Re: The essence of miniatures

In a message dated 4/16/00 8:36:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
nyrath@clark.net 
writes:

> 
>   Agreed.  I've heard that one of the best "fog of war" games
>   sort of does away with miniatures.	I disremember the name.
>   It replaces the miniatures with wooden blocks.  Your
>   opponent only sees the blank backsides of the blocks.
>   It has other innovations, like rotating the block to show
>   four levels of damage reduction.
>  
>   Anybody remember the name?
>  

Sounds like Columbia's block games. Lots of fun. Anyone ever thought of
how 
to use that in a strategic space game?
Hmm, sounds like a new project for me. Like I need a new one. :-)

John Rebori
Don't think of it as being outnumbered
Think of it as having a wide shot selection