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redonihunter1 year ago

Rightly so.  While you might be able to sneak something in on their offtopic boards, they are about board games, real physical board games, you can buy in a store.

Your game is not a board game. It is a computer game. They do not allow computer games on their platform, why should they want to talk about computer games, lest allow advertising for such. 

And as I mentioned below, your competion is triplea. Axis & Allies with AI and available custom scenarious, including popular stuff like   LotR and whatever you find in the community. I did not check out your game, but maybe your ruleset and units could even be adjusted to be a module in that open source game. So yeah, no one cares about your game, as it is not a popular existing board game. Or is it? Try finding a community for online computer board games maybe. 

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Nulisar1 year ago

It was recommended on this board that I mention the game on there.

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redonihunter1 year ago

Do not trust random strangers on the internet   (scnr).

I had a quick look at that site, and after a minute it was clear, that you could not host your game on there, even if you tried, because they only do real board games. If there forum has a promotion corner, it would have been a good idea, I admit that. And that is why I recommended to finda place where people talk about computer board games (and allow promotion ;-) 

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Nulisar1 year ago

Not really.  In the context of the internet, "board games" obviously includes electronic board games.  Do they have to "look like" a physical board game, do they have to render some physical dice being thrown?  That seems a bit limited.  A "board game" in an online context pretty much means a turn-based strategy game IMHO.  Which my game is.

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redonihunter1 year ago

Just because your game has a 2d map and is turn based multiplayer, it is not a board game.   Is the civilisation series a board game?

You could tag it as board game on itch. Just like card games are tagged card, even though you have no real cards. But that is tagging and not real attributes of games. And depending on your game, the tag might even be wrong. Just look at the games that do have this tag.

Could your game mechanic be replicated in    Tabletop Simulator? And that stuff can replicate the heavy board games like Twilight Imperium...

   If so, I would be more inclined to believe your statement, that your game would be a board game. But your definition includes stuff like civ. Turn based strategy games are turn based strategy games and not board games. In the context of computer games you would tag turn based strategy . And yes, you would tag board, if you try to create the look and feel of a physical game. Imagine chess. That is a board game.  But would you tag a computer chess game as board game? I do not think so.

(Oh, and electronic board game does not mean what you think it means. Google it ;-)

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Nulisar1 year ago

Frankly, who cares.  People interested in board games are likely to have a large overlap with people interested in turn-based strategy anyway.  Board games are basically a subset of turn-based strategy.

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