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« on: 07 November 2012, 17:07:59 »

Via PhilB's excellent blog:

    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
   

    * Pricked your finger or thumb on a pike block - several times


    * Tried at least 10 different rule sets and vowed never to play half of them ever again
   

    * Bought an army off EBay
     

    * Sold an army on EBay
 

    * spent months painting an army - then used it in anger once
   

    * tried several different periods and genres
   

    * dropped a box of figures on the floor from a great height
   

    * lost a battle on the last throw of the dice
   

    * made at least one enemy for life
   

    * had a proper, stand up argument over a wargamers table
   

    * thrown a dice across a room
   

    * rebased an army for a different rule set
   

    * inflicted a whopping defeat on an opponent
   

    * suffered an embarrassing defeat due to a stupid tactical decision
   

    * joined a wargamers club
   

    * bought a ton of lead that remains unpainted
   

    * been to a wargamers show
   

    * have more dice than is logical or necessary to own - and have used most of them
   

    * have taken boxes of troops down to a club just to show them off to your mates
   

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« Reply #1 on: 11 November 2012, 18:15:30 »

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


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« Reply #2 on: 11 November 2012, 18:16:07 »

now you lot fess up you lot

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