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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5130016" data-attributes="member: 80487">I believe the problem really is that we are talking about different things. I am talking about, for exampleChessCheckersStrategoGoOthelloMancalaBackgammonParcheesiRiskAxis &amp; AlliesScrabbleConnect FourUpWordsAll of those effectively confront a player with, &quot;It's your move! What will you do?&quot; It is up to the player to form a strategy, or else to wander in short-sighted reaction or randomness.So? It is in fact the answer to your question, just as H.G. Wells's Little Wars is the answer to the question of why people aver that the &quot;default mode&quot; of playing LW involves a curtain, and a particular model of toy cannon, and does not involve dice.That's an interesting statement, all considered.It is not ironic, because it is nothing more than your hyperbole. At any rate, one might wonder by what &quot;medium&quot; you know what &quot;the spirit of OD&amp;D is&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5130016, member: 80487"] I believe the problem really is that we are talking about different things. I am talking about, for example Chess Checkers Stratego Go Othello Mancala Backgammon Parcheesi Risk Axis & Allies Scrabble Connect Four UpWords All of those effectively confront a player with, "It's your move! What will you do?" It is up to the player to form a strategy, or else to wander in short-sighted reaction or randomness. So? It is in fact the answer to your question, just as H.G. Wells's [I]Little Wars[/I] is the answer to the question of why people aver that the "default mode" of playing LW involves a curtain, and a particular model of toy cannon, and does not involve dice. That's an interesting statement, all considered. It is not ironic, because it is nothing more than your hyperbole. At any rate, one might wonder by what "medium" you know what "the spirit of OD&D is". [/QUOTE]

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