Obojima: Trading Conventional Combat for Comfortable Camaraderie
• The new work-in-progress tabletop game, Obojima, lets players take a break from the typical hack-and-slash games, allowing them to explore a cozier, fantastical world.
• Regular combat encounters are swapped for softer challenges that encourage players to think outside of the box, focusing on non-combative solutions to problems.
• Obojima further emphasizes camaraderie and friendships among players, thus encouraging strategic planning and teamwork instead of rivalry.
• The distinctive art style of the game, with its soft pastel colors and whimsical creatures, offers an atmosphere of laid-back exploration and adventure.
• Game developers aim to create a more inclusive and accessible game design, with an emphasis on comfort and fun, to make it appealing to a diverse group of players.
Bulldozing the Barbarian TV stereotype, One Board Game at a Time
My hot take? It’s about time we traded in our swords for some softer, friendlier gameplay. Obojima could just be the antidote to the real-life dystopia we’re currently living in, offering a pastel-colored tabletop escapade that puts emphasis on camaraderie rather than combat. As we navigate through the land of fantastical creatures and come across challenges, we won’t be thinking about the best way to defeat them, but rather how to creatively resolve the situation or maybe even make a new friend. Now that’s a refreshing plot twist! It’s like we’re taking a holiday from all the stressful dungeon raids and dragon slaying missions. This game isn’t about conquering, it’s about comfortably cruising through a whimsical adventure, working with your comrades rather than against them. So here’s to the softer side of tabletop games and the potential of charmingly pastel-colored escapades! Obojima, you might just be the unicorn in the world of tabletop RPGs!
Obojima: Leapfrogging over Lethal Locomotion and Slashing with Sentimentality
Original Article: https://www.wired.com/story/studio-ghibli-inspired-cozy-dungeons-and-dragons-obojima/