I have been board gaming now for about 17 years. I don’t say this as a brag, in fact I know that many of the other “content creators” in the field have been doing it for longer, or have been more prolific in how often they have been playing. I say that statement as simply a fact. I have played board games for 17 years now and for most of those 17 years I have been a Game Daddy. If you are reading this there is a non zero chance that you either are a Game Daddy or Mommy, or know one if you play board games regularly. So to get onto the point…
So What is a Game Daddy/Mommy?
The term has nothing to do with whether you are an actual parent or play with your kids or anything like that. The game originated from a certain Mark Bigney of So Very Wrong About Games. As stated in an episode of the podcast the title was given to him by one of his gaming group to describe the task of finding a game that everyone else will be happy with. After the words “lets play a game” are uttered ultimately all eyes turn to the Game Daddy/Mommy like hungry animals waiting for their tasty morsel. At this point it is your task to determine a game that everyone will enjoy. Why? Because you want them to come back of coarse, you want them to ask to play games next time. It is your ultimate job to make sure that all the kiddos are content and happy with their gaming experience.
So what is this blog about?
I plan to bring you the biggest, hardest hitting journalism of what goes on within my brain. From musings about games that I play, games that I want to play but can’t, my other board game adjacent hobbies, and most importantly how all the above topics interact with me being the Game Daddy.