Re: 2024 List Changes

[Onurbm]

Hi Richard , as you ask for it, , let me put in writing the opinion of players in my local club relative to list changes. Not as fluent as me in English they borrowed my services.

List change are good and bad . Good as they bring to light some earlier elements left in the shade or maybe erroneous and complete an already fine work. But In most case lists are at best « educated guesswork » so historical accuracy and research is not so much of an argument. Maybe new lists . Maybe this creates more disturbance than it brings service.

Any list change that make player structurally change their actual armies and possibly borrow new figures and store away some other loved one ,  is , apologies for the harsh words , «  a pain in the ass » and likely to drive players away from MEG . To date after some years of existence , some armies are just 10 000 sharp on the shelf while other are being assembled in players sets.

List changes should be optional add on and no more . Thus allowing players to take advantage of those and not be punished by them or suffer from them.

Possibly changing non troops items and geographical regions is not much of an issue but mandatory troops minima/ maxima are « critical » .

Another game , imperfect as it be , survives with unchanged lists for decades , namely DBA. which by the way is much played, and not only as introductory game .

Present note is in a way a prayer to STOP mandatory list changes altogether as it brings more irritation than satisfaction; at least to a handful of MEG player down there in the Loire valley and to my knowledge to several others in the MEG community.

It's a pain to write this as list updates is quite valuable work and hard work . Still net result is not positive .
Optional changes = YES
Mandatory changes = NO

All the best and thanks for your efforts

[badhabum]

I fully agree and it is tha same message that was sent earlier by representatives of the french, Greek, Belgian and swiss community and yes we spoke for the players who, being no fluent in English, did ask us to transmit their opinions