My friends, this is a boardgame , not a wargame, and a very succesfull boardgame to be fair. (Bombadil-?A boardgame, you mean like Monopoly or Chutes & Ladders? I usually describe it to the unknowing as "Chess with machine guns". I have to disagree there with your point.

It has been designed to roughly simulate two enemy patrols having a chance encounter in no men lands. Point. No missions for instance, for that you should at least modify fuel ratings. But it's very funny and it works very well. Bombadil-I totally agree that the game system works very well!

Moreover, in the original boardgame you will not find any trace of the point system used on this site, which has been adapted from some unofficial scoring system used for many players combat in some tornaments. Bombadil-Totally disagree! The scoring of 1 point/turn and 25 points /kill is taken directly from the original rules on Page seven under "Campaign Rules"/"Experience".

Therefore you should note that:

a) The scoring system is not well suited for 1vs.1 matches. To be honest Blue Max too was not designed for 1vs.1 which indeed are pretty boring.Bombadil-I would disagree about 1-on-1 games being 'boring'. I'll give you they are low scoring but in them one's ability to out maneuver an opponent is paramount to success. Often the couple of hits one inflicts determine the victor often result from you being clever or him screwing up.

b) The only reasonable index of your personal success (as in WW1) should be the kills you score and the general behavior of your squad. Count these, do not bother about losing or winning by points. Bombadil-I have no issue here. Change the original rules and I'll still play the new way.

c) The "retire with honour" concept has been introduced for tournament reasons and to remind people that according to the rules you should try to exit from your side and not from the opposite one. But I suspect the name is a bit unfortunate, since many people seems to have too strong feelings whenever the word "honour" comes into play . Bombadil-Agreed, "Honour" stirs the emotions. However, I think the intent of these parameters in the tournaments has been more to not have people running off and weakening their team for relatively bogus reasons

Have fun and see you in the sky