What keeps you gaming?

[Pssyche]

Like Defenestratus.
Too much money and time invested to be jumping ship at this point.
Had Flames of War been around in 1982, when I first wanted to wargame seriously, I'd have picked that up and collected that.
After a while, I would probably have diversified into other games.

As it was, I bought "Panzer" which was a pretty serious game, but only had die-cut cardboard tokens for models and I couldn't get anybody interested enough to play.

Mid-eighties had me collecting White Dwarf and trying various RPGs without much success.

Then it became a straight choice between WHFantasy and WH40K once Rogue Trader hit the shelves.
The clincher for 40K was that it was a Skirmish Game and needed a lot less models and investment than Fantasy.
Which is a bit ironic seeing as I now have in excess of 20,000 Points of Eldar.

To be honest, I think were going through a golden period at present.
I've never played so much as I have these last five years of so and I've converted my cellar into a games room with a permanent 6' x 4' Board up, which has three playing surfaces that can be interchanged at a few minutes notice.
There's the ubiquitous Snow covered Ruined City that has twenty-four Ruins half of which are 13.5" tall.
A Forest Board that can with twenty-five bases of three trees available.
Lastly a Desert Board with Dunes.
The Forest and Desert Boards have plenty of Eldar, Tyranid and Industrial Terrain to theme them into a narrative.

Yeah, too much money and time invested and too much love for the game and everything that engenders.

[The Tisroc]

I concur: I'm also heavily invested in these games... I've come too far to stop!

[Chaoschrist]

I keep playing.. because I have the models to play 40k.

Though I'm not really motivated to play 40k at the moment and spend my money on other gaming systems; there's still a reason I keep my roughly 6k of Chaos forces around. If I would, I could probably get a game in.

I've been slimming down my armies/collection though, but I figured I would just need one big collection of a single army (well, Daemons/Chaos marines) to give me some options.

So yes, I keep gaming cause I have the models and I keep gaming because... good question, lol. My friend, with whom I played 40k, is already changing gamesystem as well. I think I keep my collection around for when I want a game in and clearly 40k is more supported in my area.

[Tomgar]

I love the 40k aesthetic and lore, I actually find the game mechanics fun (as much as the internet would have you believe that literally everyone thinks the mechanics are utter junk) and I already have loads of models! I play 40k because I still love it, it's a great setting and a really fun game. Besides, gets us oot the hoose.

Also, sympathies with you, Wolfshade. I ordered Dark Vengeance from them when I got back into the hobby and it was a full 2 months late eventually (and their communication was awful). Just going to buy from my local GW next time.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

I really like the game, the models, and the setting.

[mysterex]

Three things:

• My friends still play and it's a good way to socialise with them;
• I've already got a few thousand points in each of 4 different armies;
• I quite like the background universe and get inspiration from reading some of the Black Library novels.

However if my armies ever got lost/stolen I think I'd be unlikely to replace them. In fact I'd probably drop wargaming altogether for a few years (I've done this a couple of times since first starting wargaming in the eighties).

[Gamgee]

I'm a newb who just started, but will say for friends.

[Lucidum]

Every so often I “rage quit” the game, sometimes after a bad tournament, sometimes after a bad codex (*cough Tyranids cough*). I’ve been playing this game since 1998, and the engrossing background fiction and beautiful models always draw me back in even when i try to branch out. I’ve spent money on X-Wing, Attack Wing, Hordemachine, Battletech, and Magic: The Gathering…..but I’ve spent a lifetime on 40k.

[Arkhan Land]

In it for the chics.



oh yeah

[YourSwordisMine]

What else are you going to spend your hard earned money on, hookers and blow?

I've been gaming for 30 years (RPGs), and playing Miniatures Wargames for 22 years.

I have often wondered if a drug habit would have been financially cheaper...

And at the rate GW games cost keeps increasing, Cocaine might be even cheaper now. ;D



Why do I continue to play 40k/Fantasy? I like the models, the settings. I think it also comes down to the fact, there still isn't a game for Sci-fi or Fantasy yet that comes close to matching the playstyle of either game. If a company released a game that scratched the exact same itch that both games do, I would switch in a heartbeat.