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Naggaroth

2023-06-08T01:15:00Z

2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:C3: Fantasy north america

{{America}}
[[File:Naggaroth.png|300px|thumb|right|The watchtowers in the north just got 10 feet higher, and we'll make the [[Warriors of Chaos]] pay for them. Deport or enslave the highborn and make Naggaroth great again!]]
{{topquote|Naggaroth! Naggaroth! Naggaroth, fuck yeah! Comin' again to pillage your motherfuckin' day, yeah! Naggaroth, fuck yeah! Slavery and rape are the only way, yeah!|Naggaroth's national anthem}}

{{topquote|After the Sundering, the Phoenix court labeled Naggaroth the worst place to live in the world. Main issues? Sky high rate of violence and more Chaos filth than anywhere else. Can’t deny it; it’s all true... but the Druchii still wants to live here. This continent always got a promise for you. Might be a lie, an illusion, but it’s there... just around the corner - and it keeps you going. (Montage of Druchii beating slaves) It’s a land of dreams. And I’m a big dreamer...(more montage of Druchii daily violence. Most of the footage came from Har Ganeth's Death Night)|[[Cyberpunk 2020|A Druchii lived in Plain of Spider named V]]}}

'''Naggaroth''' is the home of the [[Dark Elves (WHFB)|Dark Elves]] in [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and is portrayed as a dark, dingy terrible place to live, full of black trees and high mountains covered in raging monsters. Much as the [[Old World]] is placed in the location equivalent to Europe, Asia, and Africa, Naggaroth occupies the location of North America; particularly the [[USA|United States]] and Canada. The Dark Elves settled there after rising up against and being kicked out by the [[High Elves (WHFB)|High Elves]]. Hmm.

Honestly by all accounts, it comes off as a HORRIBLE place to live. It is dark,cold, desolate and full of monsters, though there are Everglades and desert type areas, but these are always prefixed by 'doom' and 'death' etc. The western side is a fucking mess with all those islands. Basically GW seem to have made a horrible anti-North America that no one would want to colonise so they can keep the action in the old world. Between this bleak cold shithole and [[Lustria|the sweltering jungle shithole to the south]], why would you, Old fluff says American Indian types live there, but got the same treatment from the Dark Elves that the Native Americans got from the colonials (except with complete genocide instead of near-genocide) and were promptly forgotten in newer fluff. Other inhabitants include Blackscale Beastmen, most likely American Alligator Beastmen, and Frost Goblins, descendants of escaped goblin slaves.

Anyway the Dark Elves arrived, decided it was a perfect place to set up shop and made six big cities to live in, each one a pleasant land of pain and torture. Yes, Naggaroth runs on a slave labour/piracy economy, and it is practically the main industry of the land.

Each of the six dark elf cities serves a vital function in the kingdom and, besides a few odd balls and the shade tribes, remains central to Dark Elf society. Some areas around the cities are home to labor camps and agricultural plantations. The 8th edition codex added a 7th city, Hal Kaldra, which rebelled against Malekith and was destroyed by his magic.

[[Malekith]] the Witch-King rules the land with an iron fist and woe betide anyone that get any other ideas...

The kingdom would have been constantly raided by the chaos warriors from the northern wastes, if it weren't for many happy (read: ''forced'') volunteer warriors who man the series of fortress-like watch towers that keep the marauders at bay. Even so, it is a thankless task, and only the threat of death keeps them there.

By '''The End Times''', Malekith ordered a mass exodus, ordering every Druchii to sail to Ulthuan for one final battle. Naggaroth is now abandoned, and any left still in the Land of Chill are now prey to the marauding chaos forces. Since Malekith is revealed to be the rightful king of all elfkind, the elves have fully solidified into their role of world police; Naggaroth, fuck yeah!

Another thing to point out the comparsion between Naggaroth and real life America, is that while America is known for its democratic voting for its leader every 4 years, Malekith has been ruling the damn place since its founding until the god damned end times. One could say that Malekith is like an evil Benjamin Franklin.

