Colourful Language
To 'swear like a trooper'
was and is, by definition, part of the colour of military life. While we place no
requirement on participants to avoid this aspect of historical re-enactment in their
private communications, the wishes of any individual who objects to it, once made known,
must be respected.
Verbal abuse, however, will not be
tolerated. On the first instance, the offending party shall be warned. On the second
instance, their participation in any current wargames will be terminated and all
players warned against playing them.
Verbal Abuse
is defined as language directed at a member which is either insulting or demeaning,
whether profane language is used or not.
Cheating and accusations
Cheating is as repugnant as it is
difficult to prove. If you need to cheat, you're not welcome here. Fortunately, the medium
of umpired wargames means that it is very difficult for cheating to take place, except by the
umpire for a particular game. Though it may be impossible to prove openly, the rest of us
will soon find you out. If you can live with the stigma it seems sad, but the rest of us
don't want to put you through the ignominy being talked about and vilified, so don't do
it!
Open accusations of cheating will also
not be tolerated. Sullying an umpire's or player's name because you saw something that may
have been no more than a program glitch or extreme odds is unacceptable. Anyone who makes
such an accusation in public will not be welcome.
If you suspect that your umpire or
someone else is either deliberately misrepresenting you, has modified files outside the
expected and described parameters for the game or is otherwise acting in an unacceptable
manner, your alternatives are: 1. Withdraw from the game (but do join in someone else's).
2. Continue the game to its conclusion and don't play with them again. Cheats will soon
run out of fellow participants.
Failure to follow the wargame rules
It is a fact that we are all human
and make mistakes, and often fail to see them no matter how many times we look. Because
the rules are quite comprehensive a certain amount of leeway should be given to an umpire
or opponent. However, it is a basic requirement to read and have a reasonable knowledge of
the rules before embarking on a game. Ignorance of the rules is not an excuse for
violation of them.
In the event of a transgression, I am sure it is not difficult to work out a solution by making sure it is noted so as not to be repeated and, if particularly influential on the game, by playing
the phase or turn again.
Misunderstandings will be tolerated. Flagrant violations will not. We're about historical
wargaming as an end in itself, not manipulating the game system for the sake of 'winning'.