RE: [DS] Why play DS?

I have found that to be not true at all. We have done Regiment scale
encounters complete with Artillery, Dropships, and Ortillery in 4 hours
including set up.

Michael Wikan
Game Design
Slave Zero
Accolade, Inc.
http://www.slavezero.com

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to visit violence on those who would do us harm."-George Orwell

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JDoch226@aol.com [SMTP:JDoch226@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 1:31 PM
> To:	GZG-L@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	[DS] Why play DS?
> 
> I'm a big fan of FT and SG, but every time I try to read DS I long for
> the
> elegant simplicity of FT and SG.  In contrast DS just seems too
> cumbersome and
> detailed.  Now I haven't actually played DS yet, and it doesn't seem
> like Jon
> can write a bad set of rules, so my question is, what am I missing?
> Do the
> rules actually play clean and fast, despite appearances?  Are there
> any
> sizable chunks of the rules that could be ignored easily (like ECW)?
> Jed Docherty