[cumbria_lug] Presenting presenting

[Russ Phillips]

Schwuk wrote:
> My brief experience of wargaming (and my occasional forays into Games
> Workshop) has given me the impression that a) no-one fully understands the
> rules (except for the one scary kid who knows *everything*) and b) more
> time is spent arguing about the interpretation of the rules than actual
> gaming.

It has been suggested that the collective noun for wargamers should be 
an 'argument' :-) But I would hasten to add that Games Workshop is not 
the be-all and end-all of wargaming. For most of my 25-year wargaming 
career, I have had no Games Workshop stuff.

> Because of this, I prefer RPGs to Wargaming, and the computer based ones
> to the pen-and-paper (anyone who has played Neverwinter Nights will
> understand this). Admittedly the preference for computer based RPGs is due
> to the lack of a decent RPG group anymore.
> 
> When I do get involved with wargaming, it's generally of the simpler
> variety (Space Hulk being my favourite).

I am a role-player too, and tend to do more RPG than wargaming at the 
moment, simply because there aren't many people to play wargames with. 
But I agree that simple rules are the way to go. I used to own a copy of 
Space Hulk, which I thought was a great game. The expansions started to 
add too much complexity, though. The second expansion's psyonics rules 
were a nightmare.

Russ