2016 Great Wargames Survey

[Praefectusclassis]

Example? (I keep track for next year)

[Leman]

Argh, I've moved up an age bracket 

Cheers
Ian

I discovered I've got nowhere left to go.

[petercooman]

I moved up an age bracket too, went from 21-30 to the 31-40 bracket last weekend .....

Still lower than a lot of you guys i reckon   

[Ithoriel]

Example? (I keep track for next year)

Example - how big is your gaming group - which one?

a) Random evening bouts with a guy who lives locally - 2
b) & c) Tuesday night and Friday night groups (two different groups) -  4-7
d) Sunday afternoon group - 2-12
e)The once every 3 - 6 month Saturday megagame - 12-30
f) I play a solo game pretty much every week - 1

Apart from me (obviously) there's a one person overlap between groups b and c, otherwise it's different people. THe questionnaire insisted on an answer before moving on. Would have been better as an "Other" I reckon with all that info in the text box.

[FierceKitty]

I moved up an age bracket too, went from 21-30 to the 31-40 bracket last weekend .....

Still lower than a lot of you guys i reckon   

A little respect, whippersnapper!

[petercooman]

A little respect, whippersnapper!

Youz knows thi young unz has no more rspct!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Did

[Praefectusclassis]

Thanks Ithoriel!

[Praefectusclassis]

And a quick early result: when will you turn to historical wargaming? http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/wss/blog/the-answer-is-42/

[paulr]

I must be an exception then, I was interested in historic gaming at 12, dabbled in Sc Fi (encouraged by my son) at 42, have never wargamed fantasy

[Praefectusclassis]

It's a majority - minority switch. WW2 is always the number 3 era/setting, even in the younger age groups.

[FierceKitty]

...I...dabbled in Sc Fi (encouraged by my son) at 42, have never wargamed fantasy.

Some day somebody must explain a meaningful difference to me between fantasy and sci-fi gaming. Damned if I can see any beside the different spelling.

[Praefectusclassis]

Wizards vs spaceships? 

[FierceKitty]

So Obiwan differs from Gandalf in that...?

[Praefectusclassis]

He flies around in a spaceship and Gandalf rides a horse?

[FierceKitty]

I think you're reinforcing my point. 

[Leman]

I like a lot of Sci Fi films. I like a lot of fantasy films. Still can't see the point of gaming them.

[Praefectusclassis]

I agree the difference is at least somewhat artificial. I suppose it's a difference of degree in emphasis. For Sci-Fi, it's 'future tech' possibly combined with space travel, for fantasy it's magic and anthropomorphic / -ised races on a single planet, usually medieval-esque in some way. Sort of?

[fsn]

I don't see the difference between fantasy, Sf and historical except that with historical there's usually some more consistent backgorund information.

What's the difference between Gandalf casting a firebolt spell, a German stormtrooper helfting a man-portable flame thrower and a Dark Chaper Death-Hawk with a blazer gauntlet? How do you differentiate between an elm with a mighty greenwood bow and a doughty English Yeoman archer at Crecy? Between an Apache attack helicopter and a light grav assault craft? The model.

I don't play fantasy. But take away the magic and an elves vs man is a bit similar to a medieval scrap. A struggle for possession of a star-destroyer is very similar to street fighting in Stalingrad.

Ah! But what about the dwarves and the Klingons! +1 strength -1 attractiveness.

When I game ancient Greek warfare, I sometimes add in a rule that certain heroes can call upon certain gods. Have I transgressed into fantasy? If someone plays 1946 with E25 tanks, is that SF?

I think sometimes we can get a little purist about our hobby, and find reasons to look ascance at other facets of it, for no good reason.

As one of out more illustrious members says "give me another pint for the love of the Dark Lord's calloused thumbs! I'm starting to see reality."
 

[Ithoriel]

I like a lot of Sci Fi films. I like a lot of fantasy films. Still can't see the point of gaming them.

Fun.

None of what we do is realistic.

Some of our models mimic things in the Real World (tm) a little more closely than others.

The difference between sci-fi and fantasy. Often seems to me it's aspiration vs nostalgia.