== Cities of Naggaroth and why they are horrible vacation destinations ==
===Naggarond===
Warhammer Washington, because this is where the country's leader lives and the house where the leader lives was given a specific color schemed name (the '''White''' House and the '''Dark''' Tower), however the real life Washington city located the right side of the continent, below New York while Naggarond is on the left side of Naggaroth. There is however another state (a state mind you, not city) with the same name located on the left side of America with Olympia being its capital however, there is another city there named Seattle with it being the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and it has a tower named "Space Needle" that was built in 1962 (long before the Dark Elves army rule book was established) which could make the Dark Tower a painfully stark irony to the combination of both Space Needle and the White House. Alternatively it's just Warhammer Barad-Dur.

The jealous mama boy intended to make the tower better than the one ASUR FUCKING SHIT owns, but lost interest and left some of the rooms to dust. There is a council room in the tower where the dark elf generals are planning the invasion of Ulthuan with many dark, edgy looking chairs, and corpses of generals who had pissed of Malekith for failing him. Because of that, the room smells like corpse shit and crawling with maggots to remind the generals if they were to fail. Malekith resides in his personal chamber the very top of the tower, where he could use his magic vision to see everywhere in the world like a creepy stalker, but his gaze is always fixed on Ulthuan. He also hid a secret chamber (probably containing his secret porn stash or vast collection of stuffed rabbits) beneath the city, that not even his mom and her spies could peek into.

===Ghrond===
Warhammer Maine, given both at the geographical top of their respective nations, have an older population and both have a reputation for supernatural occurrences (well, Stephen King's version of Maine, but still).

Mommy Morathi's home. The city is known for being a carbon copy of Naggarond - albeit a fraction of the size, and its riches and gold mines. Morathi has a tower here that has predictions and prophecies foretold everyday. Since the city is so close to the chaos wastes, and its magic attracts demons and chaos sorcerers, it is in constant battle with chaos shit. Nevertheless, the Dark Elves and their slave mercenaries not once wanted to run away, since they all want a taste of Morathi, that sweet milf ass who was once banged by Aenarion, the king of elves. She also trains the most beautiful sorceresses to be her <s>army of call-girls</s> personal aides who cater to those who aren't into milfs. Malekith lets his mother have her fun, so long as she remembers to pay him taxes (aka allowance).

===Har Ganeth===
Warhammer Chicago, because Chicago is known for its homicide and gang war while Har Ganeth is known for its executions and murders.

The entire city is dedicated to Khaine and is probably the strictest city for the Dark Elves since murder (outside of the liturgies of Khaine-worship, of course, where the act itself is much esteemed in the service of the Lord of Murder), thievery and public debauchery (especially inasmuch as it connects to Slaanesh, which is considered major league heresy) are considered crimes here. It is mostly populated by Witch Elves and the infamous Har Ganeth Executioners, whose work mostly involves chopping lawbreakers' heads off. The dreadlords here are [[Kabal|dicks who constantly plot to have their rivals' heads on the chopping blocks by using the law of this city to their advantage (or the other way around by their rivals)]].

Crone Hellebron rules this city alongside many hag witches, using their powers to get back youthful appearances by bathing in the blood of the executed. The Dark Elves have a holiday named the Death Night (probably Dark Elf Halloween), the Dark Elves version of the Wood Elves' Wild Hunt, where Witch Elves go on a rampage towards any Dark Elves they find and offer their blood to Khaine. Whereas in other cities it's exclusively celebrated by the Witch Elves, here in Har Ganeth everyone in the city can participate. On these occasions slaves and prisoners are released to the streets, with the great gates closed to prevent anyone escaping and when the celebration is over Hellebron sends groups of Executioners and Witch Elves to restore order.

===Karond Kar===
Warhammer New York, because New York is known for its early European immigrants, while Karond Kar is known for its slaves. Oh, and both are located on the right side of the continent, and both are port cities.

It is not just a port city, however, but the biggest one in Naggaroth, where a lot of overseas slaves are traded. Due to the shitty cold temperature, the cruel dark elves corsairs, fleetmasters, and the usual Khaine worshiping murder freaks. Slaves that had survived are the hardest among the hardest of people in the Warhammer world, even more so than the Dwarfs. Karond Kar was originally the home for Beastmasters as well, with slaves being considered another type of beast, but this was [[Matt Ward|retconned so Clar Karond was the prime city for Beastmasters]]; while Karond Kar still has beastmasters, Clar Karond's are said to be the best and there's a fierce rivalry between the two cities.

