Jessica Hancock

There's also some RPGs which people say this is basically a board game. So there is a Venn diagram with something in the middle there. There is an overlap. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't want to start, like, addition wars and flame wars and stuff, but there are certain additions of certain games which a lot of people quite vociferously said, this is not really an RPG, it's a board game.

In one, you play a character. In the other, you might control a character. I think you're spraying hairs there.

In one, you play a character. In the other, you might control a character. I think you're spraying hairs there.

I mean, that's how I play chess, obviously, but you know.

I mean, that's how I play chess, obviously, but you know.

I'm a lot less experienced in board games than both of you two. A lot less. I've always been an RPG guy, not a board game person. I've played a dozen board games or something. It's not like the hundreds you two have probably played.

I'm a lot less experienced in board games than both of you two. A lot less. I've always been an RPG guy, not a board game person. I've played a dozen board games or something. It's not like the hundreds you two have probably played.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not necessarily the person to really speak on the differences between the two, I guess, because I just don't have the breadth of experience needed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not necessarily the person to really speak on the differences between the two, I guess, because I just don't have the breadth of experience needed.

I think it's the role playing that's the difference. Are you role playing or are you not? I guess. That's the only real difference, I think.

I think it's the role playing that's the difference. Are you role playing or are you not? I guess. That's the only real difference, I think.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, board game is a very broad tent, isn't it? That's true. Yeah. I mean, board games do have subdivisions, though, don't they? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. The terminology is there to make the distinction between chess and Screamhaven.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, board game is a very broad tent, isn't it? That's true. Yeah. I mean, board games do have subdivisions, though, don't they? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. The terminology is there to make the distinction between chess and Screamhaven.

So going back to Split the Horde specifically, let's just talk about the development of that. So how long did it take you to develop that game? I mean, obviously, it's an ongoing process. It gets tweaked right up to the last minute. But the bulk of it, so it was a game that you could sit down and play, and it was pretty similar to what will be in the box.

So going back to Split the Horde specifically, let's just talk about the development of that. So how long did it take you to develop that game? I mean, obviously, it's an ongoing process. It gets tweaked right up to the last minute. But the bulk of it, so it was a game that you could sit down and play, and it was pretty similar to what will be in the box.

But you'd been working on it before then because, yeah.

But you'd been working on it before then because, yeah.

Yeah. But at that point, it's still fundamentally the same game.

Yeah. But at that point, it's still fundamentally the same game.

Yeah.