Is Chess a casual game?

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HappySqurriel said:

We all know that Chess is hardcore, Checkers is a bridge game, and Monopoly is the kind of casual crap that is ruining the board game industry ... After all how can you respect a game with a cartoon millionare who drives around in his little car buying property when you could play a game where knights and pawns face death on a battlefield.

I like this one, defining casual/hardcore by the amount of blood in the game makes a lot of sense.