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From: sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: War Games
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.014605.1604@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 9 Jan 91 01:46:05 GMT
References: <1991Jan4.170614.4796@midway.uchicago.edu> <37675@cup.portal.com> <1991Jan7.183629.12723@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> <1991Jan8.175348.23904@ashtate>
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In article <1991Jan8.175348.23904@ashtate> jimvons@ashtate (Jim von Schmacht) writes:
>> [stuff from me on long time spent on missile launches ]
>> [this has since been solved]
>
>War IS hell isn't it?  These involve more than your usual one on one shoot 'em
>up engagements, requiring...um...strategy and tactics in a simulation of real
>combat.  How long do you think it takes to play the board games upon which
>this and other games are based?  True, they do appeal to a limited rather than
>universal audience because of their complexity, but they simulate real world
>conflicts rather than imagined duels.
>
>Jim von Schmacht    Senior Member, Project Test Staff    Ashton Tate Corporation

Hiya,

   Whoooooooa. You must not read this group very often. I often post
things about realistic wargames (SSG Halls of Montezuma, PB). I enjoy
playing realistic simulations. I liked Harpoon for the realism. I did
not feel that watching my ships and the Russians launching was a
realistic reflection of time. That is something that happens in
addition to the current time scale.

   So next time, think before you go off half cocked. But I guess it
is just a reflection of staid attitudes.

	maurice
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