Articles by Kory Heath
Kory Heath is a guest blogger.
The Vegetarian Gamer
In a recent edition of The Gamer’s Notebook, Mike Siggins coined the term “Super Filler”. Here’s what he had to say:
The Super Filler is really a subtype of game that I used to call The Middleweight. It is more than a 20 or 30 minute starter, but it does not amount to a main course in weight or play length. The game is ‘straight in’, has plenty of decisions, a fair amount of depth, but importantly it is very quick to play. Almost always under an hour, and leaving you feeling as if you have played for longer.
As usual, Siggins’s thoughts are insightful and crystallizing. There are indeed games that are neither appetizers nor big, meaty dishes. And, as Siggins suggests, these “Super Fillers” may be on the upswing in the marketplace. I for one would love that. Siggins himself seems happy enough with the possibility, or at least doesn’t seem bothered by it.
I do, however, want to take mild issue with his suggestion that these games are neither heavy enough nor long enough to be suitable as “main courses” for an evening of gaming. The implication seems to be that no healthy gamer can subsist on a diet of nothing but Super Fillers. [Read the rest of this article]
