Quote from: Leman on 16 November 2018, 07:42:48 AM
I have to admit to being mystified that some  will play a game with any old rubbish rules just because they like the figures. All that painting, and for what?

Actually I have seen enough people sitting around happily enjoying themselves at monster games where nothing really happens for hours to believe that there are plenty of folks for whom the spectacle, the company, and the occasion are enough, and are more important than the gameplay. "There was like 17 of us playing for 17 hours on a 17' table, it was totally awesome, man!" (A pretty much verbatim quote from a guy I had a drink with at Fall In one year.) I'm not one of them, but it doesn't make them wrong.

Chris

For me wargaming isn't, at heart, about historically accurate rules allowing beautifully and accurately painted figures to move correctly across superbly sculpted landscapes. It's about the people (players and onlookers) around the table.

In my limited experience, megagames are often more about the spectacle and experience than the rules, figures or outcomes.

Agreed but

Quote from: Ithoriel on 16 November 2018, 11:46:13 AM
... historically accurate rules allowing beautifully and accurately painted figures to move correctly across superbly sculpted landscapes...

is a great bonus

It much depends on what is meant by historically accurate. Masses of historically accurate detail does not necessarily make for a practical or enjoyable game. For a pleasant evening sitting around a table on which little is happening I would recommend the pub.

Sitting round a wargames table is better for the liver, the bank balance and ambient sound levels.

And total boredom when the rules are glacial and your companions are of the OCD brigade - sigh!

Quote from: Leman on 17 November 2018, 10:33:42 AM
And total boredom when the rules are glacial and your companions are of the OCD brigade - sigh!

Hear him!

Why would you game with people like that?

Can't say I've come across glacial rules ... just indecisive players who take forever to decide what to do. Even Analysis Paralysis isn't fatal to the game if the rest are happy to chat while they make up their minds.

My brother can take ages over moves, I just throw wine gums at him!