First of all, I'm excited that /tabletop is coming to Nouns Town LA!! I think there's a lot of great opportunities that come with engaging in this sector of gaming - table top games. However my impression is that it's moving fairly slowly compared to other sectors yet can yield high impact through live events.

I'd be more supportive of a smaller proposal that focuses on hosting IRL events and cultivating the community beyond farcaster. The dev work, content and rounds seem to be trivial and building out tooling for the sake of it, which I'm not a fan of.

For: 2 | Against: 2 | Abstain: 0

+for — @bixbite

+for We make many risky bets by design but this is another prop where the execution risk is derisked by the continued excellence and passion of @ispeaknerd.eth and /tabletop — @ccarella.eth

+against big ask and not a large enough tam for this to show the potential esports shows — @frog

+against unclear prop — @krel

I really like the idea, but I don’t think board games have the same reach and scalability as eSports. The potential doesn’t seem as strong to me. However, I would support it if it were offered at a lower price and could grow organically based on interest.

Tabletop is one of my favorite gathering places in crypto and attracts a great contingent that is Nouns-aligned. It’s arguably more Nouns-aligned than even Nouns eSports, given the existing Farcaster community and strong crypto participant overlap

I do think that if this prop passes, Nouns should get significantly more for this prop than “strengthening bonds”. Nouns branding intricately tied to tabletop, incorporating Nounish elements in the frames and other development efforts, and a clearer tie to Nouns throughout would be commensurate with the funding that Nouns would be putting in. (See Agora for a great example of how to do this well.) I’m saying yes because I trust the team to do this right, but if I hadn’t attended Tabletop events and interacted with the team, I’d view this prop as asking for a lot with very little in return.

Current form does not convince me even if i like the cool niche trying to work on as it seems to have potential and also for a smooth ⌐◨-◨ integration

love the prop, would support a scaled down v

This prop is derisked by the excellent execution that Nerd has done to date. /tabletop has taken over Farcaster with people holding their own events all over the world and the biggest accounts playing and singing its praises. Board gaming is very Nounish and this is another bet on Farcaster being an important growth and community vector for Nouns.

in favor of making a big bet on /tabletop and ispeaknerd.eth, but would like to see more clear deliverables/benefits for nouns in exchange for such significant funding.

voting yay because I trust that if this does pass, ispeaknerd will make us proud <3

Would like to see a more clear benefits for Nouns to sponsor this, but voting yes because I believe in ispeaknerd.eth and am in favor of nouns both supporting and positioning itself as a leader in the farcaster eco.

Things like adding 'sponsored by /nouns' to /tabletop's bio, website, and events would be quick and easy wins. Bonus points if you get a pic of attendees smiling and rocking ⌐◨-◨

I'd also prefer clearer deliverables and more technical execution before considering funding at this size. right now this feels like it's primarily just funding irl meetups. I hope to see a revised prop as I would love for Nouns to support the /tabletop community

It's a big ask for an unproven concept. I am voting yes based on two things:

1. Potential to onboard and monetize the boardgame community

2. ispeaknerd has demonstrated grit and the ability to create network effects. This instills confidence that this team will be able to create impact through this prop and have it tied back to Nouns.

Reasoning: I was hesitant to support this prop until I took the time to dig into the boardgame community to understand this prop's potential. Boardgamers are a huge, global community, with a serious need for a modern platform to communicate, play and transact.

I'm a big proponent for bringing fun, culture, and community on chain.

I wish this prop did a better job at selling the potential and giving us a projected path for bringing this community onchain and disrupting the existing platforms. I looked into boardgamegeek website, they have millions of users. I believe they would greatly benefit from onchain primitives to help their communities evolve onchain.

+1 for Nouniverse cross over. I love when props demonstrate willingness to collab with other props and community members. I really like that this prop is working with Brennen, Nounish Prof, and prop583.

+1 for network effects within crypto. This prop shows that the team is willing to get after it and make the necessary connections to continue growing its reach. It also seems they're well positioned to partner with other crypto platforms to help grow distribution.

+1 The potential to create impact beyond Nouns. I think this team is well positioned to grow out of Nouns funding and seek greener pastures with teams and protocols that have a beefier treasury than ours.

I would not support a second prop without this team making substantial growth in user acquisition and onchain tooling to help onboard new users. The current stats show 160 players and their goal is 1000. I would not support a second prop claiming only 1000 users/ players as a success metric.

Highly recommend this team lean's on talent within Nouns to help cover some blind spots. I believe this team could benefit from more technical and business support to help create sustainability.

/tabletop may be one of the most nounish channels on Farcaster and the efforts extend to IRL brining an vehicle to proliferate outside of crypto while developing new tools on crypto rails as a trojan horse.

In addition, the opportunity to promote the already in production Nounish board game makes this a two for one prop.

I appreciate the grand vision, but I believe a 30-50k proposal would be a better starting point. I hope to see a revised version of this prop and will likely vote for it.

i'm supportive of a nounish tabletop board game community but i feel like this prop is asking for WAY too much. we rarely fund $150k+ props for a new project in a new vertical. also not clear to me that something like this should be started top down with a lot of funding in this way and not more grassroots slowly bottoms up.

Thanks for this prop ispeaknerd. Its not clear to me what you actually aim to accomplish with this prop, and by extension it failes to excite me. I can see myself vote for a tigher idea, better explained.

The Nouncil has spoken.

We discuss all Nouns proposals every week in our Discord https://discord.gg/fdjJpMeV6K. The calls are public and all are welcome!

You can find a link to previous call recordings in our Discord "links" channel.

Nouncil has decided in favor of this proposal, with 18 votes for, 8 against, and 8 abstentions. Supporters found the initiative to be well thought out and engaging. They appreciated the updated budget, which included reduced administrative costs and better organization, as well as the proposal's support for marketing brennen's upcoming nounish board game. Despite some opposition, the majority viewed the project as a fun and nounish way to unite the community.

FOR - 18 VOTES

yung_algorithm | "gaming stuff cool"

benbodhi | "Well thought out, interesting, fun, nounish ⌐◨-◨"

AGAINST - 8 VOTES

ABSTAINS - 8 VOTES

TAM is not there to be worth spending 150K on. Imo board games do not show the same sort of potential that esports shows

tabletop to the top

I am supportive of getting to sustainability asap through sales of the Nounish board game and bringing more people into the hypersub on Warcast.

Cool direction, I am def a supporter of exploring this area.

I love /tabletop and ongame summer. I'm supportive of this, but I'd like to see more onchain components of the /tabletop approach. I'd also like to see a path to sustainability for this effort and would not vote for a second prop with additional funding until that is evidenced.

https://www.lilnouns.wtf/vote/nounsdao/592/votes

FOR 263 VOTES

AGAINST 6 VOTES

0x65A3...1D63 | "can't justify the spend for something so niche"

ABSTAIN 26 VOTES