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You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
in a year of discussion.
– Plato
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In most Eurogames, a random event occurs which the player then
reacts to. .... It is more common in American games for the player
to make a decision or perform an action and then a random event
determines the outcome.
– Greg Aleknevicus
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Our critics are our friends, they show us our faults.
– Benjamin Franklin
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On Chess: "That is certainly a refined and ingenious
recreation," said Federico, "but it seems to me to possess one
defect; namely, that it is possible for it to demand too much
knowledge, so that anyone who wishes to become an outstanding
player must, I think, give to it as much time and study as
he would to learning some noble science or performing well
something or other of importance; and yet for all his pains when
all is said and done all he knows is a game. Therefore as far
as chess is concerned we reach what is a very rare conclusion:
that mediocrity is more to be praised than excellence."
–Baldesar Castiglione, Etiquette for Renaissance
Gentlemen (1528)
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"I'm a terrible speller."
–Alfred Butts,
inventor of Scrabble
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Scrabble involves a lot of luck. People who think of
themselves as
intelligent say they prefer games of skill to games of chance, but
in
fact too little chance can ruin a game. Chess is a game of
pure
skill, and there are few things more futile and depressing than
playing Chess against someone much better than you: at any
given
point, your opponent can know all your possible next moves, and
unless
he or she slips up, the better player will stroll to victory.
Connect Four is a game of pure skill, too, but the problem
is the opposite one: with a bit of forward thinking, it's possible
to force every game into a stalemate – so, unless you're drunk, or
four years old, or both, you need never lose.
–unknown
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