primarch wrote:
If your collection of armies is large enough, you could simply "recruit" players to play with you using your stuff, since its minimal investment for them and you get a "group" to play with (I've done this many times in the past). . . At this stage for me epic is a private enjoyment, a spectacle to be savored a draw out for as much as possible.
Very well said, as usual Primarch.
This is going to take some explaining. I used to collect every game under the sun, even if I had no realistic chance of having the time to play. Some might be games that I used to own, got rid of, and wanted to have again, and others might be new. After years of building up a crazy collection, I sold most of it off. Some of it, I wish I hadn't, like Epic, and have spent the last couple of years not just re-building my collection, but also buying some stuff I never had.
My overall collection is much smaller now, but in some cases, I have dups. Like I have a mint Adeptus Titanicus set no one is allowed to touch and I even keep it stored in its own box, but then I have another set to use if I want to play with a friend. Same for SM2, which is the set I used for my battle reports.
So in a sense, I am doing both of what Primarch is doing. But I also do the same for 40k. I have a really nice 40k 2nd Edition collection, with all the old models for small armies for Space Marines, Eldar, Orks, Squats, Tyranids, and a Genestealer cult. I doubt I will ever play these in a game. On the other hand, I have a couple of 40k 3rd edition sets, and leave those out to play with others. Then I have other games, like Battlefield Trinity, or Vor the Maelstom, that I collect stuff for, and will probably never play.
As far as on the topic of 40k and Warhammer... I think its amazing how far 40k has come, but I ended up getting the 6th edition of 40k sometime ago and I just thought it was a mess. Then 7th came out 2 years later and I was like 'darn you GW'. Since I dont seek out 'gamers' to play, I am ok with 2nd edition for my little universe, and my 3rd sets to at least allow me to continue to build some of the new models and have a means to use them. But I am way past trying to keep up with the revolving door of rules being changed for the sake of changing. GW puts out some amazing products, and I enjoy the universe, but the game has gotten too big to play on a 6 by 4 table. I think what they have done is really exciting if you are a model builder, but I have no interest in trying to meet up with other gamers I barely know, and sorting thru the BS of trying to make sense of the game and getting beaten down by units I have no interest in trying to compete with.
As far as Fantasy goes, I miss it. I wasnt a big player but I casually followed it. I loved Battle March on xbox. I have the 6th edition set, expanding on the Empire and Orc armies that came in the starter set, but its really low on my list of priorities. I played fantasy at a gaming convention ages ago, and it was fun, but not enough to suck me in, although I almost bought one of 7th or 8th just for kicks. I liked the world, and I love Man O War, but I also have to admit that the world did need an update and some kind of change, I just dont think AoS was the way to go. But as I wasnt a player or collector before Aos, all the change did was really prevent me from being open to the idea in the future. So in this case GW didnt lose me because I wasnt a WTB player, but they also failed to make me interested in playing.
I can't blame GW for everything. They are either hit or miss. Some things they do terrific on, and others I think they flop. But I have changed too. Over 20 years of gaming and I feel like I have found enough to keep me entertained for the rest of my life, whether its by myself, or playing with a friend.