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¿Question #382?
nix342: Do you care what the definition of a "wargame" is?

Woelf: Small World
oldhoss: Nope. Let the wargamers argue over that one.
pricero1: "Not for me" sounds like a good enough definition.
vandemonium: Yes, deeply and profoundly. It keeps me awake at night. Endlessly.
Hendal: not at all
chuckhazard: Barely.
bcooperok: I do. Because I hate them and don't want to play them, so getting the definition right is important so I don't play something I hate.
Felimid: Absolutely. The higher the definition, the clearer the picture of a wargame will be. After all, one wouldn't want it to become all pixelearlied. :)
jessitron: no. there's war, there's a game.
Wightwolf: Yes
hakko504: It is any game that I don't want to play.
Vaughn: No
gamemark: No.
Polgara: not particularly
Angry Dragon: yes. although i see you're not volunteering one.
gantrell: nope
earthvssoup: not in the slightest
dogzard: not really
cgund: no
bigmop: Not at all
ZiggyZambo: no
Mike McCall: No, but I want to play one.
DHEK: Not really.
Benzebub: Not particularly.
william_henshaw: no
gfreaky: Not so much
jmrichar: No, but I know what I like in a game, and "wargames" have less of it than they used to.
aleo09: no
powwowdancer: Yes.
diehard4life: no
jeffwolfe: no
GrimJester: somewhat
Joel Baxter: Not deeply, no.
Capitaine Grappin: Why definitions anyway, all I care about is the game itself
jlavigne: no
bigbadsteve: you bet i do
Russ G.: No
xandryyte: A game I know I do not want to play
heli: As a practical matter I have defined it at my site spotlightongames.com by putting war game reviews in one section and society game reviews in the other.
vampywife: yes, i would like to use the term correctly.
jasta6: Nope..........................................................
PsyJam: Not really.. I know what is meant.
TrimChris: Only when messing with grognards.
Ebon Wendigo: Nope
brainrob: Yes - and it's not "War of the Ring"
Helenoftroy: not really but I don't want to piss off fellow grognards
keldrak: no
Winter Wolf: No not really, but I think that others should not be so demanding of what a "wargame" should be. They seem to forget that it is infact just a game, not real military battles/procedures. That specific separation from realism is a good thing. My personal preferance is that stratagy games should have a little bit of chance to make them interesting and even more fun, but that it should never dominate the gameplay.
rawdawg: no
GrandpaDave: nope
Fawkes: No.
richlowe32: no
POvidiusNaso: No.
ZombyDawg: Only when I'm defining it.
javelin98: No
Gecko23: No.
e.c.r.: yes
Tushratta: I can't define it, but I know it when I see it.
EDS Teioh: wargame=war+game=wargame, dude!
obob: guess not; don't seem to even care about the question
Lord_Prussian: somewhat
sineadk: no
2amp: yes
matthew.marquand: nope
GuyHill: no
sbszine: Nope, but I'd like to see chits and counters totally replaced by blocks and minis.
sourwyrm: h
dakarp: Only a tiny bit.
ThatFalafelGirl: not really
rdmasters: No.
Nem Menuu: Yes.
StormKnight: Not even vaguely
darthcliff: Not really.
skrutsch: Not very much.
BaSL: no. I'll play it if I like it.
Igmatto: No, it all sucks
The Unbeliever: 42
DangerMouse: No.
kimapesan: No
KnobDoctor: No, so long as it included "a game involving war". War -- Game. It's quite simple really.
Quest22: No
AWildEep: No
Jocab: Not one bit...
jpact: No.
Johan: No
puffinge: nope
gnomehome: Not really
solove: Not whatsoever
Aelf: Yes, they are games about war...
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: nope
Karlsen: Care? Not especially. Know - I am confident I do.
kimbo: I can't define what a wargame is, but I know one when I see it!
Nightmare: No. If I find a game fun I play it, if not I don't - I don't really care what 'category' it's in.
alfredhw: No. Well, maybe. It's interesting to think about, if it's possible to define the term in such a way that it's neither all-inclusive or totally exclusive. That said, I have plenty of both Euros, abstracts, and wargames--however we care to define those terms--so it hasn't troubled me much.
CDRodeffer: It probably involves some sort of war, but is a game....
geberus: nope
thoia: No.
Cardinal Fang: Yes
sos1: "Who's to be master, you or the word?" - Humpty Dumpty
Bluenose: No, so long as it's fun to play.
djflippy: Not really, but I sure like to play them.
ejmowrer: Yes.
Sky Knight X: Nope
madmattuk: No
chaddyboy_2000: No.
viogression: No
djlg: Not at all. A game by any other name would play as sweet.
nerman8r: no
Ludocrazy: no
sdownin: Nope
jaredh: no
Claytonius Maximus: No.
louiseh: No.
jens_hoppe: No
Shakar: Not really.
BobDodgerBlue: Yes
Pseudo Nymh: No
HappyProle: No. But I think it's any game where the rules for combat constitute a majority of the overall rules.
wtrollkin2000: yes. but a better way of saying it is I care more about what the definition is not.
snoozefest: depends on who I'm talking to
Denise: Uh, honestly? Not really.
tragicpoet: No, as long as s#*t gets blowed up.
jttm: No.
queequeg: no
scribidinus: Yeah, I do but I'm really tired of discussing it at the moment.
fanaka66: no
Blackwind: If it invovles killing..it's a wargame.
Aldie: No.
Critical Mass: no. I also don't care about this question
LudesFactor: no, i don't think they should be pigeon-hexagoned
WonderCinz: Yes.
CortexBomb: Sort of, mainly when the issue has to do with Eurogames though, i.e.: I don't think of Wally as a war game
TamiWhitsett: nope
melissa: no
Scurra: Yes - and it's much broader than most people think
Flyspeck23: No. Should I?
UhhhClem: I don't have much of a life, but I have more of a life than this.
CheetohFingers: no
Gelatinous Goo: no
MisterCranky: Only by the most nebulous definition of "care" imaginable.
PghArch: Only marginally.
Friendless: Yes, I care that it remains vague.
sumo: No
Hallow: no
ValJor: Not really
janiera: No
Jim_P: No
Bearcat89: Not if it is fun.
shotokanguy: most definitely
Zambogirl: no
skelebone: Nope.
echoota: no, the debate is painfully pedantic
Dandare: Not at all. I just need it to be fun!
Donkey Thong: not really
ynnen: Nope...
nix342: No