tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243310777003356108.post5099080002505120148..comments2023-08-21T02:22:06.157+01:00Comments on RaffazzaTime: Where only fools dare thread 2: Points (The Dice Abide Article)Raffazzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10660679429522011940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243310777003356108.post-28742467817742810862015-07-27T21:19:23.257+01:002015-07-27T21:19:23.257+01:00G'day Raf,
Points are a bit like money, they&...G'day Raf,<br /><br />Points are a bit like money, they're not a perfect mechanism for establishing value but so far no-one has come up with a better one.<br /><br />Points are the currency of Warhammer, and other games too I guess. They are the means by which we establish a degree of equivalency between forces. This means that the result of a game is more likely to be decided by player skill. Without points we are left with two options;<br /><br />1. Barter, in that every game will need to be preceded by bargaining and agreement about the forces each player will take.<br /><br />2. Pre-determined scenarios, where imbalance is recognized and built into the game. Historicals do this all the time. Taking the French in a May 1940 Blitzkreig scenario means you know you'll get a kicking, but you're going into the game knowing this, and chances are the victory conditions are based on that. The thing is, do AoS players want to be restricted to a relative handful of scenarios (even 50 or more is not many)? <br /><br />Warhammer 8th had some horrendous points totals, from 25 point Warlocks to 275 point Cygors. This is not an indication that points are an unworkable mechanism, more a sign of GW's laziness and their perplexing refusal to fix their own game. An annual repointing of over/under priced units and items would have worked wonders, and taken hardly any effort.<br /><br />I've not played AoS yet, it's not attractive to me, though it looks like a lot of people are enjoying it. But without some sort of equivalence mechanism, I suspect there are a lot of one-sided games going on. If people expect that, then fine. But if they don't, then problems (not hilarity) will ensue.<br /><br />Cheers.Tanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111345902716591780noreply@blogger.com