The new group rec.games.war would be for discussions of war games, and the existing group rec.games.board would be for discussions of non-war games.
War games are fine.
But, I am hoping that the group split would encourage more discussion of other types games, which are currently crowded out. But, let's not get riduculous. For the discussion of published games based on war and strategy. Articles on the design of unpublished games should be posted to rec.games.design. Articles about published games without any significant war aspect should be posted to rec.games.board, or the appropriate game-specific news group.