Article Info

Column  Up on a Soapbox
Title  Wargaming: A Moral Issue?
Author  Theron Kuntz
Book Type  Editorial
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Series 

Article Summary

Talks about "war moralizers" - people who feel that "...wargamers are nothing but impassive warmongers who are bent upon destruction, with all its violent emotions, whatever the cost may be."


This article is contained in The Dragon #35.

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