Re: [GZG] Point Systems

[Charles Lee <xarcht@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you are a buuly or a coward in gaming, over powering your opponent is fun. In a campain your placement of troops can create battles like that. It's then tactics that shows the battle. A feild of M1 Abrems versus  Mk VII females isn't a battle, it's simply a slaughter and little fun for a true gamer on either side. Points provide some means of providing a challange for the players and testing skills.

P.S. You have the company of Mk VII females against the company of Challanger MBT. 

"Glenn M. Goffin" <gmgoffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My preference is not to have a point system -- moreover, if a point
> system exists, I generally ignore it. Of course, having 30 years of
> experience in wargaming (along with a degree in history and a long
> interest in military affairs past, present, and projected)
>  probably
> makes me a "seasoned" gamer who doesn't care about the illusion of
> even fights.
>
> In fact, all of that seasoning reminds me that nobody should ever
> want to be in a fair fight; if you have to be in a fight, you should
> want overwhelming superiority so that you can just pound the crap out
> of your opponent with minimal losses. If you find that you're
> actually in a fair fight, it means that both you and the enemy have
> screwed up at the strategic level. 
>
> Well, I'm probably outside the main target demographic anyway, so
> take that perspective for what it's worth. Still, I held that
> perspective, and, more important, appreciated and enjoyed it, even
> back when I was pimply-faced punk putting together scenarios for
> Sniper!, Firefight!, and Dungeons & Dragons. 
>
> --Glenn
>
>
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