games design while still in process which I found rather interesting although I'm not much of a board game enthusiast.