To genuinely call yourself a Wargamer, then you must have done most or all of the following;
* Spent at least £500 on figures / tanks - and you get extra kudos for every £500 you've spent
yes but not all at once
* Pricked your finger or thumb on a pike block - several times
Yes
* Tried at least 10 different rule sets and vowed never to play half of them ever again
Yes
* Bought an army off EBay
No
* Sold an army on EBay
Yes, but never one of mine
* spent months painting an army - then used it in anger once
Yes
* tried several different periods and genres
Yes & then gone back to them
* dropped a box of figures on the floor from a great height
No
* lost a battle on the last throw of the dice
Yes
* made at least one enemy for life
Yes, one day I will go down the list & those on it will find out the hard way
* had a proper, stand up argument over a wargamers table
Yes
* thrown a dice across a room
Yes, occasionally in anger thought I am a bloody rotten shot
* rebased an army for a different rule set
Yes, & hate it
* inflicted a whopping defeat on an opponent
Yes & certain of them keep me warm at night
* suffered an embarrassing defeat due to a stupid tactical decision
No Never
* joined a wargamers club
Yes, several mainly to save subs
* bought a ton of lead that remains unpainted
Yes, I have lead pile but its not that big
* been to a wargamers show
Yes
* have more dice than is logical or necessary to own - and have used most of them
Gods Yes * have taken boxes of troops down to a club just to show them off to your mates
Yes
Ginger