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Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary

2012 · 76 min

A gentle, chatty tour through a niche hobby, full of enthusiastic people explaining what they love; pleasant and undemanding, like eavesdropping at a friendly convention.

Directed by: Lorien Green
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Reiner Knizia, Klaus Teuber, Alan R. Moon

Overview: A film about the new board gaming, a phenomenon going on right under your nose, probably in your very community. This film will take you into that world to meet the players and designers responsible for this radical departure from technology. And you just might discover it's the hobby for you.

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Directed by: Lorien Green
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Reiner Knizia, Klaus Teuber, Alan R. Moon

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Lorien Green
Written by: Lorien Green
Starring: Reiner Knizia, Klaus Teuber, Alan R. Moon, Friedemann Friese, Donald X. Vaccarino, Matt Leacock
Runtime: 76 min
Country: United States of America, Germany

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