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

[danlee 22443xp 2]

This week’s pledge is to paint some 10mm Wood Elves. It took me all week just to apply the milliput to their bases and get them undercoated. Looks like I got it done just before the rain hit.

 

1. At what point does a tabletop miniature game become “old” and what is the difference to a “well aged” system? – I class anything as old if you get a glazed expression when you mention it to younger people. I’d say a well aged system is one that gets said glazed look, yet is still enjoyable to play.
2. Did you ever find any of your games to be obsolete and why? – Any game that stops getting support from the manufacturer becomes obsolete. No new releases to keep me interested and a rapidly dwindling base of people to play it with spell its doom.
3. 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 once tried making a car/board game. I put quite a bit into it but lacked the motivation to push it beyond the one playtest set. I still think it was a good concept but with Kickstarter churning out so many games these days I doubt it could ever see the light of day.

And Homeworld is epic.