{"id":143,"date":"2017-09-22T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/09\/22\/five-or-so-questions-with-quintin-smith-on-the-metagame\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:39:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:39:40","slug":"five-or-so-questions-with-quintin-smith-on-the-metagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/09\/five-or-so-questions-with-quintin-smith-on-the-metagame\/","title":{"rendered":"Five or So Questions with Quintin Smith on The Metagame!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey all, I know it’s been a while, sorry. Grad school. But hey, NEW INTERVIEW!<\/i>

<\/b><\/i>Today I have an interview with Quintin Smith from Shut Up & Sit Down<\/a> about the current Kickstarter for The Metagame: The Games Deck<\/a>! I had never heard of The Metagame<\/a> until this Kickstarter came out, but immediately bought it after seeing the Shut Up & Sit Down intro because I am a sucker for this kind of game. I asked for an interview, and Quintin obliged – see the responses below!<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/b>Tell me a little about The Metagame. What excites you about it?<\/b><\/p>\n


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What excites me about The Metagame is something that a lot of games that Shut Up & Sit Down recommends have in common. It feels high-quality, and it feels different<\/i>. Either in your hands or in play, it’s like nothing else out there. For people like me who have dozens of board games in their collection, that’s the first thing I’m looking for.<\/p>\n

But it’s also exciting because you just never know what’s going to happen next. There are games out there where you never know how this particular match of it will play out. With The Metagame, even once you’ve decided which game to play, you have no idea how a given turn will play out. You might find yourself weighing up whether you’d rather have Saved By the Bell or Legwarmers while you’re stuck on a desert island. You might have to argue why Email Spam is macho. The only consistent thing is that it’s going to be entertaining, and you’re going to learn a little something about your friends or family.<\/p>\n

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