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I don’t think it was a way to gate-keep, as rules weren’t intentionally complex – they fitted a pattern of people pursuing what they perceived to be realistic results and procedures.

And the fact that so many people still play Advanced Squad Leader or even Battletech probably means that that kind of granularity and complexity is fun for them, no? The same can be said for most monster hex and counter wargames.