| frybread said: 1) It's simple to learn, so anyone can play it. 2) Including grandparents. 3) There is no blood or gore (calm down nerds I'm not talking about battle chess) 4) There is no storyline 5) Game sites are calling Chess casual. 6) It's sold a ton of copies.
Chess - casual game for the masses?
Bonus question: Can you name one game *before* video games that was hardcore? |
Go?
Dungeons and Dragons?
Mech Warrior Board game? (ok, so my missles hit your left rear armor, your right leg and your right arm... dealing damage to all three... your leg was hit hard, so roll for stability, staying consious, your arm blew off, so roll to see what negative effect happens, oh and i hit a critical on the rear armor so roll to see what it any of the 5 parts in the rear armor it hurts.)
