Posted on 03/29/2015 5:24:20 PM PDT by Colofornian
Cards and board games are a big part of Utah culture -- perhaps it comes with the Nerdiest State title -- and Kickstarter is usually swimming with projects and ideas for new entertainment. At the moment, Kickstarter has 645 live projects involving games, with names and genres ranging from Dungeonmancer and Demon Lord to Assumptions and the recently completed and funded game Exploding Kittens (which received $8.7 million in pledges, making it the fourth highest funded project in Kickstarter history).
Needless to say, even though there are hundreds of games being thrown at consumers out there, there's still demand and a market. Creativity is exploding (and so are the cats). One recent project to launch on the crowdfunding site is Salem, a strategic card game of deception, based in Provo.
"The year is 1692, and it is a perilous time to live in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. One wrong step, or one misplaced accusation, and you could be the next witch to hang. 'Salem' takes players into this perilous world and lets them re-live the tension, politics, and religious extremism that still has people talking about it 300 years later," the Kickstarter page said.
Salem has also gotten a stamp of approval as a Kickstarter Staff Pick. At first glance, the game seems familiar to Mafia or Werewolf with different characters, storylines and further game development. The creators aimed to combine the favorite aspects of other games like Bang, Ticket to Ride and Werewolf -- entertainment staples for Utah Friday nights.
According to an explanation by project creator and BYU grad Travis Hancock on the site, inspiration for the game Salem came from major frustrations while playing Mafia-type games...
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I was thinking this was a Ouija Board advertisement.
Why play it so safe?
Why not play the Racist and Homophobe game?
I mean sure, those convicted of witchcraft in Salem were hanged, whereas racists and homophobes just lose their jobs today.
Except of course it’s a game, and no one is going to be hanged, so why play it safe?
(I count both Rebecca Nurse, a good woman hanged as a witch, and assorted Putnams, accusers, among my ancestors.)
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