Regarding Board Game Errata

Errata, rules clarifications and FAQs are a part of analog game ecosystem. While the forms and modes of distribution may vary, publishing errata is a common practice within the industry. Both Gerard Genette’s paratextual approach and Alexander Galloway’s notion of interface effect let us see them as an important tool of designer’s vision and audience management which allows for maintaining a working game system, re-negotiating the preferred use and communicating valuable historical context of an analog game. In this schema, games are no longer static objects, but become unfinished artifacts with histories mutually shaped by developers, players, critics and other stakeholders.