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Re: Castle wars: teach us, quick!
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.pt
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Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:29:53 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> 1. the problem with melee style fighting is that in real warfare you always
> have to plan about the future. 85% casuality rate is unheard of in real
> warfare, because you will probably have enemies (other kings, or possibly a
> peasant revolt) in the future who will take advantage of such a devastating
> victory. you also have to think about morale. men won't fight for a guy who
> generally kills off most of his men just to achieve victory (ie. morale
> problems in WW1).
Lessons well learned by King Pyrrhus when he defeated the Romans at too high
a cost. I believe his own words were, "One more such victory and we are lost."
> 2. sometimes battles were to just beat the crap out of your enemy, but quite
> often there is another reason as well. there is alot of fighting to take
> strategic points, or even strategic concerns, such as holding off an enemy
> while your main force does a flanking maneuver (sp). such things like 'capture
> the flag' may seem silly, but actually mirror real military concerns.. more so
> than melee and general destruction.
True again. Some of the more realistic strategy games I have seen focus on
capturing an objective of some sort and keeping your units alive long enough
to prove you control it (the objective). (The Steel Panthers PC games come
to mind, as do certain Avalon Hill board games. Many of the latter also
encourage you to preserve units long enough to hold out for reserves that
come into play during later rounds.) A total mass melee where the victor
risks all to end up with little (such as in Chess) makes for a fun game, but
I agree it isn't as realistic.
My 2 Cents,
-Hendo
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| (First of all, let me thank once again for everyone's replies; I have started to look at the rules, and hope to be at least somewhat comfortable with the game logic by the time our meeting takes place) (...) Yup, I know the story. The expression (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) i disagree about the 'realism' aspect of it. two reasons: 1. the problem with melee style fighting is that in real warfare you always have to plan about the future. 85% casuality rate is unheard of in real warfare, because you will probably (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.pt)
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