Re: [SG2] Patton's Rules of Order

I do think that sometimes it is good to show the effects of upper level
monkeying in wargames. This is best done ata con game where someone is
reffing. I remember a Napoleanic game where I had just set up my attack
and was moving toward the objective when I was ordered by the GM to
swing 90 degrees and assault a defended viullage. I argued against the
illogic of this move given the current objectives etc but was still
ordered to do it. After the game was over I thought about how much that
monkey wrench added to the real feel of the command dillemmas one faces
. I liked it!

SO I think it's interesting to occasionally throw a player a curve ball,
especially if it's something he would not normally do. (Often you're not
read in to the big picture so you can't see the logic in the move), and
see how the player personnaly reacts to it. Some will bitch for the rest
of the game. Others will deal with it and instantly attack the new
problem.

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