Definition of "grognard" [grognard]

• An old soldier. (noun)
• Someone who enjoys playing board wargames, particularly the counter-heavy strategy board wargames from the 1970s and 1980s. (noun)
• Someone who enjoys playing previous editions of roleplaying games when new editions of the game are available. (noun)
• Inside the computer game development industry, a game fan who will buy every game released in a certain genre of computer game (RTS, or computer role-playing game, etc.). (noun)

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• "This blog takes its name from the French word grognard, which means roughly "grumbler" or "grouch.""
• "This from a "grognard" who owns only three RPG books published since 1987 Gygax's Living Fantasy and Kuntz's Bottle City and Living Room."
• "He's taking the most extreme type of 'grognard' and then using his perception of that individual to construct an other to define himself."