I've always liked dice

Now this one makes me laugh.

This is my favorite so far! Of course, I am a wargamer!

(no doubt we're next for skewering!)

Now that's one that everyone can enjoy.

Eh. To me, this one badly misses its target. You want to skewer a gamer-archetype who fears and shies away from randomness, go back at the Abstract Gamer. To me, the *definitive* Eurogame is Settlers of Catan - a dice game. Just about every other Eurogame is full of randomness as well - mostly card-draw or tile-draw based.

True, but how many eurogamers have proudly talked about how little luck there is in Puerto Rico and other similar games?

Shhh. It's a secret. We pretend not to like dice to distance ourselves from wargamers.

Quite the reverse, this is dead-on. While you might think Settlers is the definitive Eurogame, that isn't a very popular opinion with "the Gamerati" these days. Most eurogamers tend to shun games with random elements these days and dice are especially disliked. Most snobbier eurogamers absolutely turn up their noses at the few euro offerings in recent years that dare to use dice (like That's Life! or Rum and Pirates), dismissing them as fluffy.

I make all these comments knowing full well that I am one of this bunch. I'm a dyed-in-wool eurogamer and I haven't played Settlers in about eight years - and, yes, I shun dice but it's only because they don't like me...

...Sheylon

www.boardgamebabylon.com

i feel better now.........it means i am only partly a eurosnob. or it just means i can laugh at myself. hmmmmmmmm....well, it was funny and i did laugh and that is what is important.

stay well,


jj

Excellent

I don't get it. Who is this Eurogamer? And how can he play monopoly without dice?
Can we please make these cartoons less exclusive!!!