Custer1961 -> The Holy Grail of Wargames (3/15/2008 4:32:10 AM)
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All the wargame sites are packed with “best wargames” lists. But it seems to me, many war gamers play a game with an open history book too. In fact, for some, the “best” wargame is not the most fun but it is the game we think is closest to replicating the history of the battle being simulated. For some, the wargame is a time machine or a real live alt-history scenario tester. For those, the purpose of a wargame is to teach history and if at all possible, be a realistic simulation of “what might have been” if some basic factors were changed. If the criteria is not the most fun, but the closest to realty, what is the best wargame in that sense? Can a wargame even come close to replicating historical realty?
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