The Next Great American Game (2015) Online

The Next Great American Game (2015) Online

After spending countless hours driving to visit his daughters on weekends and holidays, Randall Hoyt, a professor of Graphic Design, decides to put his knowledge of how to 'drive like a shark' to some use. So he spends five years creating a tabletop board game called Turnpike. He is trying to find a publisher to manufacture and distribute it. But game-company executives aren't sure the public wants to play a game about driving in traffic. This documentary film follows his year-long journey through the industry. Just as he is ready to take Turnpike out into the world, Randall crosses paths with filmmaker Douglas Morse, who has been searching for a subject for his documentary film about game designers. The journey to publish the game takes them to the crowded gaming conventions of Gen Con in Indianapolis, to Origins in Columbus, Ohio, and to the back rooms of Toy Fairs in Chicago and New York. Randall pitches to companies like Mayfair Games (publisher of Settlers of Catan), ThinkFun (...