Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

For many years, the US was worried because the Soviets were twenty years ahead of us in vacuum tube technology. Eek!!!

I remember that... Soviet avionics were frustrating some US countermeasure systems because the Soviet vacuum-tube based systems simply put out so much raw power they overwhelmed the US systems.

Originally Posted by Hrugga

Greetings All,

A new Tekumel podcast...The Hall of Blue Illumination.

http://tekumelpodcast.com

I am going to listen to it now.

H;0)

Yep; the Chairman speaks. There's some useful information in there. too.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I remember that... Soviet avionics were frustrating some US countermeasure systems because the Soviet vacuum-tube based systems simply put out so much raw power they overwhelmed the US systems.

Oh, yes! I think what kept astonishing analysts was that Soviet gear was all right, but not over-engineered - and not finished to a high standard where it didn't need to be. Which should have surprised nobody, as the same observation was made about a captured T-34/76 at the beginning of 'Barbarossa'.

Which may be, now that I contemplate it, a lesson for game designers. Like we used to say in theater, "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." I'd rather have a set of rules that is good enough to play, rather then the perfect set of rules that can't be played in practice.

So, here's a question for all of you. I tend to blather on and on and on about using miniatures in RPG game play, as well as talking about the model-making process. It's something that I like to do as a hobby, but I do wonder if there's a lot of relevance to modern game play. Should I 'compartmentalize' the model-making stuff over on my blog, and try to focus on RPG and generalist game stuff here?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

What's the Tsolyani word for "PULL!" ?

Why P�LL! of course. It's all in the accent.

Shemek

Originally Posted by Hrugga

Greetings All,

A new Tekumel podcast...The Hall of Blue Illumination.

http://tekumelpodcast.com

I am going to listen to it now.

H;0)

Mighty Hrugga of the Epics, a nice find. I'll have to have a listen to that.

Shemek

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Which may be, now that I contemplate it, a lesson for game designers. Like we used to say in theater, "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." I'd rather have a set of rules that is good enough to play, rather then the perfect set of rules that can't be played in practice.

Great merciful Crom, yes. Does dropping a rock on a man trying to climb a siege ladder really have a 1/3 chance of killing the climber, per CHAINMAIL?

Who the hell knows? But the game plays well.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

So, here's a question for all of you. I tend to blather on and on and on about using miniatures in RPG game play, as well as talking about the model-making process. It's something that I like to do as a hobby, but I do wonder if there's a lot of relevance to modern game play. Should I 'compartmentalize' the model-making stuff over on my blog, and try to focus on RPG and generalist game stuff here?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Personally I enjoy the digressions, but that's just me.