Re: Babylon 5 Wars

On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Phillip E. Pournelle wrote:

>    For those who want games where they don't have to plan ahead,
please
> play the other games, collectible card games come to mind.  War Gamers
> should be able to plan ahead, since every successful military
engagement
> does require some far seeing and then adjustment as contact is made
with
> the enemy... 

Whoa there! Are you seriously telling me what to play?

Please note I said "plan AND CALCULATE". I've no objection to planning.
Plans just rarely survive contact with the enemy :-) Therefore they
have to be loose and flexible. Whereas CALCULATION is a sure thing, as 
long as nothing changes. But things do change, meaning you have to do
the 
calculation over again. And again. And again. And again...

And I do not want to do mechanical trigonometry every time I try to get 
somewhere. That's what the ship's computer is for.

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