More about The Grizzled: First, it's one of the best examples of games-as-works-of-art that we have today.
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If you removed the theming, replacing rain and shells and gas masks with colors and shapes while leaving the gameplay and mechanics intact,
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it would still be a good game. Not a great game, but good. A co-op with hidden information to avoid quarterbacking, and an interesting
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mechanical challenge for the group to overcome, requiring everyone to read the situation, use logic, and play their hands as best they can.
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... while still requiring coordination between the players in order to improve the odds of beating the game.
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But when you add the theme, it becomes much more than an exercise in logic and coordination. The theme makes the game /about/ something.
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Crucially, though, the theme and the gameplay /reinforce/ each other. They fit together perfectly.
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damnit, this was going to be my next tweet: you CAN swap around fluff on top of cruft, but when there's synergy, it's much better
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