Re: AIs and such...

having to make morale checks.
> 
> Something I admire about GZG rules in general...."conservation of game
> effect" that says that a stand of infantry is just a stand of
> infantry, or a battery is a battery, and you really don't care what
> the trivial details are......

I have to agree; I've had to plough through scores of "AI" posts, and
haven't 
gotten anything useful (gamewise) from it.  Just to underscore the AI 
arguement even further, when I mentioned the debate raging on this
e-mail 
round robin to a gaming buddy, his reaction was first, a chortle of 
amusement/contempt, followed by, "Automated fighters?  Then explain to
me how 
you can have the Aces/Turkeys rule."  Let's face it:  (A) FT is runned
as if 
the ships were manned by humans, (B) trying to make 'allowances' for 
something otherwise will continue to complicate what is supposed to be a

simple to play game.  I started playing FT for one reason, and one
reason 
only; it was a fun tactical game that WASN'T Squad Leader, WH40K, etc. 
These 
previous games weren't fun.  Why?  'Cuz you'd have to take fifteen
minutes to 
argue out labrythine rules that would make the IRS weep.

Has anyone noticed that the one person who could make a judgement call
on all 
of this (ie Jon Tuffley) hasn't said one word?	I imagine it's because
he 
doesn't want to get involved.

(Man, did I forget to take my Prozac today? I'm in a "pissy" mood....)

Jeff Shoffner

PS Since I am in a pissy mood, something I want to get off my chest. 
Been 
wanting to for a while, but couldn't come up with a "tactful" way to put
it. 
 Yesterday, I got 75 pieces of mail; kept four, replied to one or two, 
trashed the rest, half of which I only read the first paragraph.  Today,
got 
62, kept about five, replied to one, trashed rest, again half of which I
read 
only the first paragraph.  Is it just me, or is the useful to useless
info 
ratio a tad on the "useless" side?  Again, forgive the terseness, but
it's 
midnight, the baby gave us one hell of a battle today, and I probably
forgot 
to take vitamins.....