[projectaon] Re: More errata.
- From: "Jonathan Blake" <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:25:36 -0700
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:08 AM, David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Whilst I sympathise with Ingo not wanting to burden the books with
> endless footnotes,
> when I was a child playing the books, I did feel a bit disconcerted by
> ambiguities in the rules, as I generally wanted to play the books "properly"
> and "without cheating", and it would spoil my enjoyment a bit if I thought
> I was getting it wrong, or there seemed to be inconsistencies.
Perhaps younger readers are not as sympathetic to ambiguity. As I get
older, I learn to appreciate it, but I too was a little rules lawyer
when I first read the books.
The question becomes how to strike the balance. Footnotes everywhere
can distract from the flow of the reading experience. Finding an
ambiguity in the rules can be jarring. Where is the ideal balance?
--
Jon
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