[Xietor]

"Yeah, but the same can be said at any point in history for stuff of this sort. Most kids don't play chess or Risk."

Wrong! I loved Risk, and all of the Avalon Hill Strategy War games. And I was the number one board on my high school chess team. Luckily, I was also a 3 year starter in football in high school, and quite ornery enough that no one gave me any grief over being on the Chess Team. And hey, I was an average kid!