[georgesedlak]

This reminds me of Avalon Hill's "Squad Leader", great game, but they just had to upgrade it to a newer, more realistic and prettier version and ruined the game. I get a headache just thinking of that rule book.

How much "realism" do you want before the game becomes "not fun". All games are abstractions to a degree, but if they simulate real world problems and solutions well, then they are satisfying and fun.

SP in our opinion is satisfying and fun, and probably will be long after the other games are gone and forgotten.