That's it. I am definitely done with Warhammer. Me and my best friend, who passed away in 2020, started in the early eighties and we did 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition and then we stopped and did other games. I sold my old school Orc army and then we forgot about Warhammer. Much later, The Old World came and I gathered again some things from Chaos I had, and painted many more to build me a 2K points army, and looked for players, and started again with Warhammer.
But I had forgotten things I never liked about this system; things like competitive players, rolling for hitting, wounding and saving, thousands of special rules and continuous updates plus the need of learning everything about all the armies and magic objects and weapons in Warhammer that now I find boring and a chore, plus my memory that does not help either, as well as the fact that I am getting older, nearly 59 now, and there is a gap between me and current players.
So I sold my Chaos army and a friend picked most of it last night. Also, I took a goodbye picture with me and my soldiers. I tried to take a picture like the famous one from Mr. Bryan Ansell as a tribute to him because I admired him and I am very grateful to him for all those wonderful years he gave me with Warhammer and Laserburn, but I raised the wrong arm in the picture, and now I cannot change that because the army is gone.
Anyway, I am glad that I got rid off all of it. It took me an effort because it represented the golden years of my youth and some of the best moments of it with my friend, but I wasn't going to use it anymore and I feel lighter now they departed. So farewell.
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Sorry you felt you had to leave Warhammer, but I get it. While the background and the miniatures can be fun, the rules and the community sometimes are not.
ReplyDeleteIf you are still interested in fantasy rank-and-flank games, I recommend Oathmark. The rules are very quick to pick up, you can use any figures, and it should not be too hard to play solo. The YouTube channel Ash and Stone https://www.youtube.com/@AshandStoneNZ has a lot of great battle reports to give you a feel for how Oathmark plays.
Exactly. I have Oathmark and I played it and I liked but no one else does, so it's a no. Besides, now I'm more and more inclined to historic games than to fantasy and sci-fi onesl Cheers.
DeleteI enjoy narrative casual games of Warhammer with my friends and my son, but if its not fun then there are plenty of other games out there to enjoy. Hope you find something to fill the gap soon :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul. Before finally quit it, I had already put it aside and started playing other things like DBA which is not only a different game but it has also different players.
DeleteAt its heart (IMHO), wargaming is a social activity. The right opponents, with demeanours compatible to yours (whatever that may be!) are essential! DBA seems to be having a bit of a Renaissance recently!
DeleteGood for you. You've finished with it on your own terms and in your own way. I hope that you will get the same degree of pleasure you got from WH from the other games you play.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, Warhammer 3rd edition was my introduction to 'proper' wargaming (using a friend's brother's armies) and at the time I loved it. But couldn't play it now, for the same reasons you mention.
Cheers,
Aaron
I suppose most of us have passed through the Warhammer experience, and many people has left it as they get older for the reasons commented before. I've been wondering for many years about getting rid of everything related to iWH and I finally did it. Cheers Aaron.
DeleteYou have to do what you enjoy. I remain fond of it, but that’s mainly down to the people I know, and I game it rarely these days. I shall look forward to seeing you explore whatever interests you choose to follow.
ReplyDeleteI’d also say that’s a pretty good Bryan Ansell tribute. I know exactly the picture you mean 🙂
I think you nailed it Alan. I didn't realise it, but I liked the game mostly because of the people I played it with. Cheers.
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