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Gail Simone

24 Feb, 7 tweets, 2 min read

Hello, again! As many of you know, I have been delving deep into tabletop games, mostly for fun, but also because I genuinely believe that during quarantine, they can have a positive effect on people. And the community has been lovely and I am grateful. However...

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I want to share this enthusiasm with others, and it seems to be going very well, except for a lot of nice folks who would love to jump in, but for two reasons;

1) They don't have anyone to play games with and

2) Cost

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Now, it turns out that the game community is aware of these and we did a big thread about games you can play solo or online easily, with some great suggestions.

So now I want to talk a little bit about cost. Gaming CAN be super expensive. But it doesn't have to be!

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One of the things I found out is that there are a TON of games with high socialization and replayability that are very inexpensive, particularly a lot of card games, but other styles, too.

SO, this #TabletopGails thread is to help folks with low game budgets, okay?

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If you know a game that is $20.00 or under, that has high replayability, that you have really enjoyed and would suggest to others, please list it here. A photo or box art would be appreciated, as well as who you think might like it.

It could help lots of people!

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Publishers, retailers, devs, and artists for these games are welcome to recommend their stuff, absolutely.

Or if you just have a game that you quite like that is under $20.00 retail, please list it here. Trying to make this as accessible a hobby as possible. THANKS!

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https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1356008670119645185

Also, this is the thread where LOTS of great suggestions for solo and online gamer.

https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1356008670119645185

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