Rakarth the Beastlord was born here, one of the greatest beastmaster that was not born in Clar Karond.

The city is bursting with slave markets. Cloaked Khanite assassins had to roam the crowd to making sure no slaves escapes without being punished.

===Clar Karond===
Another port city; however, it is known for its lumber, shipyards and beastmasters. The major shipyard of Naggaroth is located here.

The Dark Elves use [[edgy|dark lumber]] to build their depressing-looking ships, and they build new houses on top of the tree roots, after they either burned or pulled them by chain (all that work done by the slaves, just a reminder). As a result of the massive deforestation and no urban planning, the city navigates like a goddamned maze, worse than Naggaroth itself. It's almost comparable to the city their [[Dark Eldar|space cousins]] made, except Commorragh's structure is so complex, it's like starring at an Escheresque, 4-dimensional maze, that would drive any mon'keigh stark raving mad.

The city's other specialty are its beastmasters, although this is a [[Matt Ward|retcon since in previous editions Karond Kar was the Beastmaster place while Clar Karond just made ships]]. Anyway, since this damned place is where they mind-broke the poor cold one (this type is native to Naggaroth mind you), a frigging dinosaur that ignore armor saves by attacking with its teeth, bent to the will of a bunch of edgy pointy ear assholes. Much later, the eldritch-abomination-looking Kharibdyss (it even comes from the deepest parts of the ocean too) was bought here and bent to the will of those shitheads as well. On top of the maze like streets of Clar Karond, they are now cluttered with caged beasts, and probably overflow with their shit and piss, which the slaves have to clean up.

Anath Raema (the goddess of savage hunt, who was known for being the evil and feminine version of Kurnous) has more shrines in this damned place than Khaine and all the street cage combine. Hardly surprising, since the city is a Mecca of beastmasters.

Speculated to be the Warhammer Texas due to the large amount of beasts and beastmaster is akin to the Texas cowboys and its rodeo.

===Hag Graef===
Warhammer's Philadelphia, due to its proximity to the capital (DC/Naggarond), extreme violence (well, that's all Druchii cities), and aspirations of political greatness. Another depressing city in Naggaroth but with little to no sunlight and more political assassination. The city was built at the bottom of a cold canyon and as such was devoid of any sunlight. Since the area was known for its mines, the slaves here have to work in the freezing dark hellholes. Even death wass no respite, as when a slave-miner died, they didn't get to stay dead. Instead, the nearby warpstone vein reanimated them back to life until the skeleton slaves worked their bones to dust (this pleases Nagash). Due to the mines, the city was flowing with coins, so much so that it produced a very powerful military and could possibly have even overshadowed Naggarond. This easily made it the second major city of Naggaroth. Malekith is aware of this, but really had no need to worry for he just let the local power struggles and assassinations sort it out. The eight families ruled from atop each one of the city's eight towers, and rule they did with an iron fist. The families' only goals in life was to elevate their family's head to the status of '''The First Dreadlord''', a title that would have allowed any Dark Elf to control the city's trade and its military might unilaterally. As a result, assassinations were extremely frequent, so much so that the Khainite Assassins had a ridiculously successful business branch there. It is noted that the beloved Malus Darkblade was born here as the bastard son of the Lurhan Fellblade, a military commander who lived there.
== Geographic Areas ==

* Sea of Malice
* Blackspine Mountains, home to a race of Beastmen covered in jagged black scales, possibly American Alligator Beastmen due to the equivalent Real-World Continential Location?
* Boiling Sea

{{Regions and areas of the Old World}}
[[Category:Warhammer Fantasy]][[Category:Countries]][[Category:Dark Elves]]

USA

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2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:C3: USA USA USA USA USA repeat ad nauseam

{{America}}
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{{topquote| '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah!''' '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Freedom is the only way, yeah!'''|Trey Parker and Matt Stone}}

{{topquote|Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.|George Washington, the guy on the left at Mt. Rushmore}}

{{topquote|Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins. Be true to yourself, to your country, be a ''real'' American! ''HUH!''|Hulk Hogan, the guy who isn't on Mt. Rushmore but should be.}}

The '''United States of America''', also known as the '''U.S.A.''', or '''Motherfuckin' US''', ''''Murica''', '''The Nation of Immigrants''', '''The cultural zeitgeist of the 21st Century''', '''The World's Police''', '''Texasland''', '''The Land of the Free''', '''Freedomland''', '''Clownnation''', '''Lard of the Free''', '''That place with the blizzards every winter''', '''Not-Europe''', '''Thank-God-Not-Canada''', '''God's land for his REAL american people''', or '''Burgerland''' is the country where approximately 60% of 4chan's population resided... Initially. This is where pop-culture was founded (or so Americans say), where most of the technical marvels that allows us neckbeards to write bullshit down on this very wiki to discuss tabletop games, and where also porno was born.

