It’s the XLBS SHow………..Happy Sunday Fellow CoGs! @avernos your going to make me want to get back to my ‘Hundred Kingdoms Army’ and then my wife is going to remember that I have not finished HER ‘Spires Army’ yet either! I don’t need to start a new Conquest army, but I do like those Dinos. (dang-it) Welcome to the ‘Moonstone Table Building Club!’ @fcostin I’ve been trying to build up enough terrain to set up at least three tables at a time. Can’t wait for the NEW Moonstone stuff to arrive that I ordered on Kickstarter. I find myself wanting… Read more »

good being first., feels good after many a moons away

Playing one game for 5 years?

Take me 5 years to make my mind up

I’d first spend decades just trying to find one genre I would play ‘forever’ …
So if I was to pick ‘one game to rule them all’ it would have to be a ruleset that is adaptable and flexible enough to cover whatever time period and scale I’d want to play.

I need variety.
I need an element of surprise so not every game is the same.
I might as well play chess forever … and that’s boring.

Happy Sunday!

Somewhere there’s a ruleset that allows you to play any genre at any scale from skirmish to mass ranks… I’ll pick that game!

Another take is: Isn’t that what most of us are doing? Trying out every game we can in the relentless, fruitless, doomed quest to find that perfect game system? (Note to GW Adherents – I don’t believe you’ll find it there, move on!)

Ok, downloading now.

But while I wait, in answer to the titular question. The answer is “none”. Because if I could only play one game I’d have long ago got bored and quit the hobby. Its the variety that keeps me entertained.

Happy Sunday! Another interesting topic. Whist these aren’t questions we should ever confront in reality, they can be a good thought experiment because it can reveal where you may want to consider spending more time and focus or may be even neglecting. The which aspect of the hobby would you choose was a tough one, and this is also tough. I have thought about narrowing my scope down to give me half a chance of finishing something and not getting distracted with every new thing. So I already have a shortlist. Which one would I pick if I really had… Read more »

The more opportunity to play more and different games with new people or people you know is always better than trodding that same apology path. In my experience If your mates won’t play a new game find someone who will and I guarantee your have a bigger group of mates who do end up playing a new game. I love everything from tabletop to board games and I find that there’s always someone who wants to give something new a spin. I’m happy to cross games. I’m currently devouring Wars of Ozz and I’m happy to mix in my Warp… Read more »

happy sunday

have a good one and i hope your watching the greatest movie ever made

I started with GW and even then I wasn’t tied down to only 1 one of their games, I played both warhammer and warhammer40k and then later Lord of the rings just because the variate of setting. Rule wise the basics of the dice mechanics between WH and WH40k are similar so it wasn’t that hard to change between the systems. Then when GW started changing I started looking to other games and I think I will never just stay with only 1 game as several factors impact this. Some games you can play in an hour while others you… Read more »

Just the one game. I don’t think I could pick one game for each genre or time period let alone just the one forever.
I have my favourites which make up the bulk of my gaming year but trying out new rule sets and utilizing old armies is a major part of the fun for me.

I’m with Gerry Kings of war , cos of the choice of different armies you can use. Because you can use what ever you have to hand to represent units.. you don’t even need minis ,simple base with unit name will do. Then you can buy what takes your fancy…no wasted time/money on things that you won’t play.

@avernos Trust me, having spent decades working in I.T., there are way worse things to stumble across in a browser history than “Naked Narns”. Naked Nans? Knackered Naans? Knackered Naked Nans?? @fcostin You’ve picked well with the Neptune 2. It’s amongst the easiest to assemble and I believe it has silent drivers for the stepper motors so the main noise levels will be from the fans (extruder and power supply) both of which can be replaced with silent versions if you wanted to at a later date. Honestly though, unless it’s at your elbow, chances are it won’t be any… Read more »

If I had to stick with one rule set for 5 years it would be Saga and I’d switch between the setting books. As you have a good range of periods from Ancient to Medieval, plus fantasy. I’m planning to only play Saga for Ancients to Early Medieval anyway. I plan to pick up a number of the period setting expansions. I’ve Age of Invasions, then I plan to get Age of Hannibal so I can use my early Roman, Celtic and Greek armies. Then the plan will be to pick up the Age of Crusades game for some proper… Read more »

This discussion has been going on for a while – in 1967 Brigadier Peter Young and Lt.-Colonel J.P. Lawford ended their classic book “Charge! or How to Play War Games” with “If you are enormously rich and have plenty of room, you may be tempted to build up war game Armies of several periods. This is enticing, but it is madness! We would commend you to choose your period, stick to it, read up the subject and get the atmosphere of the age. This is the most rewarding approach to a pastime which, while not lacking excitement, is decidely more… Read more »

Happy Sunday! 00:00 Play just one game for ever…. have to think about that 01:10 About what? Strictly who? oO You’re all having a stroke! 04:30 Next uHH is finger puppets! XD 07:00 Naked Narrn? 15:45 Neon coloured Megasaurs! 15:55 In a bar @lloyd… they hang out in bars! 17:30 F … lots of F pressed… *takes his tricorn of* 19:15 The cat just wanted to keep you safe from all the monsters @fcostin 20:00 Her chair is a screaky one XD 22:00 Black Friday is a scam 27:15 3D printed cat it is XD 31:30 “put them in Stargrave”… Read more »

I think I’d go for blackpowder just because I could make my way through 200 years of historical. My version of the hobby is to collect as much as possible for a certain setting such as the Zulu war for example and then force my friends to play what I’ve collected. I’m not part of a club and the one time I looked at one it was all 40k and felt out of place and didn’t go back.

Interesting question… one Miniatures game for 5 years, and I’d probably have to go Burrows and Badgers too. Other contenders would be, Stargrave, Oathmark and Pike & Shot. I get exactly where Gerry is coming from re 40k players not willing to even try another game, a lot tend to be very blinkered in their outlook and unwillingness to try other game systems Our club used to be solely GW, but thankfully over the years a lot more games have become very popular, leading our club to be the first anywhere in the world to run tournaments for both Bolt… Read more »