Re: [Epic] blast markers & morale

From: J. Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 14:08:30 -0600

Dirk Vormann wrote:

> > The only good use for flak is defending artillery;
> True. You declare special (flak) orders before the flyers enter the table,
> so you have no idea where they will attack, and then the flak unit cannot
> shoot at all. At least they threaten flyers away if they cannot shoot.

Back in my active duty days as an Air Defender, it was pointed out, more or
less all the time, that the mission of Air Defense was to protect the target,
not to shoot down aircraft. If your actions, as an Air Defense unit, caused
the tartget to be not attacked, or to be attacked with less than the full
force that the enemy would have attacked with them if you had not been there,
you did your mission.

I know that gamers ( and those playing GW games are even worse ) have a hard
time with the idea that killing every thing on the other side of the table is
not the only way to win a game, or that if a given unit doesn't "kill" x value
of enemy units it's worthless.
Received on Wed Jan 07 1998 - 20:08:30 UTC