What can we say about America? Oh, so much. A land with so many states that it's hard to remember them all, [[Troll|especially for an American]], and with so much history that the whole world teaches its history in school. A nation so powerful, its presidential elections are broadcasted worldwide. When 9/11 happened, ''everybody'' was concerned. But for us Nerds, America is nation of creators. A land of real opportunities that gave us true Fantasy cinema (before Hollywood went to shit... If it ever was good in the first place), a place where hard-working developers gave us the best games of the era, a land where all fandoms rejoice and having a very weird obsession with a franchise is a tiny bit more socially acceptable. America is also the land of... Well, the [[Blizzard|Greediest, most corrupt, backstabbing, abusing, highly treasonous, unfairly powerful, slimiest, most disgusting companies on Earth]], [[Satanic Panic|also the single worst branch of Christianity in its entire history]]. It is the land of literal whales, Activision, unhinged spiritualists and [[/pol/|hooded racist gun-nuts]]. Yeah it's a lot of things. It's a wacky country.

==America in tabletop gaming==
Default setting for a lot of games produced there.

If there's a game with nation-state factions set within the last century or so it's usually going to be one of them as Americans are proportionally over-represented among tabletop gamers and shameless pandering sells miniatures. For the same reason expect the American faction to have a much more detailed characterization, with more units and options to choose from, than is average.

==History==
===Pre-18th Century===
====Human Settlement====
====Columbus Expedition====
====Colonial Era====

===18th Century===
====Age of Enlightenment====
====Revolution & Independence====

===19th Century===
====Early Independence Period====
====War of 1812====
====Manifest Destiny====
====Civil War====
====Industrialization====

===20th Century===
====World War 1====
====Interwar Period====
====World War 2====
====Cold War====
====Civil Rights====
====End of the Cold War====

===21st Century===

==America's GLORIOUS contributions to /tg/ culture==

One of them can be summed up in two words and it's the reason you're here; the internet. The internet is a US invention. Made for the military, then given to the public when its commercial use was realized.

===Guns, Cowboys and anything else that the British didn't invent first!===

===Pop-Culture===
===[[Ameritrash]]===
===America in Fantasy/Sci-fi===

==See Also==
*[[Western]]
*[[Naggaroth]]
*[[Markus_Wulfhart| Markus Wulfhart]]

USA

2023-06-08T00:45:29Z

2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:C3: /* See Also */

{{America}}
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{{topquote| '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah!''' '''AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!''' '''Freedom is the only way, yeah!'''|Trey Parker and Matt Stone}}

{{topquote|Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.|George Washington, the guy on the left at Mt. Rushmore}}

{{topquote|Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins. Be true to yourself, to your country, be a ''real'' American! ''HUH!''|Hulk Hogan, the guy who isn't on Mt. Rushmore but should be.}}

The '''United States of America''', also known as the '''U.S.A.''', or '''Motherfuckin' US''', ''''Murica''', '''The Nation of Immigrants''', '''The cultural zeitgeist of the 21st Century''', '''The World's Police''', '''Texasland''', '''The Land of the Free''', '''Freedomland''', '''Clownnation''', '''Lard of the Free''', '''That place with the blizzards every winter''', '''Not-Europe''', '''Thank-God-Not-Canada''', '''God's land for his REAL american people''', or '''Burgerland''' is the country where approximately 60% of 4chan's population resided... Initially. This is where pop-culture was founded (or so Americans say), where most of the technical marvels that allows us neckbeards to write bullshit down on this very wiki to discuss tabletop games, and where also porno was born.

