Defend The Rook Is A Roguelike Tower Defense That Takes Its Moves From Chess

That's a terrible first paragraph. There's a reason chess exists for centuries; it's a brilliant game and you making fun of it, even if it's maybe supposed to be a joke, is, well, not funny.

You lost me at Roguelike…. and at Tower Defense…. and at Chess. 😉

Which is fine. This will be someone else’s jam.

I can imagine people's heads exploding when they read that you think Monopoly and Mouse Trap are better board games than Chess lol. There's gonna be a lot of rage incoming in 5... 4... 3....2...

But, anyway. Chess is a very particular kind of game that appeals to people based on its game play and complexity more than any other factor. You either like it or you hate it.

Either way, it just isn't comparable to anything in the board game genre even though it technically IS a game played on a board. It would be like comparing the constitution to a novel written by Steven King. They're both written word, but they are miles apart in relevance.

That all being said, I am not a chess lover. I just found the article funny, and I look forward to seeing the explosions of all the people you are going to trigger.

And here I am trying to get better in chess, shogi, xiangqi, and Weiqi because I find they’re good games for improving various strategic skills, but games like chess are nerdy.

Then let me be nerdy because I grew up being called a nerd for playing video games.

Who would have thought?

Looks interesting, I’ll check this game out.

At first I read the title as "Defend The Rock" and wondered what Dwayne Johnson did to make so many people angry.

I...you...erm...chess...ummm....

Nope, I cannot process what I just read. I'm just going to file under tongue in cheek and hope for the best.

To each their own, I guess...

Game looks intriguing, kinda gives me Into the Breach vibes for some unknown reason.

@Icomma, some people, and I think more then usual on Nintendolife here are autistic. And while I do my best to understand normal jokes, articles like this are hard for me to read. Does Kate Gray really think chess is the worst board game ever, or is she just joking… for me it cost a lot of brainpower to distinguish the difference.

wow people are really bad with sarcasm

i enjoyed the blurb

@icomma I wouldn't lose sleep over it. I'm not

On bgg you would have a big ***** storm, just because you mentioned that monopoly could be better than at least one game.

Anyways sounds interesting, will check it out.

I love Dixit!

But, right now, I think I'll go play Tzolk'in, instead.

Everyone else in chat can play chess.

Chess is terrible. As is Monopoly.

Chess is the best board game out there. Who ever wrote this needs to be fired.

@KnightsTemplar A bit harsh I would say. I'm sure Kate knows what she is doing

This looks cool. Might pick it up after I read some reviews…

@GrailUK If her intention was to piss people off then job well done

After reading the first sentence, I knew this article was written by Kate! Love it!!

I don't particularly like Kate but if she believes that Chess is an inferior game or even a bad game all together, then that's perfectly fine. She has a right to voice her opinion. What does it even matter if she likes it or not? I don't see how it changes anything for people who do like Chess.

were people really getting mad at kate taking sarcastic potshots at chess of all things? one of my favorite games but no need to be so haughty/snooty about it, yeesh--it's not like the 10,000,000-year reign of chess intellectuals in the boardgame-o-sphere will crumble because someone likes mouse trap better

anyways, any game with chess theming/variations on chess are usually great--recently Shotgun King on PC, as well as Chessformer, for instance