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‘The Hobby’: A Love Letter to Board Gamers like My Son

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The Hobby, a documentary about the board gaming world, premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8. Writer and director Simon Ennis follows designers as they reveal their creative process and players as they find community in this world. In this tight-knit subculture, game designers and reviewers like podcaster Tom Vasel are treated like superstars.

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‘The Hobby’: A Love Letter to Board Gamers like My Son

My 12-year-old son creates some wacky board games. When he was younger, there was Pillow Fight, where players spin a wheel to collect pillows to smack people, build a fort, or knock down pins. Then there was Chick-fil-A vs. Canes, a game where players collect coins by buying, selling, and promoting menu items from Texas’ favorite fast-food chicken places—but if you get stingy and don’t pay your workers, they’ll go on strike and you’ll find yours…

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