What can we say about America? Oh, so much. A land with so many states that it's hard to remember them all, [[Troll|especially for an American]], and with so much history that the whole world teaches its history in school. A nation so powerful, its presidential elections are broadcasted worldwide. When 9/11 happened, ''everybody'' was concerned. But for us Nerds, America is nation of creators. A land of real opportunities that gave us true Fantasy cinema (before Hollywood went to shit... If it ever was good in the first place), a place where hard-working developers gave us the best games of the era, a land where all fandoms rejoice and having a very weird obsession with a franchise is a tiny bit more socially acceptable. America is also the land of... Well, the [[Blizzard|Greediest, most corrupt, backstabbing, abusing, highly treasonous, unfairly powerful, slimiest, most disgusting companies on Earth]], [[Satanic Panic|also the single worst branch of Christianity in its entire history]]. It is the land of literal whales, Activision, unhinged spiritualists and [[/pol/|hooded racist gun-nuts]]. Yeah it's a lot of things. It's a wacky country.

==America in tabletop gaming==
Default setting for a lot of games produced there.

If there's a game with nation-state factions set within the last century or so it's usually going to be one of them as Americans are proportionally over-represented among tabletop gamers and shameless pandering sells miniatures. For the same reason expect the American faction to have a much more detailed characterization, with more units and options to choose from, than is average.

==History==
===Pre-18th Century===
====Human Settlement====
====Columbus Expedition====
====Colonial Era====

===18th Century===
====Age of Enlightenment====
====Revolution & Independence====

===19th Century===
====Early Independence Period====
====War of 1812====
====Manifest Destiny====
====Civil War====
====Industrialization====

===20th Century===
====World War 1====
====Interwar Period====
====World War 2====
====Cold War====
====Civil Rights====
====End of the Cold War====

===21st Century===

==America's GLORIOUS contributions to /tg/ culture==

One of them can be summed up in two words and it's the reason you're here; the internet. The internet is a US invention. Made for the military, then given to the public when its commercial use was realized.

===Guns, Cowboys and anything else that the British didn't invent first!===

===Pop-Culture===
===[[Ameritrash]]===
===America in Fantasy/Sci-fi===

==See Also==
*[[Western]]
*[[Naggaroth]]
*[[Markus_Wulfhart| Markus Wulfhart]]

Markus Wulfhart

2023-06-08T00:43:57Z

2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:C3: Murica

{{America}}
[[Image:Wulfhart Tells A Chaos Dragon To Fuck Off Because Its Ruining His Shot.png|thumb|600px|right|"Take ein number, zit dovn, und ven I call it ztep forvard und I'll kill you zen."]]
{{topquote|Civilization will triumph against the dark wilderness!|Marky himself, in [[Total War: WARHAMMER]]}}
'''Markus Wulfhart''' is a Player Character in [[Warhammer Fantasy]]. Not the kind of which characters play in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]], where you graduate from ratcatcher to [[Witch Hunter]] at epic levels and hundreds of hours of campaigning, Markus is the PC of just about any other kind of game. D&D Rangers wish they were as awesome as Markus, regardless of having ascended into literal godhood as a god of the hunt. [[The Elder Scrolls|TES]] characters may be able to literally change anything they want about their universe by realizing how pointless life is, but Markus has seen that nothing good lies beyond for mortal man and decided to fire arrows into the abyss until it claims him. Markus is what happens when someone plays [[Dark Souls]] on only one life.

==The Legend==
Hailing from Middenland, more specifically Drakenburg which was in the [[Drakwald Forest]] AKA '''the''' forest of horrible deaths. As a young man he was just an ordinary hunter (or as ordinary as a man who could survive in Drakwald could be) until a one-eyed [[Giant#Giants_in_Warhammer_Fantasy.2FAge_of_Sigmar|Bonegrinder Giant, a more intelligent variety of Giant]], destroyed his hometown while he was away in the woods. He swore revenge on the Giant, and tracked it to its cave where he shot it in its remaining eye, hacked away at its feet until it was hamstrung, then hacked away at its neck until it was beheaded. Like the Player Character he is, he decided this was only the first motherfucker in a bloody rampage and that since the tutorial was over he'd move onto the next beastie that nobody willing to sell him stuff would object to him killing.

