Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

MadCentral wrote in message
<19981116070158.26643.00002146@ng37.aol.com>...
>>>RULE] You cannot use a wand underground.
>> >
>> > [QUES] Does this mean you can't use a wand anywhere
>> >        underground?<<
>
>You've got it easy.  I've had players who have said... but Wands SHOULD
work
>underground.  They've then gone into the chemical composition of wands,
their
>relative magnetic frequency underground, their mass and combustability
and
>their function as an object in a finite universe.  The term ''its only a
game''
>gets occasional use! <grin>

Someone recently asked to join my Star Empires game. He sent me a list of
things that he needed to know *before* he even got hold of a rulebook -
things that are not so much game mechanics, but part of the history of the
game itself. He asked at length about how things worked, why and how he
could get the most out of the game. It took a while to answer it all. I
sent his letter back, along with this set-up turn and waited. Yesterday I
got a reply.

"Sorry this game is too in-depth for what I wanted. I'm dropping out".

This, after asking fifty questions, and then not playing a turn.

Sometimes I fail to be stunned anymore.

References

Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
bariss@skynet.no.co.spam.uk (Ben Ariss)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000