How about "games where there is shouting" and "games where there is not shouting".
Not a serious general proposal for general acceptance, but I actually do make that distinction in my head, and it seems like when I talk to other folks about it there is a general amount of agreement as to what game goes where. Obviously games that are usually dubbed "Ameritrash" go into the "shouting" camp, as do party games, and almost anything that involves a timer. Games that are generally considered Euros, as well as most abstracts, tend to end up in the "not-shouting" camp. Of course, I also subscribe to the idea that there are 2 kinds of music: love songs, and pirate music. So maybe I am just weird. On May 19, 3:53 pm, vandemonium <[email protected]> wrote: > Meh. This too shall pass. > > On May 19, 4:51 pm, Eric Jome <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah. AT subdomain and euro subdomain. That's silly. > > > We can't even agree on a name for these domains. It's cutting against > > the grain. You're trying to make a distinction where no distinction > > is possible. "Theme Driven" and "Strategy" - those are horrible > > names. They don't convey AT and euro... in fact, I contend we > > shouldn't even have subdomains about such things! They are > > artifiicial, archaic, and arcane distinctions that don't really fit > > gaming or gamers, even if they ever did. > > > Here's a compromise/solution, which of course will please no one and > > not even be considered or accepted like all great compromises in our > > time; > > > One forum for gamer gamers - serious complex games that don't clearly > > fall in another subdomain. Call it "strategy games" because these are > > games that require you to have a serious strategy to win. AT games > > are like that. Euros are like that. All their confusing hybrid > > children are like that. Just think about it. > > > Meanwhile, we can have other subdomains for clearly identifiable > > groups. Wargames. Children's Games. Party Games. Abstract Games... > > and so on. > > > But this attempt to build a subdomains for AT and euro is never going > > to work. We can't even pick names people like... that ought to be the > > first clue. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "BGG Down" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BGG Down" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
