I have a quick little market research question for people:
What makes a game worth giving as a gift?
I just bought a copy of Spire for a friend because it's a cool game, has a great art style, and is a surreal-fun sort of read that I think he'd enjoy.
My question to everyone else is "What kind of game would you get as a gift for people?"
Obviously the individual tastes of the person in question factor in, but are there certain things that would make a game more or less likely to be given?
For instance, I like pretty rulebooks, so I'm pretty much always going to feel good about giving something that has a great art style and layout. Something like Eclipse Phase or Legend of the Five Rings, for instance, that I know I love.
But what about other things? Licensed titles? Well-known games? Obscure games? What do you look for in a game when you're considering it as a gift? My focus is on tabletop RPGs, because that's like 80% of what I do, but I'm just curious in general what people look for when choosing a game as a gift (as opposed to just giving cash or a gift card).
Also, I swear I'm going to at least publish the next Segira alpha next week; sorry about having more stuff come up than expected.
