Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Old, well aged or obsolete?

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Happy Friday.

My pledge is to try to get at least one or two miniatures painted, probably a Void and a Pig Iron miniature.
Next week I’m off work and I’m planning on playing a load of Space Station Zero Games. I’ve started a new project on it here – https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1774776/

 

At what point does a tabletop miniature game become “old” and what is the difference to a “well aged” system?

A well aged system I’d say, is a game with an older, more outdated set of rules compared with current trends but which is still played and beloved by many players, say Battletech for example.

Did you ever find any of your games to be obsolete and why?

With my group it seems like Warhammer Fantasy Battle is obsolete, since we just give up playing it after it was dropped by GW. Also we stop playing many older versions of games once a newer version comes out. Generally an obsolete game for myself would be once I no longer have any personal interest in it anymore.

Have you ever tried to make your own set of rules for a complete game? So not just some house rules for an existing thing but from scratch? If yes: who do you feel about it today? If no: why not?

I’ve adapted a few multiplayer scenarios for Frostgrave into solo scenarios for myself but that’s it for me. I’d really rather be playing or hobbying over rules design.