tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post3345712755810834361..comments2023-12-07T06:56:40.848-08:00Comments on Worlds In Conflict: Up On A Soapbox: House (non)-RulesJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083073217185806724noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-49834822368520191392014-04-13T19:15:42.349-07:002014-04-13T19:15:42.349-07:00In any game involving dice (and most of those that...In any game involving dice (and most of those that don't), the goal of consistently proving your tactical supremacy is taken out of your hands at the onset. If you both make your enjoyment of a wargame conditional on winning, one of you is guaranteed to be disappointed. On the other hand if you look at games as what they are - entertainment - and make your goal having a good time, you become INVINCIBLE.<br /><br />Great post J!Stephen Fitzpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377636491269666540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-74549008203118388122014-04-13T16:21:13.139-07:002014-04-13T16:21:13.139-07:00Totally agree on all of the above... and the bit a...Totally agree on all of the above... and the bit about Warmachine. I just don't get parts of that game sometimes...<br /><br />Plus with home games you can have some drinks...David Switzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936836812736077637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-58933515208382105472014-04-13T08:11:44.447-07:002014-04-13T08:11:44.447-07:00I agree. If you don’t like it change it. Home game...I agree. If you don’t like it change it. Home games are the BEST!<br /><br />On a sort of similar note, a hate it when people think their game is no good, un playable or broken or what ever because the owning company is not currently publishing material or casting figs for their game. <br /><br />This game still plays the same as when people were playing it last year and having fun! Why can’t one still have fun with it?<br /><br />This topic should be your next soapbox rant Jay!<br />Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822898439828819282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-43065642971576946812014-04-13T04:46:28.557-07:002014-04-13T04:46:28.557-07:00This is my usual response on the subject of wantin...This is my usual response on the subject of wanting something that isn't necessarily what it says on the tin. <br /><br />Anyone who produces a product will produce the product they want to produce. <br /><br />Anyone who has a product they really want should buy the product they want to buy.<br /><br />Anyone who wants to buy a product that isn't produced by the person they are dealing with should probably make it themselves, not complain that someone won't make it for them. <br /><br />An allegory;<br /><br />A young child walks into a bicycle shop. <br /><br />"I'd like to have a bicycle!" he declares to the clerk. <br /><br />"Well that's just great young man." says the clerk, "We have many fine bicycles here."<br /><br />"Excellent." declares the child "I'd like it to have four legs, a fluffy tail and be named Spot."<br /><br />Confused, the clerk thinks for a moment before responding. "Young man, it sounds like you're in the market for a Dog. Are you in the right shop?"<br /><br />Becoming agitated, the child fixes the clerk with an annoyed glare. "NO. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BICYLE." he says slowly and deliberately to the clerk.<br /><br />"Well I'm sorry." the clerk is apologetic "I don't have any fluffy bicycles with four legs named Spot."<br /><br />Enraged, the child storms off. "WELL WHAT F****** GOOD ARE YOU THEN? YOUR BUSINESS IS BULLSHIT!"<br /><br />Defeated, the clerk watches the child storm off, upset he could not help.<br /><br />The morale of the story is; if you want a fluffy four legged 'bicycle' named spot, you should likely be spending your money on stem-cell research or genetic cloning, not bicycles. And be nice to the clerk, he's just trying to help you out.<br /><br />Second time I've had the opportunity to roll this out this week! :DAshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921333954135566249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-75451619567694610052014-04-13T04:45:13.841-07:002014-04-13T04:45:13.841-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921333954135566249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080985249911224.post-77383580380683144222014-04-12T21:41:07.504-07:002014-04-12T21:41:07.504-07:00I should probably mention that a clear bias I have...I should probably mention that a clear bias I have is that when I think about most of my best gaming experiences they are at somebody's house where rules and measurements are suggestions more than laws and most of my worst gaming experiences have come at the hands of people who's last names I never knew.<br />Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083073217185806724noreply@blogger.com