I ran another playtest of DGE today with a different group. Went well overall, people enjoyed the core gameplay, but there was one comment in particular that filled me with dread - consider changing the name.
I get the reasoning for it - Dwarven Guild of Engineers sounds, at least to some players, like it should be a medium or heavy strategy game, and it very much is not that (my synopsis for the group also wasn't clear enough about what the game would actually be, which didn't do me any favors). It's one thing if it's just me breaking this out when my friends come over, but if I want to reach a wider audience, which I do, then it needs to be as easy as possible for them to know what they are getting into right from the start. So now I'm in the same position I was with The Grand Expedition/Explorers of Legend give or take a year ago. Even more so actually, since I actually like this title instead of just "meh, I guess it'll work" and then getting used to it.
So I need a new title now. And a new elevator pitch for the game.
And maybe also to just lose the Goblin deck already, because I think after hearing enough different people tell me they didn't think it added much to the gameplay it's time for me to really take that into consideration. Even with as many iterations as that deck has gone through.
Let's see how long it takes me to figure this one out...
