Les_the_Sarge_9_1
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At the risk of offending KG (I don't wish to steal his threads thunder) I posted a comment of my own on another thread (please comment if you can). In suport of KGs thread, I think wargaming has a future. In spite of the dire comments that have gone forward on the "Decline" thread though, I think wargaming has a future. "Computer" wargaming might not have much of a future, but board gaming and miniatures are not going anywhere any time soon. I have seen a few new board games produced in recent years, and they were quite nicely done. We might not seen the frantic volume of the 70s, but then again, some things of the 70s are best left in the 70s as well eh hehe. I think the net has proven a useful tool for wargaming especially board gaming venues. I would not have a clue as to the continuing sale of some titles if I was unable to search them out online eh. Where computer wargaming is going is anyones guess. I have a big ole batch of old DOS wargames and frankly I could care less how "accurate" they were when released. I can't get most of them to run without standing on my head. Way to much aggrivation. Computer wargames have to do it better than a board game or die. My board games have the same limitations they always had. I am quite pleased with each and every purchase. Every now and then I dust one off and go looking fer a youngun to teach. I was quite happy to get all of the V for Victory games for my computer. Last time I wanted to check them out, I could not get them to install. Odds are they wll never ever again have any worth to me. They were good then, now they are just cds on a shelf. Computer wargames need to step out of the notion they can do it better than a board game. Computer programers need to start realising, its the power of the computer that makes the computer useful. Computer wargames are not all they are often cracked up to be. A wargame is more than just graphics and sounds. And lately, that is all they have become. A computer is a tool, I think the edge has been dulled. It's time to sharpen that edge. Make the computer work FOR us. And stop pretending it can BE one of us.
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I LIKE that my life bothers them, Why should I be the only one bothered by it eh.
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