From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Who wins
Date:	Wed, 13 Sep 1995 10:48:53 +0200

>Heh heh. Unless you're playing in a collaborative game, the gm ALWAYS wins.
>You could have 4 PhD's in molecular biology and a freshman sociology major
>as gm and guess who wins?

Are you starting again?

>Everything the gm does is for your benefit. 'Win/lose' is a cognitive frame
>possessed only by munchkins and those unfortunate individuals who once
>played war games. The only known cure is to become a gamemaster. Terry

I'm not trying to begin another round of "discussions" like we had a few
weeks ago on the topic of "GM-vs.-players games," but are you suggesting
that, if you have ever played a win/lose (i.e. non-RP) game in your life,
you cannot be a good GM? Furthermore, that all GMs and all wargamers are
munchkins?

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