I appreciate all the thoughtful and reasonable comments gentlemen. Didn't mean to seem so irritated, but as I alluded to, I have faced and am facing the same issues with my convention. It is madening when I hear people say, "Well, such and such gaming group is going to be there and we had a falling out....not going." It is sophomoric, self destructive and ultimately undermines the hobby. I've even seen game stores shut down over these kinds of silly politics when a group fractures. Wow...this has really gotten off subject. . The only responses I expected to get (if any) were "thanks for the link" or "he does nice work." Anyway, wargaming is a small niche and if EF is an even SMALLER niche as Weirdwolf said, then unity is even more important. And I mean unity through passion for the hobby not a hegemony. . . there's always more than one way to skin a cat. But people should always feel free to share and express their ideas and not be rejected out of hand.

And just to let you guys know....because of my involvement with so many other things, I only have time for actually playing EF on a very casual basis. But I am very committed to promoting what I consider a unique and engaging hobby/game at the G3 convention. The other board members and I really want to see tournaments being played as the ranks of EF players increase.

Anyway....I'm done! Next topic.