Poll: How many people play table top wargames?

[The lord cypher]

Hi all I'm just winering if it's just me but as a tabletop wargamer aswell as a computer gamer if any other like minded people can tell me why:?
people who play only comptergames think that all wargamers are short overweight 30somethings who still live with there mom?
I for one think wargaming is a moresociabe hobbie as unlike playing say Halo over ine Internet I can speake face to face with someone and if they are funny, like minded then I can go down the pub for a chat with them. And yet apparently I'm (as a board gamer) a social outcast I hope people can help fathom this one.

 

[THAC0]

i've played them before, but mostly i do pen and paper RPGs like D&D or World of Darkness.

 

[-Drifter-]

Could you edit this to make sense? I can barely tell what you're saying.
And no, I don't play table-top war-games, the little figures are too expensive. I've seen some of those things go for $70 or more, and they aren't even put together.

 

[Rob Shogun]

I think its got something to do with the ease of playing computer games over the time spent with a hobby like war-gaming or role-play. Its just easier for the people who don't do war-gaming for what ever reason to say pick up a console, plug it in, insert game, switch off brain and play rather then build and paint armies, work out army lists and use your brain strategically; plus I think some people get put off by the fluff and back stories that most war-gaming systems use

 

[Torque669]

I use to play Warhammer 40k as a mix of Space Marines and Sisters of Battle but just cost too much after a while. Still very fun but I prefer paying about 40 pound for a game rather than on a figurine that I have to finish myself.

 

[P2]

Just not my thing but i know people who do. And please make some sense out what you write.

 

[Aunel]

I am still a regular at my Games Workshop,
although I suck at the game though, it's still fun.

 

[Desert Tiger]

Always wanted to play Warhammer 40k but it's way too expensive.

 

[The lord cypher]

I know the cost can be a factor but I look at it as let's say 45 pound buys a game like FIFA and it lasts no time at all but my toys last longer but I understand that. The thing I wanna know is why people who just plug in and switch off think people who role dice and think strategically are more socially enept? ( bar world of Warcraft players who seem to cop all the stick lol)

 

[L24z13L]

I play Warhammer 40k with my brother and cousins. It's nice to play with them because we keep costs down by substituting lego men for infantry and such.

 

[Cargando]

PLayed them, and would like to start, but I'm just too skint unfortunately.

 

[Rob Shogun]

I play Warhammer 40k with my brother and cousins. It's nice to play with them because we keep costs down by substituting lego men for infantry and such.

HAHA brilliant, friend of mine built a lego brass scorpion

 

[irishdelinquent]

I play both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000. Orcs and Goblins for fantasy, Tyranids and Raven Guard for 40,000. As for lego creations, I made a Lego Drop Pod; the doors opened and everything.

 

[CoziestPigeon]

I'm just starting to play Warhammer. Bought the battle for skull pass (dwarves and greenskins) and just starting to get it painted.

 

[ironlordthemad]

ive been playing 40k and warhammer for about 8 years now i used to play the LOTR game but it just got too far away from the source material for a while and i dropped it

i collect vampire counts and dwarves for warhammer and have 2 chaos armies for 40k (all hail the bubonic father!)

 

[iron codpiece]

I do it for Chaos!
In both 40K (as Tzeentch) and Standard(As Nurgle). In the Warmachine games I play as the Cryx.

I am 28 and a healthy weight I also rent my very own appartment and am very close to getting my teaching certificate for ages 5-9 (I want to teach 1st grade)

I enjoy tabletop wargames because of the slow critical thinking but it's not 100% strategy there is some luck involved which makes it so you never no completely who will win.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Yep, I'm a player of Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Battle, as well as a couple of the Specialist Games from Games Workshop, like Battlefleet Gothic.

 

[SamuraiAndPig]

Looks like warhammer is the modern definition of war game. That's sad.

My friends and I have a warhammer group that I'm a fringe member of. I wouldn't say being a board gamer makes you a social outcast. On the contrary, I'd say it promotes social interaction because you need another person to play with.

Anybody here still play Squad Leader/Advanced Squad Leader, or other Avalon Hill games like Axis and Allies? That's what I think of when I hear war game.

 

[HentMas]

OH i would love to, but i hear they are extremely expensive

 

[Chipperz]

I'm getting back into it now - I'm getting me an Ork army