Not to be a meta-pedant, but “literally” doesn’t mean “figuratively”, it adds emphasis to figurative speech. It doesn’t tell you that something is figurative when you otherwise wouldn’t have known.
EDIT: I lied. I totally wanted to be a meta-pedant.
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I tried introducing The Grizzled to Rym at MAGfest last year using nearly the exact same bullet points that Matt did, only we never played it.
[/quote]I was probably distracted by the bells and whistles of MAG. It’s the only con where I play non-tabletop games for more than a few minutes.
We didn’t even play Grizzled first: we played Amon Re! Grizzled was the “I guess we can fit one more game in” game.
This one has been on my radar for a little while. I’m you guys liked it.
Have you played This War of Mine? It’s a video game with a board game adaptation coming out soon; I have the Steam version, and the demos I’ve seen for the tabletop version look pretty good. It’s set in a Sarajevo-esque city. You play the civilians. During the day it’s not safe to leave the abandoned building you’re hiding in, so you try and put up barriers against raiders, salvage resources, keep people’s morale up, etc. At night you go into the city to trade or scavenge. It throws some seriously tough decisions at you. Someone is sick and will die without medicine; do you steal it from the hospital? A man knocks on your door holding a bleeding child; do you give him your only bandages? A very hard game in a lot of ways. One of the most sobering experiences I’ve ever had, but I definitely recommend it.
It’s the only con where I play non-tabletop games for more than a few minutes.