What single thing holds back your wargaming more than anything else?

Location ... i havnt gamed much after my LGS closed down :<

Money for sure at the moment. If I had more work, I'd have more money, but then I'd have less time for the hobby.

Combination of time and lack of money. This leads to lack of interest.

Time time time. I remember when it was money, but warhammer is actually small potatoes compared to other hobbies with faster payoffs ...

*points to motorcycle in garage, getting ready for Eternal Winter here in the Frozen North*

- Salvage

Cash, for now.

Normally I would tend to buy whatever I needed whenever I had money, but as I plan on starting a new army, I've been hoarding my greens like Khorne hoards his skulls.

For me it'd be lack of painting skill. I get frustrated really easily and also impressed very easily. It drives me bonkers that my attempts at painting look pretty bad so I'm loathe to try again for a couple of weeks until I get the nerve to start again. That'd be the main thing affecting me I'd say.

First, irritation with the rules and codexes that I've used armies for so far. Second, money.

Boss_Salvage wrote:Time time time. I remember when it was money, but warhammer is actually small potatoes compared to other hobbies with faster payoffs ...
*points to motorcycle in garage, getting ready for Eternal Winter here in the Frozen North*
- Salvage

Truth. My track bike hasn't seen the race track once this year and my street bike has only been out a handful of times, only once in the twisties.

Of course rainy days make for great 40K days so I've been doing more of that this year. Now if only I didn't have to work.

Money... college is sucking it all away from me!

that said, I haven't bought any models for like 9 months, and I have enough money squirreled away for 40k I can start a new army....

/looks at tau

Nothing is holding me back, I am free to pursue all of my Wargaming goals!

It's complicated - lack of interest/people for actual gaming. But for painting (which I am interested in) it's lack of skill and to a lesser extent money.

Two of my main opponents just moved to London. It's not like they're a million miles away, but my IG buddy is in the army, so he's not back too often either.

My only other opponent plays Eldar so (for some reason) he's not keen fighting my army -which is also Eldar.
My plan is to build an IG army to ply him with, but money and space are real issues. Especially money; what with rent etc. going up and me taking a paycut at work, it's a bit of a drawback.

That said, I've got tons to paint but I just haven't been motivated lately.

I would wargame more but I am held back by a few factors,the biggest being a lack of any other interested people,the closest game store is a 2 hour drive into Johburg and I can't take that much traffic.The second factor being,it is close to the end of the year,most people of very busy and don't have time to game.

My hold back is time, what with girlfriend/work/friends and then cleaning of appartment and that, I have only been to my FLGS once in 3 months. This week I have only painted 4 marines to tabletop standard!

the fact i don't want hundreds of unpainted mini's..cuz i know what i'm like. its more fun to make somthing and play with it than spend a week solid painting to get it done

Time, time, time... Where has my time gone?
First were the studies, then was the work and in between the social life, mixed with some years working in foreign countries and now the new (and hope for a long time) house.
So I started the hobby 10 years ago, left apart for a while, then came again, off again and I'm in the third strike which I hope will last forever.
All combined with friends that don't like the hobby and tempting me to other vices. At least my girlfriend thinks that minis are nice...

@Iker: At least you can count on her

Location is holding me back - for the next couple of months I'll be on student exchange in a different country.

I'm currently unemployed, so money is the big issue for me. Finding work at the moment is really difficult, and is proving problematic. I do have money coming in, but I can't afford to blow it all on 40k, unfortunately.

I voted other , becouse there are miltiable things

4hours of school a day( along with1-2hours of homework) , i dont exaclty have all the money i need for more minis etc. , lack of shops and there is a lack of people(on my location that is , there are loads compared to how few live in this country)

So almost all options i guess

Time!

Get married and the most precious resource of all just disappears. So far this week we have been to see two groups of her friends and one of mine, leaving me one evening where I managed to get some trimming done.

I'm working 60+ hours a week now, so about the only thing I have energy for is thinking about gaming and lurking dakka.


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that being said, working my ass off is better than standing in a bread line

Time.

My time is not my own.

Money, hell, I wish I had more!

