Reply To: Is it better to have one army for many games or many armies for one game?

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Honestly, I think the first step is to eliminate the phrase “pile of shame” and the mentality that models absolutely have to be painted before they can be played with.  All that is doing is piling extra pressure on ourselves to achieve a standard that we may not always be capable of for whatever reason.  Life has a habit of getting in the way of even the best intentions.

 

Yes, models look better painted.  Of course they do.  And yes, painting is a major (if not primary) part of the hobby for many people, but so is gaming and we often let ourselves fall into the trap of “I’m not playing that until its painted”, and then the painting doesn’t get done, for whatever reason (I haven’t painted a single thing in 2020 – I just haven’t had the mental capacity for it).  And if you refuse to play with something until its painted, but can’t finish painting it, then all you’ve done is hung a weight around your own neck that makes you unhappy with the things you bought for pleasure.  And that unhappiness spreads on through the rest of the hobby.

 

The hobby is slightly different for each of us as individuals and we need to focus on the things that bring us, as individuals, pleasure otherwise what is the point?

 

As far as the question of “which is better, many armies, or many games” the answer is the same – whatever makes the individual happy.  There is no collective right answer.