>Olympia is unique in that it tries to create a game environment which
>can encompass both "wargamers" and "roleplayers".
Actually, Beyond the Stellar Empire did the same thing over a decade
ago, and most games designed to be "open-ended" try to please both crowds.
>Maybe the dissatisfaction comes from the inequity of the situation.
>The wargamers can, to a real degree, ignore the roleplayers, but not
>vice versa.
The wargamers can ignore the incompetant roleplayers, yes. But some of
the roleplayers out there have big beastmaster stacks, and others
think that fun roleplaying means having a castle and plenty of troops,
and crusading against e-vile. Oleg isn't the only one of those, and
personally I would classify my actions in Olympia as roleplaying.
-- g