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Mat Bowles ([personal profile] matgb) wrote2008-01-16 12:55 am

Nine circles of gaming hell

What happens when a group of gamers who prefer European/German board games get told they have to play Advanced Squad Leader?
"These rules," he wailed, "all these rules! Look at them--rules for smoke screens, rules for vehicles, rules for tanks who don't have turrets... rules... too many rules. Too much conflict--I don't want to shoot anyone, I just want to move wooden cubes and trains across the board--where is the auction system? Why can't we bid on who gets shot?"
GeekList: Gaming in the Nine Circles of Hell... | BoardGameGeek

I know how they feel. I've met players of all the types listed, and more. I can see older versions of myself and friends in some of them. Via Mr Pink himself.
I is sat in bed watching Jennie's birthday present from [livejournal.com profile] pmoodie, having eaten a midnight snack of haloumi, oat bread and carrots. Life is goooood...

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