[geeks] [rescue] Video card request

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 @ 12:36 -0600, Brian Dunbar said:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > Most strategic wargames, for example, have an unavoidable god's eye view 
> > for the player.
> 
> Squad Leader - the paper game - had provision for 'fog of war' to get 
> rid of the god's eye perspective, but you needed two terrain maps and a 
>   referee.  Pain to setup, but it might have been worth it.

Fog of war doesn't get rid of what I'm talking about though.

In most games, you have instant world view, detailed statistics and
maybe even individual unit details, and direct command and control. It's
really cool of course, and I like it, but you wouldn't have that in real
life.

That's what I meant.


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