His rampage through the Drakwald and greater [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|Empire]] only paused when he received word from [[Karl Franz]] himself that his RIPANDTEAR spree had earned him a Knighthood, with the nobility and lands that go along with it. Markus declined, wanting only to get back to shooting shit that shouldn't be able to be killed until it died. Karl instead granted him a magical bow, carved from an ancient Drakwald tree and blessed by a Wizard trained in the discipline of Beasts which guides arrows into the hearts of its target, as well as a newly established title; Huntsmarshal, The Emperor's Captain of the Scouts. He was to establish an organization of monster hunters, called Wulfhart's Hunters, and lead them in service to Sigmar's Empire.

===[[End Times]]===
Markus participated in the Battle Of Altdorf, and after the Beastmen hero [[Taurox|Taurox The Brass Bull]] butchered multiple entire regiments of men Markus stood on the ramparts above the gate that Taurox had been attacking and put a single arrow into a single fleshy part of Taurox's throat, killing him immediately. What happened to Markus after that is unknown.

===Age of Sigmar===
There's been nothing to suggest that Markus survived into the Age of Sigmar, but at the same time there's been nothing to suggest he ''didn't'' either. He was certainly enough of a badass to manage it. Assuming Markus did end up Sigmarined, he'd most likely be a Knight-Venator, hopefully with an actual bow and not some generic hammer and shield.

===[[Total War: WARHAMMER]]===
Markus had a brother in this continuity, Jacob. His brother obsessively tracked the insane [[High Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|High Elf]] [[Amanar|Merwyrm Amanar]] across the world, assembling a magic item and a sea shanty that would bring it under control. It killed him instead, with his magical map falling into the hands of the Vampire Coast faction after being sold at a port in a cinematic cutscene. His effort most likely resulted in Amanar being killed, zombified, and used to take over the watery parts of the world. He also has several cameos in letter teasers that CA releases to tease the latest expansion a week before announcing it.

As of The Hunter and The Beast DLC pack, he is also now playable, where he takes his hunters to Lustria to conquer the jungles and go up against [[Nakai the Wanderer]] and his lizard boys. He will have to rely on reinforcements and supplies sent from overseas as he tracks down famous hunters, takes gold and booty, spreads imperial territory, and tries his damnedest to not get eaten by dinosaurs. Good luck, Markus, good luck. He also starts in the same position in Mortal Empires, and while [[Nakai the Wanderer|his rival]] is off in Albion, he is still based in the Melting pot that is Southern Lustria. In Immortal Empires he is still there, but now has a buddy Alberic de Bordeleaux, with whom his campaign will be a little bit easier (plus the melting pot moved to [[Southlands]]). And once again, Nakai is too far away from him, this time in [[Cathay]] for some reason.

==Crunch==
Added in 8e, giving the Empire has a character archer. He's kitted for hunting monsters obviously, his Monster Hunter rule means he can reroll hits against monsters, always shoot monster mounts out from under characters, and taking him lets you buy a unit of Huntsmen in who get the same rule. He's also got his own magic longbow that always wounds monsters on a 4+ and does D3 wounds to them. Would have been an amazing option if min/maxing the post-7e ability to basically snipe with cannons didn't mean just to bring more 'splodey dakka.

==Wulfhart's Hunters==
Wulfhart recruits from the entire Empire. Men sick of the plow in the peaceful farmland of Stirland, noblemen from Averland, veteran scouts from Wissenland, trappers from Nordland, it doesn't matter. Markus knows what to look for in a monster hunter, and his Hunters are the single most diverse group in the setting outside possibly [[Slayers]]. Since their establishment the feats of Markus and his men have gone to legendary status, killing unkillable monsters of nightmare that even entire armies couldn't defeat, creatures thought to exist only as a myth used to explain the destruction of villages until the Hunters brought the severed head to the local Inn, and even fucking Dragons. All the more proof Markus is a Player Character, min/maxing his troops based on their actual stats instead of their roleplay fluff and color scheme cohesion.

==Gallery==
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</gallery>

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Ameritrash

2023-06-08T00:31:43Z

2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:C3: Our trash is the greatest trash in the world. Murica Fuck Yeah!!

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{{topquote|Only in the land of pure Capitalism can corporations constantly shovel shit games out for a quick buck.|Anonymous}}
'''Ameritrash:''' One of the common classifications of board game stereotypes, usually as a distinction from "[[Eurogames]]" and "[[Wargames]]".

