Scott Alden
United States
Dallas
Texas
Aldie's Full of Love!
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Galen
United States
College Station
Texas
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Re: Beowulf
i dont get it 
I like the drawing style though!
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Nate Sandall
United States
Portland
Oregon
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I like it! However, I don't think Chris has ever used the word "Dude!"
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Scott Alden
United States
Dallas
Texas
Aldie's Full of Love!
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He's from Cali right?
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A S
United States
Unspecified
California
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Northern Cali. He should be saying "Hella."
"I Hella got your back."
Only SoCal-derived folks like myself say "Dude." Well, really only people who grew up near the beach.
Dude.
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Jesse Smit
Australia
Sydney
NSW
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I thought the joke might be that Chris adamantly defends this game whilst everyone else ferociously attacks it..
But no really, can someone explain this?
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Shawn Low
Australia
Footscray
Victoria
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Shouldn't Beowulf look more like Herr Reiner??
What next? Dragonriders and Chris Farrell?
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Shawn Low
Australia
Footscray
Victoria
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MrSkeletor wrote:
It demonstraits just how dumb the theme of this game really is.
Waitaminute, I thought you were an FFG fanboy...criticism does not compute...system overload. 
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Matthew M Monin
United States
Branford
Connecticut
8/8 FREE, PROTECTED
That guy
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mateybob wrote: I thought the joke might be that Chris adamantly defends this game whilst everyone else ferociously attacks it..
I think we have a winner!
/also has Beowulf's back, dude. Totally.
-MMM
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Doug Adams
Australia
Oakleigh
Victoria
Boink
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MrSkeletor wrote: galeninjapan wrote: i dont get it I like the drawing style though! I THINK the joke is he just bid 2 axes to help beowulf. It demonstraits just how dumb the theme of this game really is.
Nah, it's because Chris defends the game (and he's right, too). I thought that one was pretty funny.
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Tom Vasel
United States
Homestead
Unspecified
Top 100 Games of all Time
Dice Tower Convention, July 2012!!!!
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This was a really funny comic!
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John Snyder™
United States
Fresno
California
You and the Cap'n make it hap'n
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sanguine wrote: Northern Cali. He should be saying "Hella."
"I Hella got your back."
Only SoCal-derived folks like myself say "Dude." Well, really only people who grew up near the beach.
Dude.
Dude, that's ridiculous. Like, EVERY californian says dude, all sorts.
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Man, these cartoons are really funny!
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You can call me Foob
United States
Deale
Maryland
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Now THAT'S Funny!!!
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Nate Merchant
United States
New York
New York
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shawn_low wrote: MrSkeletor wrote:
It demonstraits just how dumb the theme of this game really is.
Waitaminute, I thought you were an FFG fanboy...criticism does not compute...system overload.
No, Frank IS an FFG fanboy, but those ridiculously elegant and playtested Knizia games don't count, didn't you know?
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Maarten D. de Jong
Netherlands
Zaandam
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zaiga wrote: Man, these cartoons are really funny!
For me, they've been funny in the sense of 'Oooohhh, look everyone's laughing, so I'll tag along'. There's way too much background information required to figure out what the joke is supposed to be. Less in-crowd knowledge, and more general fun please!
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Matthew Vantries
United States
Woodbury
Minnesota
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Quote: No, Frank IS an FFG fanboy, but those ridiculously elegant and playtested Knizia games don't count, didn't you know?
Yeah, that's right. He only likes the broken unplaytested garbage like Descent and World of Warcraft.
Seriously though, he likes a lot of FFG games, but he's intelligent and he's not gonna blindly fall for any game they make, just because it's by FFG.
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Gone Fishing
United States
Unspecified
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Absolutely hilarious!
Basically, Chris Farrell's blog is the source of this, in which he defends Beowulf practically more than any other game.
I really like how referential this one is and that it is saying something about the boardgaming "scene" rather than only the games themselves. It's just a very profesionally done comic that is actually documenting something about the boardgamers and the games of this time, and not simply the games themselves. Guess what, the gamers are here too!
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Kane Klenko
United States
Ridgeway
Wisconsin
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Awesome, dude. (both the comic and the game)
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Brett Myers
United States
Madison
WI
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Octavian wrote: mateybob wrote: I thought the joke might be that Chris adamantly defends this game whilst everyone else ferociously attacks it..
I think we have a winner! /also has Beowulf's back, dude. Totally. -MMM
Excellent comic. Very sharp!
/I got Beowulf's back too, yo.
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Ken Bradford
United States
Fayetteville
Tennessee
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Natus wrote: shawn_low wrote: MrSkeletor wrote:
It demonstraits just how dumb the theme of this game really is.
Waitaminute, I thought you were an FFG fanboy...criticism does not compute...system overload. No, Frank IS an FFG fanboy, but those ridiculously elegant and playtested Knizia games don't count, didn't you know?
Huh? By all reports this one is too random even for the FFG fanboys. I've read the opinion of generally like-minded gamers and this was what I came to the conclusion of.
Knizia games DO count for me...my favorite game acquisition of the past few months has been Ra, and I have discovered I may never tire of LOTR: The Confrontation...
The comic is pretty funny on several different levels, most of which are mentioned here. But Frank is right--the theme of this game is razor thin...
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E.R. Burgess
United States
Glendora
California
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This is hysterical and delightfully obscure for those outside the BGG community - the reference to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" is what sends it over the top.
...Sheylon
www.boardgamebabylon.com
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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I'm sure there are tons of people who open a copy of U.S New and World Report and say "huh?" to the polical cartoons. They have a context to them that some readers just won't get. Still funny over all. You'll have to be prolitic in the hobby to get some of these cartoons. Desert island games goes way back on threads of DiGgers,Spielfrieks and R.G.B, or Chris Farrell defending a game that most people are panning.
Funny stuff, subtle meanings, not so shallow and lowbrow as "wood for sheep!"*rimshot*
I like it.
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Eric Lund
United States
Atlanta
Georgia
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I didn't know Chris Farrell has dual wielding. Way to go, Chris!
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Nate Merchant
United States
New York
New York
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Burnham wrote: Seriously though, he likes a lot of FFG games, but he's intelligent and he's not gonna blindly fall for any game they make, just because it's by FFG.
Well, why don't you marry him, then? 
No, Frank doesn't blindly fall for FFG games, he just rates them all 8-10. No fanboy there!
franklincobb wrote: Huh? By all reports this one is too random even for the FFG fanboys. I've read the opinion of generally like-minded gamers and this was what I came to the conclusion of. /snip
The comic is pretty funny on several different levels, most of which are mentioned here. But Frank is right--the theme of this game is razor thin...
So, help me out here, Ken, as a self-proclaimed FFG fanboy like Frank: have you played the game or not? You speak with authority as if you had, but from your first paragraph I'm not sure.
Unlike you both, I'll happily choose gameplay over theme every time. Theme alone does not a great game make, and I'd posit that bloat aside, the theme of TI3 is wafer-thin as well.
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