As we are starting to see in video games, with Last For Us 2 high profile brutality (so far), global CThe ovid-19 closure draws quite a bit on the companies' ability to make and sell games. But if you think video games are bad, avoid the thought of anyone involved in board games.
Because they are made of cardboard and plastic and paper, and because almost all of those parts are made in China, board game studios and publishers were lagging behind in their 2020 release plans thanks to China's previous C compilation.ovid-19 the closing of the mouth and the cold effect that exists in the crackdown of the Lunar New Year.
This is a post from Pandasaurus & # 39; Nathan McNair, as far back as January, it seems to have gone nowhere with a list of all the issues that publishers are getting into, and at that time people were attending meetings and only Chinese businesses had their travel plans affected.
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Now, though, it is a mess. Many of the most important and most important board game shows have been postponed or canceled (the largest of which, Gencon, is never somehow, but in fact that's a matter of time). Board game stores around the world are closed because they are so far away from essential service, and more importantly, publishers are now finding that they can't even make their own games, despite having to release them abroad.
When video games – especially those on PC – are at least behind the digital release, the board game requires boxing and pieces, and if it isn't made or sold, then the whole industry stops.
And so for only a few weeks the global reaction to Covid-19 we're just beginning to see the effects it has on the board game industry. Asmodee, another great and very important one the world's publishers (and owner of products such as Fantasy Flight and Wonder Days) delayed all releases from the end of March to May at the earliest. That's when it passes all games due to being bounced back that back to the system.
Game Crafter, one of the world's largest and most important small game developers, you shut down for at least three weeks. In video games x Local board games, Kickstarter adaptation Rebellion & # 39; s Sniper series pressed back, because "we don't want to ask you to support a project now where there are bigger, more important things to worry about."
And the problems are not confined to the supply of board game sales! Board games are a natural pursuit, built on the idea that you will find friends and sit around the table for hours on end. That is illegal in many places now, and even games it was still being exported, their market has declined significantly, if only temporarily (via a notable exception, of course).
Basically, if this goes on, it's too bad to get all one part of the board game industry. Games are not made, games made cannot be shipped or distributed properly, many retail outlets are closed and people who buy them face an unprecedented financial crisis and cannot play with friends even if they want to.
That's a lot of good and bad, but there are some light spots. If you don't know about the event, the board game industry too much more friendly than the capitalism of the video game death system, so we see the tricks such as those made by publishers such as Fireside, Burnt Island, Water Sports, Restricted Games and Kids Table BG, who sell discounted games out of their warehouse, and offer large chunks of those items ranging between 20-50% – brick-and-mortar stores to help them deal with this.
Another good thing is that throughout China many workers are returning to their offices and factories last month, which will keep things moving again on the production side.
But until everything is received and the desired chain can return to something at least it's just like normal, it's going to be a very few months for everyone in board games, from people who make themselves passable to the people who play it.
