From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!linus!security!wdr Newsgroups: net.games Title: Re: spectacular games Article-I.D.: security.199 Posted: Wed Mar 23 12:14:10 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 19:30:29 1983 References: cwruecmp.555 Ace of Aces is excellent. Second the Nomination. It plays like an RGB-monitor video game without the computer (except its illos are B&W pen&ink drawings, but well down). And as near as I can tell, it is based on accurate physics & performance data. More realistic than any other game I've seen for air combat. Cosmic Wimpout: I do not consider the game trivial. Proving a strategy optimal is very difficult in a game where the expectation of a given action is dependent on the current state of the game: e.g., the decision to recast a single unscored die depends on the value of the roll so far which is endangered thereby. I particularly enjoy Wimpout BECAUSE I haven't been able to 'solve' it; I don't feel compelled to play perfectly. Whereas when I play Gin, I feel I'm cheating myself if I don't do Baysian analysis to guide my play, and my wife feels cheated if I do (as well as making it too much like work). Bill Ricker (decvax!genradbo | allegra )!linus!security!wdr