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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9026744" data-attributes="member: 82106">Meh, lots of people play parts of chess games. I see it all the time (one of my friends is a pretty high ranked player, though I'm personally not that interested). It may be true that formal play of the game 'starts at rest', but for people who play a lot, the first 10 moves are often not that interesting! I have an old wargame 'Ceasar at Alesia'. Its a recreation of Ceasar's famous battle. The game starts precisely 'in media res', at the moment of greatest danger for Ceasar when his army has been trapped in a donut shaped vice between the besieged town of Alesia and a very large relieving force. At this point his legions accomplished a series of feats at arms virtually unparalleled in history. The events leading up to this situation are, however not particularly interesting from a military standpoint. The question at hand is, at the moment of greatest danger, can you either manage your forces so as to defeat a much larger force while held in a terrible tactical situation, or can you marshal the Gaulish forces so as to foil the Roman battle plan?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9026744, member: 82106"] Meh, lots of people play parts of chess games. I see it all the time (one of my friends is a pretty high ranked player, though I'm personally not that interested). It may be true that formal play of the game 'starts at rest', but for people who play a lot, the first 10 moves are often not that interesting! I have an old wargame 'Ceasar at Alesia'. Its a recreation of Ceasar's famous battle. The game starts precisely 'in media res', at the moment of greatest danger for Ceasar when his army has been trapped in a donut shaped vice between the besieged town of Alesia and a very large relieving force. At this point his legions accomplished a series of feats at arms virtually unparalleled in history. The events leading up to this situation are, however not particularly interesting from a military standpoint. The question at hand is, at the moment of greatest danger, can you either manage your forces so as to defeat a much larger force while held in a terrible tactical situation, or can you marshal the Gaulish forces so as to foil the Roman battle plan? [/QUOTE]

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