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Subject: Re: Opening Discussion
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Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 23:01:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 15 23:01:24 1985
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Reply-To: pincus@ucbernie.UUCP (Jonathan Pincus)
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In article <669@utastro.UUCP> jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag) writes:
>[munch]
>On introducing new players to war board games:
>
>We had a great deal of success playing SPI's Sniper!

I remember many enjoyable games of Sniper, but there's a catch:

> Sniper!'s rules are formidable and messier than they could be.  

And that's an understatement -- the rules on windows and visibility in
particular can be interpreted in at least three ways.  Because of that,
I think Sniper wouldn't be that good a choice for a new player.

How about Conquistador, an old SPI game?  It's fairly simple, and rather
enjoyable.

jon