Tuesday, 29 January 2008

Grognard, n.

GROG-nard or gron-YAR?

Considering the most profound statement ever uttered by a student of the French language (not me, I prefer the Germanic languages) was, “The French swallow to many consonants,” I’m going with gron-YAR.

What?

A Grognard is a grumbler. Napoleon referred to old veterans as grognards. More popularly used in English as slang for “old school” gamers. Gamers that remember when elf was a class, that Avalon Hill made the best armor tactical games, or know of, and have read, James F. Dunnigan

Posted by caffeinated at 8:43 AM in nerdery