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Re: A complete turn-around of attitude...

From: Mike Miserendino <phddms1@c...>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 13:32:22 -0500
Subject: Re: A complete turn-around of attitude...

David Brewer wrote:
>I disagree completely. A space-ship in FT is a game-token like a
>piece is in chess. Simple tokens can make for very complex games,
>and for very enjoyable ones.
>
>Complicated design-it-yourself tokens leave me cold. Putting the
>whole of the game into the design stage impoverishes the game at the
>face-to-face level. A game that needs to be constantly added to to
>keep interest in it is a poor one.

Good point.  I use the chess analogy often to help describe the game to
newbies.  
>I'd rather be an admiral than an engineer.

Unfortunately, I consider myself as both types! ;)

Mike Miserendino

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