RE: [DS] Why play DS?

Funny, I must admit that I am reluctlant to play DS much for the same
reason. FT and SG I play quite a bit. Now, I am used to some complicated
types of mini's rulesets; anyone played WRG 7th Ancients?? DS has me a
little daunted as I get the feeling that it is quite 'clunky'. The use
of
chits is not the difficult part. I get the impression that the rules for
vehicles, infantry, artillery and air support were written separately to
each other and don't quite mesh together. Strange I admit, but there it
is.

I might add that at Western Suburbs Wargames (Melbourne) we play regular
games of FT and SG but have seen only 1 DS game in the last 18 months.

Owen G

> -----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