I hope everyone will realise that I am not too precious about the rules. I know that you are a GdB fan Dale and that Angus just likes a poke at me whenever he gets a chance but I am not on a crusade for world domination or to get the gang to say
.. ooh Barry, what a fantastically clever chap you are, YOU'RE rules are the bestest
R2E has however been honed around the situations we in the LoGW have encountered in game after game, on the suggestions of more than a few of us, on mechanisms that work in large scale scenarios and on the principles of gentlemanly and sportsmanlike gaming. For those reasons alone I hope the gang can associate and empathise with the way they are written and how they play. I don't think that DO'B can any longer be considered an impartial observer on R2E but he IS able to comment on their playability relative to other rule sets.
The quote that has impressed me more than any other about the rules is that 'They don't give you a headache or that flat feeling' after a game (INCIDENTALLY this is not a quote from Dave or me!). That alone is enough to make the effort justifiable for me at least.
Any questions on mechanics ask DO'B he knows better than me
Behind closed doors and locked shutters I can exert no influence over those heretics who wish to indulge in the perverted dark arts offered by Black Powder or GdB. that is a matter for you and your conscience .....
Anyway enough of the religious patter, I need to get back to reading SHAKO....