Re: (TFT) TFT and the SCA in your front yard

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:20:40 -0400
raito@raito.com wrote:
> So trying for realism within the TFT system is rather pointless. But 
> Consistency is just fine, and works. 

This, of course, is the crux of the biscuit: realism vs. abstraction.
We've covered it many times on the list, and while I am a firm
abstractionist (in that I think the rules are an excellent balance
of realism vs. playability), I applaud the efforts of Jay and others
to try and come up with the data to model a more realistic ruleset.

I probably wouldn't play a game that worked to that level of realism,
since I believe the rules would be too complex for me, but that's the
beauty of a wide range of games and rules.  There's something for
everyone.

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