Look guys, SC was a very exclusive game a couple of years back. Since then, Wendy is right, the game has been 'mangled'. BUT, it is a consequence of the GM wanting the game to be more accessible. Nothing wrong with that, many have said how they want new blood.
No other game I have found offers the complexities and skill required to manage the war game (even as it is now) or the economy game. Try some, Nothing comes close, not that I have found anyway.
And, no other game even comes close in the player base participation in the direction forward. Witness the GM talking with us about our views etc.
So, really, although we all want things to be different it is the direction the game is taking to make it more open to newcomers. And it still beats all.
Chins up and jolly hockey sticks.
