Wargamers 'outed' on the internet

[Steve J]

This made me laugh a lot as it rings so true:

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2016/05/05/nerds-named-and-shamed-in-latest-internet-hack/

I know of a wargamer whose wife was so ashamed of his hobby that she didn't dare tell her friends what he did. So are you a wargamer and proud of it? I am and often get some good natured stick about it at work.

[Ithoriel]

Out and proud ... wargames wise

Working in Libraries and then in IT there were enough nerds around that I was more likely to be asked for advice than sniggered at.

[fsn]

"Badly painted"! I am offended on behalf of the rest of the wargamer world.  

As for me, I resemble that remark.  

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Out and proud!

[Matt J]

Why ex wife was ashamed to tell people I painted models. Last I heard she was with a guy big into fishing.....

[Orcs]

One of the guys who used to go to our club was married for three years before he told his wife he was a wargamer!

Benefits to your wife of you being  a wargamer:-

1 Your are at home when painting / organising most of the time. (So you cant be seeing another woman) WHOOPS! Failed
2 Its a cheap hobby (if your not a megalomaniac) WHOOPS!  Failed
3 You are unlikely to go on Lads hobby related Holidays WHOOPS ! Failed


Perhaps I had better stop this list

An Out and Proud Wargamer.  

[paulr]

Out and proud

We quite often go to BBQs on a Saturday that start mid afternoon and finish late. It is now expected that I disappear at about 7 for our regular game

This evening is a friend's 50th Birthday and I have 'decided' that I won't be ducking out early

[Techno]

Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

I never had a problem with being a wargamer, everyone can know.

I am  who i am, no point in concealing...


My wife can sometimes complain about the amount of stuff i gather, but in the end, it's all good.

[petercooman]

Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

Especially the ER crew

[d_Guy]

I'm so out that I occasionally troll the known wargamer bars!

[pierre the shy]

I never had a problem with being a wargamer, everyone can know.

I am  who i am, no point in concealing...

My wife can sometimes complain about the amount of stuff i gather, but in the end, it's all good.

Agreed Peter.

Mrs Shy is reasonably understanding as she is a ardent patchworker with shelves of material - but very useful if you need a new basecloth made up 

I did have to quickly correct her once  many years ago when she told someone that I "played with little men" 

[FierceKitty]

Can't game in a closet!

   

[FierceKitty]

Everyone I know around here knows I make little soldiers....Does that count ? 
Cheers - Phil

I can't do that; had a vasectomy decades ago.

[fsn]

My ex-wife once complained that I loved my little men more than I loved her.