Re: Retrograde from hell

Kevin,

 You are on the right track... One of my pet axioms is 
"realism does not a good game make".

If you want an honest to god *simulation*, ok, I guess you're willing to
accept the boredom as a facet of the realism...

 But if, like me, you're looking for an enjoyable GAME, you must accept
that some setups, while perhaps realistic, do not produce enjoyable
games.
Occasionally this means games will have rules that seem arbitrary -- but
I
still prefer to see them in writing a priori, instead of some "assumed
general understanding".

 Greg Costikyan, btw, has written a wonderful article on games (i.e.
what
is a game).

 P.S. Now that I retook posting to this list, my Hate Page started
lighting up again... coincidence?

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