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I think you'll find 'Sea Lion' holds that position.
But then nor is VBCW quite... Thankfully
IMO, that's rather the point. Someone who takes VBCW dead seriously is rather the sort who probably shouldn't be playing it.
You must have invade d form the east.They're all bit weird that side of the river.
Well, part of the appeal is that there's room for players to choose their own level of silliness.
You must have invade d form the east.They're all bit weird that side of the river.Hull is such a belligerent hive of indifference that the rest of the country is hard pushed to find it on a map.It's black humoured character's( once you get past the devastation of the fishing industry). Going back to the civil war when the city told both sides to go away (actually he used a phrase that started with an f and ended with an f. ((To both the king and parliament))Which was partly why when the war ended the winner's chose a sticky end for him rather than a custodial sentence.)Everything from the Hull pals battalions loathing each other. To the fire brigades fighting in the street and letting White fryer gate burn as far as the land of Green Ginger. Because it's old town and each company thought they exclusively covered the street.The city centre was punctuated by working docks.with art galleries department stores and banks jostling for space with dock cranes and ship yards(before the input of the German town planning committee in the 40's)Even the telephone boxes are a different colour to the rest of the country( great way of representing the east riding just add cream colouered phone boxes)And it's that kind of tapestry of local history thats woven into a VBCW game that feeds it's popularity.I agree that once you move away from the Heath Robinson approach to your forces . You might as well pick up any set of ww2 rules instead.( still slowly plodding away on enough buildings for a propper east riding game with water towers and dodgy narrow winding roads.)Mark.
What surprises me is that I've not come across any American game that applies this rule set to America. I would have thought this would be an Ideal 'what if 'template given you have the Mine Wars as a starting point.Mark.