On Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:50 PM, Nick_Brooke_at_...
[SMTP:Nick_Brooke_at_...] wrote:
> Christian wrote, inter alia:
>
> >> * Shaming the fyrd into standing firm and keeping the shield wall
> >> solid against the enemy by picking up a discarded shield and
> >> joining the line herself.
>
> > If the purpose was to shame the others into holding the wall, the
> > action is more symbolic than useful.
>
> That seems a strange thing to say. Aren't *lots* of heroic actions
> going to be more "symbolic" than "useful"? I'd have thought HW games
> would *encourage* these, not disparage them.
That's exactly the point. And they do. Or, at least my ones do.
Regards,
Bruce