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I can't speak to the other games, but similar to Chess and Go, I love Diplomacy because there is zero chance involved in the game. Nothing ever comes down to a dice roll or coin flip.

In case it wasn't clear I thought the term "alpha-nerd" was a pretty poor choice in the article and he should have gone full cliché while he was at it. Otherwise I really enjoyed the article. I'm for anything that promotes board gaming in any way (as a graduate from the University of Duisburg-Essen @Essen that comes with the territory I suppose)

Nerds don't necessarily prefer fantasy/scifi to historical settings. You may be conflating nerds with geeks.

Because ick? Some people like games, some people like pretending to be fantasy creatures, and some people like both.