Games where you can control your fate, yet not have to pay attention to a million little things which, if you ignore them for a moment, destroy you. I like an element of chance. I love games where barganing and politics are possible. Playing games 'dirty' is always a good thing.
Equal and plentiful helpings of fun, logic, and fascination. I have to want to think through games obsessively in order for me to consider it one of my personal classics. Plus a little bit of unadulterated evil.
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