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Reply To: Why don’t we already have the perfect wargame?

February 12, 2021 at 8:24 am #1609905

horus500

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When I’m talking about balance it is with the completely abstract idea that if two players had identical armies, that there was nothing in the mechanics that would favour one over the other. Balance is not necessarily matched play however and as we all know most battles are not even contests.

Numbers, terrain, training, surprise, equipment and morale are all major factors even before a general begins laying out a battle plan. Of course there’s always Luck as well to contend with. To paraphrase Caesar on luck, a good general doesn’t rely on luck but knows how to use it”.