Gamemaster is a documentary broadly about modern tabletop gaming and loosely follows four aspiring game designers. Through talking-head interviews, archival footage, and some miscellaneous Cinéma Vérité at conventions and following the four subjects around the casual documentary delves into the passion and the industry of tabletop gaming.
A slamdunk for any tabletop gaming fan and an interesting enough dive for the layman, there's nothing particularly original or flashy about the form but the subject is unique and niche enough to hold attention and there is some intriguing points made about tabletop gaming as an artform in and of itself and the it's possible influence. Although not a major theme the movie does examine diversity and inclusion within the industry, or lack there of, so it is not a simple hoorah.
With the advent of streaming, documentaries, famously the cheapest too produce, have become the go-to to fill out streaming platforms library and although they rarely hit the mark of Cinema the breadth of subject matter and the somewhat democratization of who can actually make one and make it available is exciting.
Light entertainment, a look at a former powerhouse industry that endures.
Currently available on Amazon.
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