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[Herr Straße Laufer]

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I judge balance of existing designs just on win/loss ratios. In case of this scn it is almost 50/50, even if the scenario was designed to be tougher for the Germans (hence the title) and the stronger player should pick that side.

This is where I get lost in the argument.
If a game is designed as "balanced" and perceived as balanced why would "the stronger player" pick one side or the other?

Would it always then be unbalanced if played by opponents of equal ability?
If the scenario dBASE shows a 50/50 split on wins that would actually be a false stat because of who played which side?

If you are judging balance based on win/loss but you want "the stronger player" to play the "weaker" side, where is the balance? How could balance then be judged?

Maybe it is semantics all along?

RR