My hope is that my kids (who will get a pretty strong exposure to the genre) will still see the appeal of the boardgame and not just dive into the computer simulation. There is something nice about a smaller set of of rigid rules that drives a game. Chess has been a popular game for millennia not because of it's many options but because of it's clear choices.
The article introduced a new term to me:
Avalon Hill and Diplomacy gave birth to a new subspecies of hobbyist: the
grognard (The origins of which probably date to a term used for "a soldier of
Napoleon's Old Guard").
I've never heard of a 'grognard' before but I suppose I must be one. Question to Chris, Hans and Andrew; is that a term you guys are familiar with? Or is it one of those regional oddities that writers think are universal?
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Grognard is a pretty common term for hardcore wargamers, usually of the hex and counter variety.
I agree with Chris. It comes from the Napoleonic Wars, actually, although not applied to wargamers in that context.
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