I love reading the stories that people have about wargaming...what it means to them, how they got started, things like that. I started a thread over at Librarium Online for people to contribute their stories, and thought it'd be fun for people to do so here or there. I came up with some basic questions to get people started, and hopefully I'll have some great responses. Here we go!
1. Name (or username) and location.
2. How did you get started in wargaming?
3. Are you primarily a gamer, or more into painting and modelling, or perhaps both equally?
4. Which games do you play? What is your primary game?
5. Tell us about your greatest and / or proudest achievement in the hobby.
6. What is your favorite model? What's your best painted or converted model?
7. Do you play more on a casual level, or in tournaments?
8. What are the best and worst experiences you've had in gaming?
9. What are some wargaming websites that you really like?
10. What should we know about you as a wargamer?
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I'll start.
1. Name (or username) and location.
Ben T. (Tekore on most forums). Durham, NC
2. How did you get started in wargaming?
I got sick a few years ago, and was looking for a relaxing, low stress hobby. Painting army men sounded like fun, and soon I was hooked! I remember seeing the cover of the Bretonnian book from Warhammer Fantasy in a storefront, and thinking that I really liked the look of the Knights...one thing led to another, and I've never regretted a thing!
3. Are you primarily a gamer, or more into painting and modelling, or perhaps both equally?
I got into the hobby to paint and model, but I have grown to enjoy playing games as well, and do so quite successfully. If forced to choose, I suppose I'd go with painting, but only by a bit. I think I'm a good all around wargamer.
4. Which games do you play? What is your primary game? What armies do you have?
I have armies for Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy, Hordes, and Warmachine. WFB, however, is my main game. I get a few games of 40K in a year, and very little of the Privateer Press games.
My armies are:
Warmachine - Khador
Hordes - Trollbloods
40K - Raven Guard, Imperial Fists
Fantasy - Bretonnians, Dark Elves, Beastmen
5. Tell us about your greatest and / or proudest achievement in the hobby.
Wow. Finishing a fully painted Raven Guard army was a big moment for me, and my Dark Elves are looking pretty good as well. On the gaming side, any tournament where I get top sportsmanship and painting scores makes me pretty proud.
I also run a Fantasy tournament each year in Durham, NC, called Grail Quest. It's at www.thebigbluewaaagh.com/grailquest. It's been a big success, and is something I'm proud of.
6. What is your favorite model? What's your best painted or converted model?
My favorite model is the Harbinger of Menoth from Privateer Press. I've owned it for years, and haven't had the nerve to paint it yet. The painted models that I'm most proud of are my Dark Elf army, as I managed a unique and good looking paint scheme universally across a large army.
7. Do you play more on a casual level, or in tournaments?
I'm very much a tournament player, as those are the events I'm best able to schedule around my work, as compared to weekday night games. I also enjoy playing to the best of my ability and challenging myself.
8. What are the best and worst experiences you've had in gaming?
Best - I think the best experiences I've had in games are those cinematic moments that come from throwing caution to the wind, like a lowly Scout Sergeant charging and killing Abaddon in close combat. The greatest thing I've gotten from the hobby are the people I've gotten to know, near and far, through the game.
Worst - Rude and unfriendly gamers ruin my experience. I've had a few just outright hostile opponents, especially in tournaments, and they can really flush my day. However, I've found that these folks tend to work themselves out of the scene, so it's worked out in the long run.
9. What are some wargaming websites that you really like?
One of the first sites I came across, and one of my absolute favorites, is Librarium Online. It's friendly and helpful. I'm also a regular reader of Warseer, although I don't post there much. I have my own blog, The Quiet Limit of the World, at quietlimit.blogspot.com. Also, a great site for the North Carolina and surround community is http://www.thebigbluewaaagh.com/.
10. What should we know about you as a wargamer?
I'm a perfectionist with my own play, but I think the most important thing in a game is for both players to have a great time. I'm constantly friendly and cracking jokes at the table, or at least I try to be that way. I'll almost always give you the benefit of the doubt.
1. Name (or username) and location.
ReplyDeleteEric G. (Mizzrym on most forums) Endicott, Ny
2. How did you get started in wargaming?
well I tried to start 40k like 14 yrs ago because i thought chaos marines looked cool, but having next to no income(i was 13), no one really to play with, and a knack for painting TERRIBLE looking minis, i decided to find something a little different, so I played magic for years and years. Then after getting tired of spending $ on stupid cardboard cards, I decided to give 40k another go about a year and a half ago. and have been injecting that plastic heroin ever since
3. Are you primarily a gamer, or more into painting and modelling, or perhaps both equally?
I think I'm probably both, I enjoy painting and sculpting/converting(and I'm quite good now) especially freehand painting and GS sculpting. But I love playing (even though sometimes i swear the better I get at painting the worse i get at playing....)
4. Which games do you play? What is your primary game?
I only play 40k for now as i have a wife and 2 kids to help suck my money away, but I'm starting a blood bowl team very soon, and i have toyed with the idea of WFB since my local group has been doing WFB alot lately
40k armies:Death guard, Emperors children,nids
soon to be BB team:skaven
5. Tell us about your greatest and / or proudest achievement in the hobby.
My proudest achievement in the hobby aspect is probably my freehand designs on top of my death guard rhinos, or my tervigon sculpt.
6. What is your favorite model? What's your best painted or converted model?
My favorite model ever is probably either all the old death guard models, with the spike topped nazi'ish helmets (which I still have from my earlier attempt at wargaming), or the new trygon/mawloc model released(which I dont own, but hopefully will soon)
7. Do you play more on a casual level, or in tournaments?
Both. I get alot more casual games in, but I really enjoy tournament play and the competitive nature of it.
8. What are the best and worst experiences you've had in gaming?
The best probably is even though guard have this SICK HARD codex, I can still usually win or at least draw against it with my sub-par CSM codex. I dont think I have a worst experience, as my gaming group is a bunch of great guys.
9. What are some wargaming websites that you really like?
Im a HUGE fan of yesthetruthhurts.com, stelek is my hero. but I also read BoLS alot. and some of the minor blogs i like are warhammer 39,999, dark future gaming, black matts black legion, and davetaylorminiatures all great sites check em out
10. What should we know about you as a wargamer?
Well even though I'm pretty new to the hobby I've progressed at an exponential rate as far as the hobby aspect goes. If anyone in the southern tier of upstaate new york is interested in checking out our club were at BCAdeptus.com. We're a very active group with alot of great members.