Minion Death Cult: The leftists who made this board game are very weak w/Brace Belden
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Happy Jan 6th, everybody. We celebrate this special day by bringing Brace Belden of True Anon onto the show to denounce his new board game . We call on liberal witnesses from the Newsweek comment section to prove that this game is unpatriotic... or worse Is this so-called "game" meant to further alienate MAGA patriots from their revolutionary struggle? I grill the host for answers. Also: A potential tragedy-verse of board games and slot machines, unions destroy Israel as the UAW moves to divest from the genocidal state, and right wing outlets' recent fervor over "military-aged Chinese males" invading the US Buy tickets to Miss Me Yet at The Beacon in Seattle for Thursday and at 7:30pm Sign up at  for $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes a week Music: Do Make Say Think - And Boundless

I am still fascinated with The Product, even if I have no intention of purchasing or playing it. Still listening, but some interesting tidbits so far are Braces reiteration that he isn’t (legally) making any money on the game, and that one thing that inflated the cost of the game were the legal fees to have it reviewed to make sure it wouldn’t be actionable in court. He also confirmed that courting negative media attention was 100% intentional and part of the game’s marketing strategy.

  • SkeletorJesus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Surprising that they’re not making money on the game directly. I didn’t really pick the TrueAnon crew as big board game people. I get that they still make money on it indirectly from the attention it’ll bring to the show, but that’s honestly not a huge payoff.

    • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      It’s a limited print run of a very niche board game, so I’m not surprised that they’re not making any money off of it. It’s just not a very profitable endeavor in the first place, and the content of the game is going to alienate both a general audience and the hobby gaming sector. I think a lot of hobby gamers would also be put off by the relatively simplistic roll-and-move mechanics of the game. When Brace says he hasn’t played a lot of board games before contributing to this design, well, it really shows.