To quote Boardgamegeek:

<blockquote>Ameritrash is "a catchphrase for 'American style boardgames.' In general, this means games that emphasize a highly developed theme, characters, heroes, or factions with individually defined abilities, player to player conflict, and usually feature a moderate to high level of luck."

There is a great deal of dispute over what Ameritrash means, even when it is accepted as a meaningful term. Many gamers would never call the "old" Avalon Hill a producer of Ameritrash. Ameritrash means something to most hobby gamers, but what it means still varies somewhat across communities.

In sum, the concrete definition of "Ameritrash" is considered by some to be hazy.</blockquote>

== What Makes a Game "Ameritrash" ==

Ameritrash, as you can probably guess, is a derogatory term. Games are called Ameritrash based primarily on their common flaws, and thus the term can be thought of as both an accusatory insult and a working genre title. That being said, there are good games that are frequently classed as "Ameritrash"; for example, [[Talisman]] is usually held in high regard. The '-trash' part of the moniker comes from the fact that the vast majority of Ameritrash games are either shit, lack any real depth, or both.

The 'Ameri-' part of the term comes from directly from the huge number of these games made or popularized by companies like Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, now both under [[Hasbro]]'s thumb, during the course of the 20th Century. See below for a non-comprehensive list of Ameritrash games, and take note of how many were popularized by American toymakers between 1918 and 1999.

For those looking for a more specific guideline, the more mechanical problems a game shares with how [[Monopoly]] as usually played, and the more style is emphasized over substance, the more likely a game is to be called "Ameritrash". These common problems include heavily luck-based mechanics, overly-long total play-time, nothing (or very little) to do or think about when it's not your turn, very little direct player interaction, and significant problems with Kingmaker scenarios. (In particular, [[Roll and Move]] is a very common mechanic used to destroy any semblance of skill-based play.)

"Ameritrash" is only a name, derived from the general tendencies of the two continents. It does not actually ''mean'' "a game from America". European games have been classed as "Ameritrash", and American-designed games have been classed as "Eurogames" (and the [[Snakes and Ladders|oldest known example]] of Ameritrash comes from ''India''). [[Talisman]], for example, is usually classed as Ameritrash, despite originating in England. It doesn't necessarily refer to all games created in America, rather of a certain style that these games seem to share that make them easy to classify.

Do note that these games are often meant for young children. Such as Candyland.

== List of Ameritrash Games ==
* [[Monopoly]]
* [[Snakes and Ladders]] (The oldest known Ameritrash, dates back to at least the 2nd century. Should properly be called "Indiatrash" from its country of origin as America as we think of it wasn't really around)
* [[Talisman]]
* [[Sorry!]]
* [[Candyland]]
* [[The Game Of Life]]
* [[Yahtzee!]]
* [[Cluedo]] or Clue
* [[Hi Ho! Cherry Ho!]]
* [[Mousetrap]]
* [[Trivial Pursuit]]
* [[Mario|Mario Party]]

== Not Ameritrash ==

* Scrabble - Setting aside the games of antiquity (chess, go, etc) and ignoring all the theme variants of Monopoly that just collect dust on shelves, Scrabble is the highest selling board game ever with 150 million copies sold in 29 languages. Exceedingly popular with old people. Literally '''half of all''' households in the United Kingdom have a Scrabble board, there are tournaments for real cashmoney, and at least one person has gone to jail for stabbing an opponent with a tile rack.

== Positive "Ameritrash" Definition ==

Given the polarized reaction to [[Eurogames]], and the lack of a fourth class of widely agreed upon board game archetypes (the third being Wargames), the word "Ameritrash" gets used in a more positive manner by some board game aficionados. This is the more abstract, less negative definition of Ameritrash. For the purposes of this wiki, we stick to the negative definition of "Ameritrash"<ref>Except in the Board Games Template, where we go by "Sufficiently over-dramatic, and originating after 1860"</ref>, mainly because the positive definition is so vague.

Some games that get called "Ameritrash" in the positive definition but not the negative one include [[Twilight Imperium]] and, for that matter, just about everything made by [[Fantasy Flight Games]] that isn't a card or miniatures game.

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