Harry
Moderator
Pony Wars (as Oldhammer as it gets) was published in 1980 .... and already feeling the pain.
From the introduction:
"If your idea of a wargame is to spend time choosing a suitably 'rigged' army and playing with a set of rules which you can corrupt, by pointing out the intricacies of the grammar, with the intention of winning at all costs then, please put this volume back where you found it and go and find a nice national convention somewhere. This game is intended for 'FUN' (Remember the word? We used it quite a lot before wargaming became serious)".
From the introduction:
"If your idea of a wargame is to spend time choosing a suitably 'rigged' army and playing with a set of rules which you can corrupt, by pointing out the intricacies of the grammar, with the intention of winning at all costs then, please put this volume back where you found it and go and find a nice national convention somewhere. This game is intended for 'FUN' (Remember the word? We used it quite a lot before wargaming became serious)".