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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9259625" data-attributes="member: 4348">I have been gaming for decades and much longer than most people I know.&nbsp; I started back in the early 70s.I find that those who claim modern games today are better than games of the past are normally (words I cannot say here for polite society)...in a nutshell...arrogant pricks who have their heads so far up their &quot;modern&quot; rear ends that they feel entitled to derogatorily sneer at older games and gamers so that they feel superior in their inferior intellect.I think that somewhat covers how I feel.&nbsp; It's actually quite inadequate, but as I stated above, what I can say here cannot do justice to just how offended these types are to me.As a Wargamer, there are extremely elegant and excellent designs from the past that are not matched today.&nbsp; At the same time, there are EXCELLENT games that are made today and the innovation of gaming is always surprising and fascinating. No single era is BETTER than another era.Chess, Shogi, Go are games without equal and they are hundreds of years old!Acquire, Gettysburg, Diplomacy, Dune are all games that are STILL heralded today as great games.&nbsp; (Edit:&nbsp; Need to add Bridge to this as it's one of my all time FAVORITE card games...which some lump into boardgames...and for the audiences on this board...I think the basic concept and game of Magic the Gathering is still very popular among the gaming crowds).&nbsp;It upsets me to no end when you have these smug arrogant classist elitest who claim that the modern game design is soooooo much better than things of the past...when most of it is simply preference or their own desire to feel superior to others.PS:&nbsp; Did the OP actually DISS Chess!!!????&nbsp; Sigh...PPS:&nbsp; The video is out and out wrong on some items and aspects.&nbsp; A prime example is when they use Ticket to Ride and say that if you block someone making their route you did it unintentionally.&nbsp; That may be true for those who are just starting to play or novices at it, but trust me, it is ENTIRELY intentional if I am playing and if you are playing with those who use that strategy.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is PLANNED to stop you from being able to make your routes or other strategies.&nbsp; That is a POOR example IMO.&nbsp; The most cutthroat gaming I ever played was actually a Euro.&nbsp; Playing Carcassonne online with high end players was absolutely brutal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9259625, member: 4348"] I have been gaming for decades and much longer than most people I know. I started back in the early 70s. I find that those who claim modern games today are better than games of the past are normally (words I cannot say here for polite society)...in a nutshell...arrogant pricks who have their heads so far up their "modern" rear ends that they feel entitled to derogatorily sneer at older games and gamers so that they feel superior in their inferior intellect. I think that somewhat covers how I feel. It's actually quite inadequate, but as I stated above, what I can say here cannot do justice to just how offended these types are to me. As a Wargamer, there are extremely elegant and excellent designs from the past that are not matched today. At the same time, there are EXCELLENT games that are made today and the innovation of gaming is always surprising and fascinating. No single era is BETTER than another era. Chess, Shogi, Go are games without equal and they are hundreds of years old! Acquire, Gettysburg, Diplomacy, Dune are all games that are STILL heralded today as great games. (Edit: Need to add Bridge to this as it's one of my all time FAVORITE card games...which some lump into boardgames...and for the audiences on this board...I think the basic concept and game of Magic the Gathering is still very popular among the gaming crowds). It upsets me to no end when you have these smug arrogant classist elitest who claim that the modern game design is soooooo much better than things of the past...when most of it is simply preference or their own desire to feel superior to others. PS: Did the OP actually DISS Chess!!!???? Sigh... PPS: The video is out and out wrong on some items and aspects. A prime example is when they use Ticket to Ride and say that if you block someone making their route you did it unintentionally. That may be true for those who are just starting to play or novices at it, but trust me, it is ENTIRELY intentional if I am playing and if you are playing with those who use that strategy. It is PLANNED to stop you from being able to make your routes or other strategies. That is a POOR example IMO. The most cutthroat gaming I ever played was actually a Euro. Playing Carcassonne online with high end players was absolutely brutal. [/QUOTE]

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