For publishers

I bring your games to the table with my group, and tell how they really play.

I’m Paolo, and I’m not alone behind bg_perspective: there’s my group of friends, who I’ve been playing with for more than ten years. Together we’ve logged over 10,000 plays. I take the photos at the table, during real games, and for every game I write a page on our website, bg-perspective.it, in five languages: Italian, English, French, German and Spanish.

How it works

You send me a copy of the game, and I bring it to the table with my group. The unboxing reel comes as soon as I open the parcel, the post after a few real games: usually within two weeks, at the latest within a month of arrival.

What I do with a game

Unboxing reel: when the parcel arrives, with you tagged.
Stories during our games: the game on the table, first impressions, tags to the publisher and designers.
Carousel on Instagram, Threads and Facebook: my own photos, what the game is, how it plays at our table, a nugget of trivia and the real numbers. The publisher, designers and artists are tagged and invited as collaborators on the post.
A page on our website: permanent and indexed, in five languages, with the length of our games compared to what the box says.
A photo on BoardGameGeek: one of my photos in the game’s gallery.

How I talk about games

I tell the game the way it went at our table. I start from what works, and what some people see as a flaw I don’t hide: I say it, and I explain who might enjoy the game precisely because of it. A long game is a burden if you only have an hour, and the best part if you are looking for a whole evening. A game where luck matters a lot won’t please those who want to control everything, and it is perfect for those who want a light game without crunching numbers.

What’s different here

Real play times: since 2020 my group has timed every game, and on each page I compare how long it takes at our table with what the box says.
Five languages: someone looking for your game in Germany or Spain finds a page in their own language.
Always my own photos: taken during real games.