The complexity of modern board games lends itself to the big screen.
Pandemic: The Movie, anyone?
Meanwhile, Adam Sandler orbited around a comedy based upon the brain-curdlingly dullCandy Land.
At least not board games anybody ever plays.
Just put the dang things in a museum already.
Thankfully, it was also one of the best.
There are five key player-characters inScythe, each the commanders of a different faction.
Hes certainly already shown how he tells excellent genre stories that refract both historical and human themes.
I think Christophers design is an overt del Toro homage, in fact.
This is the latest in a string of games that Fantasy Flight call theirArkham Filesseries.
One layer above that, the game universe is officially derived from ChaosiumsCall Of Cthulhurole playing game.
Lovecrafts stories are full of existential dread, influential ideas, unnecessary ellipses and casual racism.
Thankfully, this card game seems to be most interested in the first two items on that list.
In my imagination, well next see them competing for box-office dollars in 2019.
But maybe it doesnt belong on this list.
Just look at the box theyre calling itPandemic Legacy: Season One.
Perhaps it should really be in an article called Boardgames that should be TV shows.
And yeah, Ill take a 13-part Netflix series, if its on offer.
The originalPandemic, of which this is a spin-off, already has a movie, more or less.
And both are amazingly exciting, stirring and dramatic.
The twist withPandemic Legacyis that every time you play the game, its different.
Theres something particularly Kathryn Bigelow about the prospect in my mind, though.
No matter what the title is, this isnt really a retelling of Daniel Defoes lonely island classic.
Well… King Kongs in it, if thats a big enough clue.
There are countless classic, irresistible boardgames that dont evoke quality movies.
Nonetheless, I look forward to the days when good quality games are getting optioned by Hollywood.
