Hi!
Games in the 4000 point region will give you a quick game with resolution within 1-11/2 hours.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "George_at_ntlworld" <george.laptop@...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] My opinions on recent posts
> Well, the reason I like games to be quick playing (not necessarily
> streamlined or elegant, just quick :-) ) it's cause our situation here is
> different.
> Nearly all our games are during our school lunch hour or at the afterschool
> club we run. This gives us a max of 2 hours, including waiting for everone
> to arrive, setting up, packing away and tidying up.
> When we occasionally play at weekends, then we do indeed want longer games,
> but then we just play with more points and talk a lot more between turns :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...>
> To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] My opinions on recent posts
>
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have never understood peoples fascination with playing games that last
> "less". When I play I separate a whole day for it, so why do I want to just
> play 30minutes when I can play hours? The perception that somehow a good
> game can be played quick is false. On the contrary doesn't something good
> deserve the time?
> >
> > Also, how fast any given rules is played is PLAYER dependent. I have
> probably said this ad-naseum. I play 6000 point net epic games to conclusion
> with set up on average in 2-3 hours. Darius and I consistently got 2 games
> from 6PM to midnight on almost every visit.
> >
> > Fast is NOT synonymous with good or elegant. I want ot enjoy my game as I
> play it, otehrwise whats the point?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <deaconblue3_at_juno.com>
> > To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] My opinions on recent posts
> >
> >
> > > Before I give any more false impressions (yeah right), let me say I do
> > > like E40K as a generic set of scifi ground combat rules. It's just that
> > > it's not Epic to me. It fails miserably to capture the feel and
> interest
> > > of the 40K universe, which is what drew me in to it from the first. I
> do
> > > use E40K rules for other universes, such as Dune, where the amount of
> > > variation is much less, and all the armies tend to be more alike than
> > > different. That said, with in the 40K universe, the amount of
> variation,
> > > on many levels, just is incapable of being properly represented by E40K
> > > as they stand. the game was abstracted too far IMO to allow this.
> > > Playability isn't always the issue to be dealt with. Personally, I'm
> not
> > > looking for a 6mm game that I can crank out in 30 minutes or less. when
> > > I play, I want the feel of the universe represented, and I want to see
> > > and know that the variances between the races and armies shows up on the
> > > battle field in game. E40K didn't do that for me.
> > >
> > > Josh R
> > >
> > > "No matter where you go, there you are." B.Bonzai
> > >
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