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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 4971557" data-attributes="member: 16212">I remember my brief flirtation with ASL at Uni. Normally I strongly dislike such heavily ruled battlefield simulacra, but the guy I played with (a pro) regularly destroyed me with ease and I must say, the prospect of drowning myself in that rule-book, honing my tactical skills, and giving him an actual challenge was an enticing prospect. Unfortunately it didn't really happen, what with all the actual *work* involved in getting a degree and all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />These days I wouldn't even contemplate mastering such a complex set of rules, although I might enjoy a 'lite' version of the game once in a while. Contemporary board games such as Vinci are right on my sweet spot: stop playing for a few months and you will lose, but it only takes a game or two to get yourself right back into contention.By the end of the 3.5 era, we were playing quite irregularly (once every couple of months) and every single time I got back behind the screen, I felt like a rank amateur (this was the inspiration for my blog, orginally). With 4E, a few weeks' break in the action only strips the most esoteric of rules from our minds, allowing the campaign to pick up where it left off at almost full speed, and this is definitely a point in its favour as far as I'm concerned.</blockquote>

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