Re: Re: Mythic Russia, and Pyrrhic Victories

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:15:36 +0100 (BST)

> Rob
>
> >Where is this in any literature or film? Nearly all
> fights normally end
> >when one guy makes a telling blow. Which the native
> HQ system simulates
> >beautifully. Far more realistic.

Rob, which are you after, realism, or films, or literature?

> David Dunham
> Sure, but HeroQuest is bad at portraying fights
> where the winner
> doesn't emerge unscathed. (I think I've quoted a
> Viking fight like that before.)

And, dragging us away from combat and back to contests again, how about the guy who ran the first marathon? Delivered his message in time, then dropped dead of exhaustion. Complete victory: and the protagonist ends up "dying".



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