Re: SGII And Points

And what, may I ask, is wrong with playing historical wargames? ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don M" <dmaddox1@hot.rr.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: SGII And Points

> Today I was at the local game store and the topic of SGII came about. 
No
> sooner had said the name did the local GW fan contingent tell me that
SGII
> "sucks" because it doesn't have a points system.  Even after I tried
explain
> Jon's reasoning for this, they told me that GZG doesn't want to make
money
> because "powergamers and munchkins are the only gamers in the SF
market."
> Without points "you might as well be playing historical wargames."
>
> I offered that there were a couple very balanced fan created points
systems
> available on the web.  That didn't sway them either.	"Tuffley made a
> mistake by not adding a point system, he'll never compete with GW by
doing
> that."
>
> Comments?
>
> LOL  Mark, You can't save the religiously afflicted.......) That and
at
the
> rate of their financial commitment to the Evil Empire, sort of makes
> fantical loyalty logical .........)
>
>