"Top 5 Requirements for a Good Tournament Ruleset" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 14 Dec 2015 5:54 p.m. PST |
What qualities do you feel are essential for a ruleset that adapts well to tournament play? |
| Winston Smith | 14 Dec 2015 6:02 p.m. PST |
It's point system should actually function as a system that gives a "poor" army a fighting chance. It should make the most effective troops very expensive. One problem I always had with WRG ancients rules was that all weapons cost the same, regardless of their efficiency. |
peterx  | 14 Dec 2015 6:55 p.m. PST |
Very clear writing and clarity of the rules. Then, all players (or a referee if needed) can resolve disagreements about rules interpretation. |
 etotheipi  | 14 Dec 2015 7:05 p.m. PST |
Simple mechanics with a minimum of ambiguity. If there are multiple legal styles of play for a game, it will tend to leave some players (slightly) alienated. In a tourney, you don't want to waste up to two games getting adjusted to the game if others aren't. While I would want the mechanics to be simple and stable, there should be a lot of operational latitude so you can get a lot of flavor and variety from the different opponents. Beyond that, I think it's all in the scenario design and playtesting. That said, as Winston Smith point out above, an equitable (as possible) point system makes that design double plus non-difficult. Also, consistency in the state space of the stats tends to make the scenario design more stable, making it easier to build a scenario that will fit reasonably well into a time constraint. |
| Winston Smith | 14 Dec 2015 7:39 p.m. PST |
Minimum of ambiguity….
Well, that eliminates WRG…..
Or DBM. |
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