Just when I think I'm out..

          So the guys are off to Games Day (Without me!) Our plan was to go along and see what new things lay in store for our favorite hobby, but the build up to actually going has raised some questions for us about this hobby of ours and to really think about what keeps bringing us back to it even after a good 20 years.

          And so before I know it I'm 30 years old living in a man cave, with a greek girlfriend who'd rather live in Denmark, a swedish cat that never writes, a job that offers alot of time to think and a geek beacon burning brighter then ever. I'd be lying if I said the transition from a normal functioning member of sociaty to a stuble cultivating, stat reciting nerd was a long process, best part of an afternoon infact (tho some turn faster). But here I am again, older, wiser, hairer and loving the hobby that has been part of my life on and off over the last 20 years and just as excited as that day I ventured into a game shop and brought my first blister pack.

          Now we haven't been playing/painting solidly for the last 20 years, as real life seems to get in the way once in a while, interests fade but never seem to die out completely, first it was lack of money as a child, then going out with ya mates, then not wanting to admit to your girlfriend your a geek, or it's a new job/travelling/moving/warcraft but every once in a while fires reignite you have an army book in your hand and one less zero on your bank statement.

          So what keeps bringing us back, is it because more women play and we think we have a chance of getting laid....err, perhaps it's the 'new' edition and have finally honed the definitive set of rules....hmmm, Is it the sheer value for money.....weeell, then it must be that staff member who see you has a human being and wants you to walk out of his store with what you really need...k. Of course all these things are annoying, nobody like paying more for stuff and lets face it, it is going to seem like more money, HELLO you haven't played in 5 years, things change, name one thing that didn't go up in price over the last 5 years (yep even chomps went up) it's not news that people in shops are going to try and sell you stuff you don't need and things get reinvented, reworked, revamped, caked in advertisement jargon and thrown back in to circulation in an effort snare a new punter, this is the way of things and is not unique to our hobby alone, but hey I'm preaching to the converted, as we all know these things are glossed over, promises to the misses forgotten, mates blown out, food supplies dwindle, sick days rocket as soon as we pick up that shiny new codex and remember the future.

         
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- Ollie