Posts Tagged ‘frugalism’
Read And Respond: Warhammer 39,999 and Not Playing Games
In the comments to this I Do Not Play 40K post, Rob at Warhammer 39,999 asked me a Question.
Have you given any thought as to whether your interest is finally waning (And perhaps you’re “done” with warmachine), or maybe it’s just a slightly longer than normal cycle?
I’ve definitely been giving it thought, if only because there’s so much Warmachine stuff and it’s making packing for the house move inefficient, plus so much of it is just collecting dust. Now, the following post is me putting those thoughts down into words and thinking aloud. It may not be organised, it may not be logical, it may not even be correct. Please bear that in mind.
WFB Is Not Plug And Play
So, it’s been a month, and the case foam has turned up, and I… sort of still haven’t actually played a game with my Vampire Counts, owing to an outbreak of Real Life, and the deadly West Midlands Man Flu. This is Not Good. I haven’t even written an army list. I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about army lists, but haven’t actually gotten one down.
The thing is that I’m not really a fan of pick-up games, or indeed of points matches; in an ideal world some chaps who want to play a game can sit down and discuss scenario, forces and so on beforehand, negotiating the objective and style of play like civilised adults.
For a variety of reasons, some more valid than others, this doesn’t get to happen as often as I’d like, and so sometimes I do actually need to make lists happen. Now I like my lists to reflect the way I imagine my army is, because at heart I’m a little fluffy bunny hoppity-skipping through the forest… but I’m a bunny with a steel core and if you try to run me over, I want you to break your front axle doing it.
Privateer Press Announcements – The Frugal Perspective
I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that Privateer Press have been busy little bees. Lots of people have been reposting their announcements and talking about them. I’ve been holding off because… well, two out of three things I don’t care about, and the third is one I’ve been having trouble articulating my thoughts on until I had four lovely hours to think out loud.
I don’t own an iPhone or Android and probably never will (I don’t like, or work well with, touchscreens) so I don’t, personally, give a toss about War Room. I think it’s an awesome idea for them that are riding the wave of progress and it’s the sort of thing that I think tabletop gaming needs to embrace so long as it doesn’t become the only way to play (see previous re: touchscreens).
The IKRPG? A few years ago I’d have been mad excited, but I think I’m more interested in inventing an industrial fantasy world of my own that draws on the Iron Kingdoms and other influences than I am in playing in the Iron Kingdoms themselves, and in a generic system I already own rather than one specifically built for One Company’s Vision that I have to buy another book to get. Good luck to ‘em though, it’s a good setting and people have been waiting long enough.
As for Colossals… I have a comment that I’ve been wanting to make but that I’m having trouble articulating without it descending into entitled whining, or something that can easily be misinterpreted or dismissed as such. Still not quite sure I’ve managed to work out what I want to say and say it yet, but the closest I’ve come was yet another conversation with Lex at stupid-o-clock in the morning.
New Armies and 28mm: Let’s Face The Music And Dance
Well, it can’t have escaped your notice that the poll has gone (maybe it can, in which case you’re clearly so eager to feast your eyes on tasty, tasty content that you headed straight for the words). Why has it gone? Because right now, the prospect of ‘doing another army’ is frankly a pipe dream for me, and I’m not into self-delusion; I can’t afford it.
