Cultural Games - board games as cultural assets (Topic Discussion)
The term Kulturgut is very hard to translate into English. In fact, I don't think there is a similar concept in the UK. "Cultural asset" doesn't really do it justice, because the term describes things that have a cultural value and need to be preserved. Literature is a type of Kulturgut for example. As a British person, you can easily see how the works of Shakespeare have a cultural value and require to be preserved. Yet, when it comes to our hobby, people don't necessarily think of modern board games as Kulturgut. In this article, I want to look at this a little closer.
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- Spiel des Jahres: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/
- Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/04/01/brass-birmingham-deluxe-saturday-review/
- e-Mission: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/games/e-mission-daybreak/
- Sagaland: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spiel-des-jahres-1982-sagaland/
- Um Reifenbreite: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spiel-des-jahres-1992-um-reifenbreite-von-rob-bontenbal/
- Dungeons & Dragons: https://dnd.wizards.com/start-playing-dnd
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