Echoes from the Warp: Abstraction and Realism

THE SHORT VERSION

Stu Black separates the purpose of enjoying a game from the immediate objective of winning its mission. Deep strike distances, wound allocation, psychic mishaps and Overwatch illustrate how abstract mechanisms can preserve speed, balance and meaningful decisions even when a more literal simulation might appear plausible.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 458, pp. 16–19.

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