Brighton, actually
BN1
Designer: Paul Stapleton | Publisher: Bedsit Games
If directors make films as love letters to the cinema, then board game designers – at least if BN1 is anything to go by – make games as love letters to places. In this case, it’s Brighton – the South Coast’s hilly home of sun, sea and supersized seagulls that nick your chips. For those who’ve had the pleasure, it’s hard not to be won over by the city’s mix of creativity and inclusivity, set to the backdrop of a pebbly beach and faded Regency architecture. But will the board game A) Satisfy existing dwellers and daytrippers? and B) Be enough to attract new visitors?