Warhammer 40,000

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

Well to be sure, yep, they could be spending their money on worse things.

I would never pull a kid out of a hobby based solely on it being expensive.

Then again. If my son gets an interest in Warhammer, you can bet he will walk his legs off with a paper route to buy them.

I will support his enthusiasm, I will even encourage it. But it will be a cold day in hell before I support Citadel passively with MY money..

Oh and don't think the price "doesn't" bother the kids eh. I have heard the comments been in the stores known the players.

A the hobby has a low retention level for a reason,

and

B try getting a buddy into it when you tell him the cost involved.

Those kids are not dumb, they know the value of a buck.

The ones playing Warhammer are not always there as a result of pure choice. Remember, Wargaming is the hobby of the loser wacko, anti social geek (no I don't see it that way of course), but take a close look at the kids next time.
They is us. We is them.
You won't find cheerleaders and jocks playing Warhammer (not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing hehe).

I think if my son demonstrated the slightest hint of interest in Warhammer, I would be inclined to "rescue" him with some decent miniatures and try to get him into real military miniatures gaming. Same costs, better models, more rewarding simulations.

[Raverdave]

Well things must be different over your side of the pond.....both my boys are interested in Warhammer.....and neither of them is a geek.

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

Nothing wrong with being a geek Raverdave:)

I have a better computer than most people I know thanks to a couple of friends that are geeks hehe.

Then again, geeks don't always look immediately like geeks. A lot of people are often surprised that some of my buddies play rolegames. To look at them they look like just the guy working beside you on the assembly line some days.

To say that any schmuck can be a wargamer though is not atypical here at least. Commonly people that have an interest in gaming are generally above average intellect. And a all to often people tend to shy away from "smarter" people.

Heaven knows I have had that trouble at least.

I will never forget my first run in with the effect directly. My sarge told me to act stupid occasionally, and I might have more buddies. He told me I intimidated people just by talking (I use a fairly hefty volcabulary routinely).

I hope my comment didn't shed a negative light on the kids "labelling" them so broadly hehe.

[Raverdave]

Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1
Commonly people that have an interest in gaming are generally above average intellect.

Oh for godsake! Now you are accusing me of being smart!;)