Monday, April 07, 2008
The Game Table #6: "You don't need another hobby."
"You don't need another hobby," Jacquie said as she looked over my shoulder to see model trains and buildings on the laptop screen.
She was right, of course. I don't need another hobby. I wasn't really looking for a new hobby, though -- just trying to extend an existing one. While searching for information on good terrain for miniatures games, I found myself at the Bachmann Industries Website looking over the company's line of Plasticville buildings. These buildings were used in the sample game's photos in the All Things Zombie rulebook, and they look pretty good (and the roofs come off for indoor play, too). Best of all, they're not too outrageously expensive -- and they don't need to be glued or painted.
In the years I've played miniatures games (casually, I should add; I'm not a hardcore minis player), I've often thought about buying or building terrain, but it's not something I've put any real thought or energy into. With the Two Hour Wargames rulesets, though, I've been thinking much more actively about terrain -- even it's just something simple.
On Sunday, before Logan showed up to spend the afternoon painting miniatures with me, I headed out to the local Toys R Us to buy a child's "street carpet" (this thing, sans child). There I was buying a playmat meant for toddlers for use with my miniatures games. I felt a little silly, but I figured anybody who saw me with it would have thought I was buying it for my (non-existent) kid or something.
Next, I hope to find a local supplier of Plasticville buildings and buy one or two of them to get me started.
She was right, of course. I don't need another hobby. I wasn't really looking for a new hobby, though -- just trying to extend an existing one. While searching for information on good terrain for miniatures games, I found myself at the Bachmann Industries Website looking over the company's line of Plasticville buildings. These buildings were used in the sample game's photos in the All Things Zombie rulebook, and they look pretty good (and the roofs come off for indoor play, too). Best of all, they're not too outrageously expensive -- and they don't need to be glued or painted.
In the years I've played miniatures games (casually, I should add; I'm not a hardcore minis player), I've often thought about buying or building terrain, but it's not something I've put any real thought or energy into. With the Two Hour Wargames rulesets, though, I've been thinking much more actively about terrain -- even it's just something simple.
On Sunday, before Logan showed up to spend the afternoon painting miniatures with me, I headed out to the local Toys R Us to buy a child's "street carpet" (this thing, sans child). There I was buying a playmat meant for toddlers for use with my miniatures games. I felt a little silly, but I figured anybody who saw me with it would have thought I was buying it for my (non-existent) kid or something.
Next, I hope to find a local supplier of Plasticville buildings and buy one or two of them to get me started.
// posted by Chris @ 10:34 AM 
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