Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start

From: bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu (Bruno Wolff III)

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1993 20:12:30 +0000

From article <C9v38E.A7H@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, by gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews):
] yangboy@math.ntu.edu.tw (Queen Hel) writes:
]> gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews) writes:
]> >[...] I have said it maybe five times that there is a distinction between
]> >rules and formulas .....
]>
]> Repeating yourself won't make right what is wrong.  And repeating yourself
]> is all that you seem to be doing.
]
] Yawn.
]
] Combat Rule: combat is effected by weather, troop experience, mobility factors,
] initiative etc

This is a sample "published rule" not be a "rule" for the game. It isn't a rule
because it doesn't give a precise definition of how some facet of the game
works.

] Combat Formula: R = F( ... ) + G( ... )

The above is a formula and a "rule" and a sample "published rule".

]
] As I said rules and formulae are not the same thing.

No they are not. When applying to a game, a formula is a rule of the game
given using a mathematical representation. All relevant formulae are rules, but
not all rules are formulae.

References

Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)
Thu, 08 Jul 1993 19:53:01 +0000

Referenced By

Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)
Thu, 08 Jul 1993 19:53:01 +0000