I have been a fan of German-style boardgames (aka Eurogames or Designer Games) for over 10 years now. My friends know that I have a big collection of these games, and this year, we’ve started the concept of ‘Games Night’ at our place where 10-20 people show up on a Saturday and play these games until Sunday morning.
I bought most of these games while we were staying in the US, and kept adding to the collection on every US trip. Unfortunately, my US trips have stopped, and my collection is now no longer fresh. That is why I was particularly happy to see this website which now makes these games available in India. Very cool. I haven’t ordered from them yet, so cannot comment upon their customer service etc., but hopefully soon.
Those who’re wondering what’s the big deal about these games is, here are the salient features:
- These are board games, to be played with real people, face to face, not computer games
- These are games that are not as stupid, and mindless as monopoly, but also not as brain-bending as chess
- These games are designed to be played by families or groups of friends – lots of interaction, lots of fun, and get over in a couple of hours.
- The games have beautiful components
For a more detailed explanation, see the wikipedia page
Great. Recommendations for family games, beautiful components, playable by 7+ year olds?
@Tubelite, busy right now. Will come back later to give recommendations.
Hi Navin
I was pleasantly surprised to discover a fellow gamer! Hardly anybody knows of Eurogames here in India.
Thanks for mentioning my website blahgames.com. It went live just a few days ago. We are now distributing games for some of the publishers like Z-Man, Asmodee, Gryphon, Eagle, etc. We will soon be expanding our product portfolio.
But, first and foremost, the major task is to create awareness about these kinds of games.
BTW, are you on boardgamegeek.com?
Regards
Mohit
@Mohit, yes, discovering a fellow gamer in India is indeed cause for surprise – so I was astounded to find that there was a website trying to sell these games.
I believe awareness of the games will go hand-in-hand with easy availability of the games. As I indicated, we’ve been having games night on a regular basis, and introducing the games to our friends – most of whom love the games. Similarly there are people in Bombay who play games on a regular basis and introduce new people to these games.
I am on boardgamegeek as ngkabra, but I’m not very active there.