Soren was on the Gamers With Jobs podcast a little while ago, and, among other things, he talked about this some. I've always wondered why it was so easy for me (and others) to learn new wargames when I was younger than it was to learn new computer wargames now that I'm in my thirties, and I attributed it to the whole age/gosu factor. The comments about board games on that podcast made me think that the clamp on complexity in board games due to bookeeping wasn't a bad thing to keep in your head when making video games, too. I know popular, accessible games like Armageddon Empires benefit greatly from have simple, understandable upkeep actions-there's a lesson to be learned there!
