I've gotten pretty excited about GW games the last couple weeks -- of course I haven't really stopped being excited about them -- just haven't had time to paint let alone play.
Today I'm really bummed though. There's so much I want to do with my Warhammer and Lord of the Rings armies. But it's all just too expensive. Jeff, Gerrit and Jake came up with some pretty sweet ways to bolster my Orcs 'n' Goblins army (thanks guys!). Even though they were trying to be conservative so I could use models I already own, I will still need $205 before taxes to buy new models.
I guess I should explain something -- I'm a day laborer. That means I do manual labor most days, when I can find work. It's a continuous challenge of finding new work from day to day or week to week. I'm supporting two small children and just making ends meet. To me $205 is a HUGE amount of money to bolster an army that I've already spend TONS of money on (something like $350 to $400 so far). Worse yet, some of the items on my new list will go up in price in June with the GW price increase.
So today I'm just about ready to quit. Maybe I'll sell my crap on eBay and maybe keep a small force of Lord of the Rings and Mordheim models. I just can't keep up with the Joneses in this situation. I'll definitely sell my 40k stuff cuz I'm just not all that into the game (anyone want some Marines, Orks or Imperial Guard?). And I'll probably sell my Greenskins, cuz really, I just can't afford a horde army.
So what will I do if I quit? I mean this is not only my hobby, but my community. I have a few friends in the area that I play other (cheaper) games with. But we barely ever get together. To be frank, gaming is my social life (kinda sad, LOL). Maybe I'll just focus on Lord of the Rings? It's got a good ruleset and is more friendly to smaller battles. I just hope the community doesn't covert to 2000 point War of the Rings armies; if that happens, forget it. Maybe I'll just play Blood Bowl (all the rage currently). I dunno. I just know that I can't buy another army or upgrade the one I have.
What about playing smaller games? Frankly I'd love that. They are faster paced, more bare bones (fewer characters and magic items) and the armies are less expensive to build. Unfortunately, I've had a hard time finding people locally who will play less than 2250 for Fantasy. I asked once and my potential opponent said "I don't even know what 1000 points of my army would look like."
Sigh. Sorry for the bummer post. I probably won't quit. But I know I can't afford to do all the cool stuff I see other people doing (Building a new army from scratch for "A Tale of Four Gamers", dreaming up an uber list and then buying all the stuff, building new forces for Specialist games every few weeks, etc).
2 comments:
I don't think you need to buy anything else to make "competitive" armies. There is nothing wrong with playing with what you have.
If thats what you have to work with, do it. Don't fret the details, the game is supposed to be about fun, not who wins the most.
Believe me, you can make anything work. Look at Gerrit's White Lion army as an example.
yeah. i guess i'm forgetting the whole purpose of the game after all... to have fun.
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