Re: Our choice of factions and models for games

I find I have to suggest a bit of tempering of this attitude.

I'm not that familiar with FA, but I think these are ships of different
species, and there could well be different physical and historical
(cultural?) needs involved.

Also, at times of great change navies didn't even look like themselves,
in
parts, as  various technologies and doctrines are tried and discarded.
New
technological advances seem to increase variety, if anything.

Finally, very different tech structures meeting, say the southeast
island
war canoes facing early European explorers, would look vastly different,
and not necessarily in a lopsided advantage, under the right
circumstances.

Personally, I find the current sculpting of GZG different by factions,
and
yet more homogenous then the old designs. I write it off to maturing,
and
dovetailing of experiences. Which can be quite shaken by new
developments...

Doug

Robert Makowsky wrote on 02/02/2012 04:45:13 AM:

> Faction uniqueness is an extremely gamey device and really has no
> place on any tabletop wargame.  (Spartan Games I am looking directlyat
you!).
>
> As you stated much better than I, a new technology is going to get
> spread around and is not going to remain solo to one nation once
> it's value is proven.  (This still allows interesting battles to
> prove that value.
>
> Play what you want, but pushing for faction unique weapons means
> that it is truly a game and is not useful for learning.
>
> Bob Makowsky