Funny that as Sandy thinks that Third World War is one =
of the best games ever and he agrees with the ratings for the Brits as I do (though Sandy should defend Archer =
Jones if he wants to as I've not read him yet). However thats not the point. The point isn't that the British =
army is better on average than the American or Soviet =
army, the point is that the whole focus of those armies =
is different. Sure American troops are not as professional, =
trained in accuracy and fire and manouver proficient as =
the British but then the Brits haven't near the amount =
of artillery a US or Soviet formation has or the doctrine =
that makes such things as important. Culture plays =
and even bigger part in warfare and doctrine - the British =
excell at small actions, colonial fights, anti-terrorism, =
street fighting, defence but are average at armoured =
exploitation and assault, The Soviets excelled at armoured =
attack and assault, the Americans excell at the application =
of firepower. Its all relaitve.
Glorantha:
Danny commented that what he says goes as a GM. I agree =
Danny, if you want to have a Glorantha that is radically =
different to that promoted by published sources and those writing then thats entirely up to you. However this digest =
is not about our own gameworlds, its about Glorantha as =
published, written and explored through the common background =
we all know and largely have access too. Sure there is =
variance, sure there is disagreement but if in your Glorantha =
the Lunar Empire wins and in mine it doesn't suddenly we =
don't have that much to talk about. IF however we follow =
the same timeline we _can_ talk about HOW this and that =
happened, WHETHER he or she did this or that and IF someone =
did the other, what would happen. That to me is what the =
digest is about. I don't agree with many people on many =
things but at least we have the same basic foundation to =
study and disagree on.
If you and I had an argument over WW2 then we would use =
evidence to back up our claims. If suddenly you turned =
around and said "sorry, your argument is wrong because =
I believe the Nazis won" then we'd really have problems =
arguing any more. This is precisely what you are =
saying should be applied to Glorantha and I think that =
would end the game world as we know it and ruin it basically.
Martin Laurie=
End of Glorantha Digest V4 #493
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