by kaziam
As far as the defense that "King of Tokyo is not for everybody...blah, blah...rethemed Yahtzee..blah, blah...not for those who want to feel intellectually superior..."(Deep breath)
Ask yourself this:
If this game was named King of Tokyo Yahtzee, would it have gained any awards on BGG or even have broken into the ratings at all?
If this game did not have Richard Garfield's name attached, would it have made any inroads with hobby gamers?
I suggest that King of Tokyo is a massive BGG groupthink experiment/marketing ploy to see if everyone would buy into a Yahtzee variant being an amazing hobby game with mass appeal.
The million dollar question is:
If you gave King of Tokyo an 8, 9 or 10, how high do you rate Yahtzee?