Re: Historical Power Games PBM

From: "Flerg" <flerg@flergus.demon.co.uk>

Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Karen J. Cravens wrote in message ...
>In article <927066482.21665.0.nnrp-06.d4e5404b@news.demon.co.uk>,
>"Flerg" <flerg@flergus.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>I'm British, and I've been a wargamer for about 25 years. To me, a wargame
>>is a recreation of a style of warfare from a particular period of history;
>>sometimes this might be an actual battle which took place, sometimes
>>something that could have taken place.
>
>"Historical simulations."  At least, that's what I've heard 'em
>called.

So should I call myself a simulationist? Sounds horrible.

>>There are a few PBM games that are wargames in this sense, such as
Napoleons
>>Battles, but most certainly are not. I have no idea how the term 'wargame'
>>grew to include such things as Civilization. It really is a mystery to me.
>
>Probably because they're (1) frequently played by the same people
>who played warfare-type wargames and (2) nobody had a better
>term.

I'm not sure about 1. Your 'simulationist' tends to be a bit of a fanatic on
stuff like detail and accuracy, and wouldn't be too happy playing these
games. Though I got to admit that I love Civilization, both board and
computer games. The military stuff here is just a side line, though, so you
don't expect much detail.

>Same reason Ultima, Final Fantasy, and all those other computer
>games get called "roleplaying games."

I do find it hard to see how you can role play when the only other 'player'
is a computer. They should just be called adventure games.

Flerg.

References

Re: Historical Power Games PBM
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
"Flerg" <flerg@flergus.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 19 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Historical Power Games PBM
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
"Flerg" <flerg@flergus.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 19 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000