Board game is actually a category that means "games that are needed/suitable to be played on a tabletop". In the minds of the post-80s and 90s, the most typical board game is the Three Kingdoms, but the most popular board game in Chongqing is actually mahjong.
This list is only for modern board games that are close to Three Kingdoms. This category is mainly from abroad, and mainly in the United States and Germany, and the industry's largest Eisen Board Game Exhibition (SPIEL) is held in Germany, when a large number of new board games will be released, and the scores and rankings of each board game will also be announced. Chicken Leg Mushroom is the most professional board game bar in Chongqing, specializing in selecting SPIEL's high-rated and award-winning board games to be put on the shelves. In fact, there are many stores in Chongqing that can meet this standard, but chicken leg mushrooms rarely meet opponents in terms of variety richness and iteration speed of board games, and it has successfully become a gathering place for enthusiasts.
Magic: The Gathering is one of the most famous board games in the world, but it's the equivalent of a chicken leg mushroom in the mountain city of Chongqing. Born in 1993, this card is the world's first "trading card game", and Blizzard's popular Hearthstone belongs to the same category, and the two have similar gameplay and require players to fight. Magic's backstory is a time-travel, parallel-space story, with popular elements such as fantasy, nature, fierce battles, and court games. This design seems to be a "secondary two", but the founder is a mathematician, and it is no surprise that its rules are complex, ingenious, and full of fun to play. Magic's expansions and data sheets have been updated year after year, with 20 billion cards printed from 2008 to 2016, and enthusiasts all over the world, including inter-city and international professional tournaments. The owner of the chicken leg mushroom is an enthusiast, and the store has helped the players participate in official competitions, and also holds amateur competitions in the store.
The board game isn't limited to Magic: The Gathering, with nearly 150 games in total, second only to five walnuts (No. 2 on this list). From the customer's point of view, the fun and playability of the game is very important, and the board game is mainly imported from abroad, so the perspective of the English-speaking world has become an important reference. Many of the games in the store are well-known on the world's largest board game forum, BoardGameGeek (BGG), such as "Orleans", "Power Plant", "Tzolk'in" and "Seven Wonders" information "Showdown", etc., all of which are in the top 100 in the forum rankings (the total number of modern board games is close to 100,000).
Board games have a long history, but they are extremely dynamic, and this energy is not limited to heat, but also to creativity. In addition to iterating rules, novel backstories are also a big trend. The most typical example is Game of Thrones, a board game based on George Martin's novel of the same name, which was born in 2003 and is still ranked in the top 350 BGG as of 2018, while the second-generation version, founded in 2011, successfully broke into the top 100, and the second-generation version was nominated in the official selection of fantasy board games and failed to win. It may not have the best backdrop in the English-speaking world, but it is said that Chinese customers know it well because of the film and television series of the same name, and the introduction of Chicken Leg Mushroom to Game of Thrones is a good adaptation. Winter is approaching, customers can play as Stark, Lannister and other families to fight the Seven Kingdoms, need to face the invasion of savages, the game also incorporates elements such as letter crows, Valyrian steel, etc., with a high degree of restoration.
High-rated board games are the most important, and ordinary stores will also introduce them, but their richness is difficult to compete with chicken leg mushrooms. While some games are not first-line, their quality is not mediocre, and such niche games can only be experienced in professional board game stores such as chicken leg mushrooms. For example, "Souls of the Seven Samurai" is often not taken seriously in other stores, but the author of the board game is actually the famous Antoine Bauza, who founded the aforementioned "Seven Wonders", and "Souls of the Seven Samurai" is related to Akira Kurosawa's film, which is actually very suitable for Chinese users, and the choice of chicken leg mushrooms can be said to be in the right place.
Chicken leg mushrooms are known for their professionalism, and in order to take care of new players, they also deliberately introduce light-hearted and happy categories such as "Grimace King"; Veteran players will also have the opportunity to experience the old board games. Born in 1933, Real Estate Tycoon is one of the most classic strategy games, while Risk is even rarer, founded in 1959, as it is the originator of the war genre and appeared in the seventh season of the American TV series The Big Bang Theory. These classic games may not be more entertaining, and shopkeepers rarely recommend them to customers, but it's not uncommon for enthusiasts to get nostalgic.
The chicken leg mushroom has been operating in the mountain city for several years, has undergone several changes of location, and is now located in Guanyinqiao Hongling International. The interior of the store is all about board games, and there is a distinctly "Magic: The Gathering" character. There are only 7 or 8 square tables in the store, and the reception capacity is at a normal level in the core area of Chongqing, but the hygiene is good and the hall is transparent.
The price of board game stores in Chongqing is uniform, about 25 yuan per person, and there is no time limit. The additional revenue comes from offline trading of board games, not only in and around Magic: The Gathering and its merchandise, but also in other high-quality and genuine board games.
