The Duke - Revision history

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	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements. You're essentially having to play ''Memory'' with all your pieces and your opponent's pieces.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements. You're essentially having to play ''Memory'' with all your pieces and your opponent's pieces just to form a strategy.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.

2020-09-19T14:33:46Z

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	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements. You're essentially having to play ''Memory'' with all your pieces and your opponent's pieces.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.

2020-06-23T21:42:15Z

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	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements ~~that make it easy to learn but very difficult to contrive any sort of strategy~~.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.

2020-06-23T21:40:32Z

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	The Duke is a board game from Catalyst Game Labs that can basically be described as chess for ~~sadomasochistic~~ bastards. It vaguely resembles shogi in that pieces are mutable and two sided, but involves some random chance.		The Duke is a board game from Catalyst Game Labs that can basically be described as chess for bastards. It vaguely resembles shogi in that pieces are mutable and two sided, but involves some random chance.

	== Gameplay ==		== Gameplay ==

2020-06-22T19:01:07Z

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	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements that make it easy to learn but very difficult to ~~be good at~~.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements that make it easy to learn but very difficult to contrive any sort of strategy.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.

2020-06-22T18:55:56Z

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	== Reception ==		== Reception ==

	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements that make it easy to learn but very difficult to be good at.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.

2020-06-22T15:36:36Z

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	{{Game Infobox		{{Game Infobox
	\|name = The Duke		\|name = The Duke
	\|picture =		\|picture = [[Image:TheDukeBox.jpeg\|200px]]
	\|type = Strategy game		\|type = Strategy game
	\|playno = 2		\|playno = 2

2020-06-22T14:21:05Z

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	== Reception ==		== Reception ==

	Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. The ~~combination~~ of mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements ~~resulted in a game where your own army seems to be conspiring against your best laid plans~~.		Although cleverly designed and stylish with its fancy wooden pieces, The Duke quickly earned a reputation for being fuck-this-shit complicated. Not in the ''crazy german game with a bajillion cardboard tokens'' sense. No, The Duke's simple concept conceals its complexity just below the surface, the result of combining mutable pieces and random chance in reinforcements.

	Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.		Tellingly, MENSA loved it and gave it their select award.