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It looks like there is a fairly active IRC channel for modern boardgames called #boardgames on Freenode. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23boardgames http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ is the IMDB of boardgames.
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If you like Catan, check out one of the apps for Android/iPhone that uses an algorithm to make the basic setup more fair. I tried one for Android a few times and it was always a close call. The game was much more engaging for players that have a bad start than if you set up the game in the proposed fashion. Usually, the algorithms do stuff like: - if there's a 6 and 8 next to each other, the third field is always a 2…
> - if there's a 6 and 8 next to each other, the third field is always a 2 or 12 At least in the version of the game that I own, if you follow the prescribed setup rules, there can never be an adjacent 6 and 8. The terrain tiles are randomized, but the placement of the numbers on the tiles is deterministic, and results in a spatially uniform distribution of the high-yield numbers.
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Is "Ameritrash" supposed to be a positive or negative labeling?
It's a negative label to a genre that actually contains some good games - that's my point. See risk 2210 for an example of good Ameritrash. Ameritrash describes games that are more violent and simulationist - crude wargames for teens and the like. The opposite of the elegant, dry, abstract Eurogames. But there are excellent ameritrash games.