On Oct. 25, members of the Guild of Tabletop Gamers and the Spectrum Alliance came together to celebrate LGBT history month. The two groups united to not only play games such as UNO, Catan and other popular games but they also brought new ones as well.
Many LGBT themed games were featured such as “Hues Clues,” which made a wonderful experience for guessing exact colors on a wide board with a plethora of possible matches to much more in depth games such as “Fog of Love.”
“Fog of Love” is a board game that was originally released in 2017 by Danish Jaskov. The game incorporates a large number of role-playing elements in order to produce unique storylines based around two players.
The game allows two people to play at once as they navigate through their careers and goals while crossing into each other’s lives and potentially hurting one another’s dreams and aspirations.
Although the game was met with positive reviews, there were some elements that made game designer Nikki Valens slightly uncomfortable with the original release of the game. While Jaskov was aiming for a game that appealed to all, he understood that there were things that he would not understand as a “heterosexual male” and sought out the help of Valens.
“There were minor details that didn’t sit right with me; not enough to make me not enjoy the game, but enough to make me feel uncomfortable. It was as if the game was meant for someone else.” – Nikki Valens, freelance game designer
With the help of Valens, the game was redesigned and re-released in 2018 to accommodate for different types of couples and was met with great praise.
Succeeding this event from the Guild of Tabletop Gamers will be their normal meetings every Friday from 1 – 5:30 p.m. The Spectrum Alliance President, Sarah Strickland, has shared a wide array of events, such as Halloween candy taste testing on Oct. 31, a general meeting on Nov. 11 and a tabling event on Nov. 20. Strickland said she would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone who wants to come to any of our final events.
