Not sure the comparison of HQ to Perl goes much further than that.
The problems of game design and programming language design are fairly different.
On the other hand, it is interesting that someone can get a fair number of responses by asking if anyone is out there So I'll withdraw my speculations about the number of new players of HQ.
Ray,
> We spent the longest time playing HW and HQ wrongly and against design -
> we
Well, as to that, I view HW/HQ as similar to PERL's philosophy that "There's
no wrong way of doing it" (as long as it works). If you want to chain the
results of simple contests instead of running an extended contest, feel
free. If you want to stat out each weapon with its own bonus instead of the
generic table of +1, +3, +5 weapons, go ahead!
As far as at least *one* of the designers goes, you have done nothing
"against design" as long as you're enjoying the game that you're playing.
RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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