Re: GenCon Review with a GZG Emphasis (part 3 of 4)

You wrote: 

>I don't think that John (over)does that -- I am concerned what he 
tells to >the player he might meet some day who wants to do that. How 
does he >explain that one is allowed to pre-calculate N ships M turns 
in advance >but not N+1 ships or M+1 turns in advance? Does he even 
have set limits >for M and N? 

I reach across the table, smack him soundly, and institute a 1 minute 
plot clock.  If a turn is 15 seconds, he shouldn't have much more than 
snap decision-making time anyway.  I'll then spend 15 seconds plotting 
two or three ships as they would be if unchanged, and plot my entire 
fleet based on that in the next 15.  I'm big on remaining in 
formation--but then again, a lot of my opponents use a lot of fighters, 
so if I don't keep the escorts doing the same thing my capitals are, 
I'm doomed.

John M. Atkinson