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There’s a big hubub in California today about violence and sexuality in video games. A very important case to a lot of video gamers out there.
Does this/should this affect board games? Should violent board games be rated/regulated?
How do you feel about violence, and other adult topics, in your games? We all know there’s a ton of adult related RPG/miniatures/board gaming material out there.
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The more serious violence problem with analog games appears to be that of gambling, on the one hand, and robberies against gamblers, on the other.
With regards to your question, are you asking if we think we can censor what gets published or whether we would personally play games that present explicit violence? Two very different questions. No to the first and no to the second.
In my case, I tend to avoid violent themes in my games for personal reasons. I tend to favor abstract competition or co-operative gameplay with themes that aren’t inherently violent. Heck, even though I have a game that literally has “fight” in the name, it actually plays more like a dance competition.