I learned about this study through Daniel Solis's blog[1]. He's a game designer.
His article discusses the fact that American and European boardgames reflect the cultural differences they were designed in. If you know the terms "Ameritrash" and "Euro game" you know what I'm talking about.
As a board game hobbyist, I'm glad that people are looking at and talking about this research. I'm curious to see if there's a brave soul who can design an awesome, fun game that provides players with a distinctly different set of difficult choices that's neither Euro nor Ameritrash.
His article discusses the fact that American and European boardgames reflect the cultural differences they were designed in. If you know the terms "Ameritrash" and "Euro game" you know what I'm talking about.
As a board game hobbyist, I'm glad that people are looking at and talking about this research. I'm curious to see if there's a brave soul who can design an awesome, fun game that provides players with a distinctly different set of difficult choices that's neither Euro nor Ameritrash.
[1] http://danielsolisblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/game-design-outsi...