Tornade wrote:


Let's make a little test: how can we change Blue Max so to make a perfect game where clever and skillful people always wins, and stupid and incapable people always lose ?

Well, we could start removing the "Pilot Killed" and "Plane EXPLODES!" chit.
Infact, why should we allow a stupid but lucky player the possibility of winning over a very good player, that already fired on him half a dozen times, only by scoring one little red chit at the first shot ? Away these chits!
And better: why give the various aircrafts peculiarity like "Tail" or "Fuselage" points? Do you think it's right that a player that had already scored 20 damages on the opponent fuselage or wings can be shot down by the opponent that scores 5 damages on his/her tail? Away all chits! We can decide that the aircraft will have only one general resistence number of points: once finished them, the aircraft is down!
Still better: why have so many different planes, with so many different characteristics?Do you think it's sporting attacking a SpadVII with a Halberstadt, or a FokkerDr.I with a Sopwith Snipe? We can have only one type of aircraft for both sides, with same number of resistence points, number of guns, fuel endurance, manoeuvering possibility and fire stability.
And now? Why should we keep all those different, multicoloured tokens for the various aircraft? We have just one type. We can represent it simply with an arrow that indicates the direction: blue arrows for Allies, red arrows for the Germans. And no more useless distractions!
Then, what about dice? Why I score always only 1 or 2, while my opponent always scores 5 or 6 ? Away the dice! Next firing table will consider only distance and deflection, and maybe if you have already tailed or fired the opponent in the last turn, giving always the same, fixed result for the same, definite parameters.
At the end, why keep the original name? We could change it too. I think that something like "Chess" would be appropriate...

(A little digression: I'm having breakfast while writing this, and a few moments ago, while I was biting it, my toast has broken in three pieces: of course, all the three of them have landed on the table with the jam-covered side. I hate Murphy! I want to change its rules!)

OK, what have we here now? A perfect game, where only the clever will survive, and the stupid will die. Enjoy it! It's all yours!
Infact, I prefer go back playing Blue Max, that imperfect game where also the most inexpert and ingenuous newbie has always one little possibility to win against the best expert and skilled ace.
I have the best respect for Manfred von Richtofen, but: Long life to Arthur Roy Brown!