Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!usenet From: usenet@ucbvax.ARPA (USENET News Administration) Newsgroups: net.games.board Subject: Re: Opening Discussion Message-ID: <10394@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 23:01:24 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10394 Posted: Sun Sep 15 23:01:24 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Sep-85 04:49:24 EDT References: <394@brl-sem.ARPA> <163400001@uiucdcs> <669@utastro.UUCP> Reply-To: pincus@ucbernie.UUCP (Jonathan Pincus) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 18 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