There is one day left for all lovers, enthusiasts and novices to discover the games. Since Friday, the Gloose festival has been taking place in Pratgraussals. On site, visitors can try hundreds of board games, board games… The organizers, recognizable by their t-shirts, are there to explain the rules of the games and allow you to have a good time while giving a good beating to your friend. There are also sometimes collaborative games…
This show is an opportunity to discover new products like in Darwin’s footsteps, the older Apaches of Paris. Or old games, still in vogue: the timeless Seven Wonders, Catane or even Les Aventuriers du rail or the brilliant Small world. “There are a lot of releases. It’s hard to keep up. Games experienced a big boom during covid. People returned to board games. It was already on the rise, but this accelerated the phenomenon” , explains Axel, one of the organizers.
Result if in the past, publishers were limited to historical or fantastic themes, today, they affect all areas. “This opens up the pool of players even more.”
Especially since publishers have adapted to the market. No more games where it took an hour to set up the board and 5 hours to play a game. Now there are lots of quick little games. “They are faster, more intuitive. You can play them as a family,” emphasizes Axel. Like Nekojima, a skill game where you have to install pylons, which was a great success this weekend.
At the same time, publishers continue to pull the thread of major series. Like Seven Wonders with its architecture edition, very family-friendly. Or the Cantane juniors.
