Hello from Indiana!

[Ithoriel]

Brad and Janet are the protagonists in the spoof musical horror show The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

A great stage show and an excellent film, of it's type.

As one who started my career as a librarian and ended it working in IT and who therefore transitioned from being a nerd to being a geek, I have two reasons for knowing this.

[FierceKitty]

Janet is Susan Sarandon. If you're on first name terms with her, you're doing alright.

I've always liked her reply to an interviewer who asked how she'd coped with doing a nude love scene with Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger: "Honey, if you had a chance to kiss Catherine Deneuve, what would you do?"
(from someone else's memory, may be less than word perfect).

[d_Guy]

It is amazing that so many of us are married to the same person!

Welcome to the Forum.

[fsn]

@BradleyD  Rocky Horror is a fun if slightly disturbing experience. I'd recommend not watching the film first, but just go to a live event. Crowds are so friendly and not at all weird.

Also, the name "Bradley" makes me think of the the M2 Bradley IFV ... after the great, incomparable and utterly professional Bradley Walsh

[mmcv]

Welcome! The AWI figures are lovely, I've dabbled with some small skirmish forces using them but they look great for big battles too.

[T13A]

Hi

Welcome! Pendraken AWI figures are my favourite range, started out as a small 6 month or so project at the beginning of COVID. Still going.....

Cheers Paul

[Orcs]

Welcome Brad.

[BradleyD]

I have purchased the Warband rules and they look like a lot of fun.   I may just buy a couple of those armies to start and get playing with my youngest.   He likes looking at my toy soldiers so perhaps he will enjoy playing Warband with Dad?

[Ithoriel]

Worked for me when my kids were little.

Also, we didn't have the cash to do the whole "let's hire a play centre and a burger joint for a birthday party" like some but a dozen boys getting to play "X-Wings vs Tie Fighters" with my Micromachines models got my kids some kudos. Home made rules and chocolate coin "medals" went a long way.

[fsn]

I always think the American Civil War is the best introduction to gaming.

The armies can be kept simple: you can get away with infantry, cavalry, artillery without having to differentiate between light and heavy; armoured and unarmoured; grav and wheeled.

There are many, many ranges available. You can go from 6mm to 54mm at to suit. There are also dozens of rulesets available. For beginners the rule set in the Blessed Featherstone's War Games is dated but simple and playable.   

The uniforms are fairly simple. You can paint a Union infantryman in 6(?) colours. Nothing complicated, great for beginners to have a go at.

Obviously, you can then develop into musket vs rifled; Napoleon vs Parrott; pistol vs sabre but that's for later.

The downside is that obviously anyone who fields an Confederate army is a slavery supporting racist.