Store. No stores around me any more since our LGS closed

I am about 30 mins away from a good hobby store where I can play and enjoy the people that hang out there. So, it is location. If there was one about 5-10 mins away, I would be there every night after work (wife allowing of course)...

the only GW store in the country im living in is in copenhagen and i live all the way in the other side of sjælland (i dont know the english name) and it takes around 2< hours to get there and theres a lack of LGS in denmark + it costs around 105 dkk/12,5 £/2,71 dollers.

denmark sucks then its come to GW.

People, I don't know any players and feel far too old to play at my local GW.

Time is the biggest issue for me.... or lack of it.
Money's not a huge deal, but my parents limit my 40k spending.
And lack of people. all three lead to a lack of interest

Money!I don't know about you but here in italy the minis costs some good money,like 30 euros for a box,and of course you need several boxews for a unit.It's the perfect crime!

Kids.

Not for Money concerns...

My daughter wrecked £100 of WM models that were painted to an uber standard.

Time.
Stupid irreplaceable, non-compounding commodity without means to grow its net.
Shove that it your piggy bank, old-man white-beard.

at one point me Ex held me back... i only got 2 games in the entire year and a half we were together

So many things are holding me back. It's amazing how few wargamers I've been able to find at such a big college. So few players means it's damn near impossible to schedule a game, especially since we're all students.

As for the painting/hobby aspect, it's 90% time. I finally got some paints together and I can't get a spare minute to prime some models. On the rare chance I do have some time, I'm exhausted from the rest of my hectic day AND it's raining, making priming damn near impossible.

Time...with the wife gone money isnt an issue...i just need to find the time to paint it all...difficult between a 50 hour a week job and preparing my OCS paperwork...

My problems are first time then money [soon to be fix, im now employed, yay] and then lack of people. But now that im employed again im going to find the time and really get back into it. So hopefully some people follow me where I am.


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Sanchez01 wrote:at one point me Ex held me back... i only got 2 games in the entire year and a half we were together

Thats criminal

Time. I play far too much X-box 360 and when im not on that i procastinate so bad that i never get anything done. :(

Started a blog though to motivate myself.

This should be multiple choice, as time and money are holding me back

Just moved and returned to the hobby, so people are holding me back the most. BUT, I just started working at harris teeter, so now it'll be time as well (although I guess not money anymore). God, I just wanna play some games.

Time is crushing me right now. Due to travel I have had little play time, and painting is out of the question. It has taken me 3 months to paint up one vulkan and 7 marines.....

Honestly, i'd rather be spending time with my girl friend right now. Not that she has anything against me playing with miniatures and rolling dice, but girlfriend > warhammer IMO

yermom wrote:Honestly, i'd rather be spending time with my girl friend right now. Not that she has anything against me playing with miniatures and rolling dice, but girlfriend > warhammer IMO

Totaly agree man, Girlfriend always > 40k...

but like Squig_herder said, it is criminal, well for my situation it was... She would get pissed when i would play, when she was out of town anyway... she hated the Nerd side of me...

You are lucky she has nothing against it... i envy you for that

Space is my largest problem (or maybe I should say storage, I still have to figure out a good transit system for my guys.

After that? Probably money, and attention span.

What's holding back my wargaming the most? The continuing delays behind the Midwest Teleporter Network. Seriously, first it's the delays with the flying car, then the teleporter falls behind schedule, too?!?

But really, the big impediment for me is overambitious projects, and second to that is transporting miniatures. Especially during the winter, it's the dilemma of "Do I put the figures in the car, drive to work (and probably take the boxes into the office), then drive to the store; or drive home after work, grab the figures, and then drive to the store?"

Yea my Gamesworkshop closed.. In fact GW left my state all together and the closest mini store is like 20 miles away and I'm epileptic so driving has been out of the question for awhile now.. ._. Please kill me

Booze, women, and football are killing my gaming...

Fall ain't a good time for me to try to play miniatures - there's freaking football on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday - and some freaking Fridays as well!

yeh money and location is holding me back, but hey, im only 14 years old, i got plenty of time finding a job so the money thing aint holds me back.
nor are the girlfriend problem. i never had a girlfriend in my life, so i got no problem with that .

result: then i can i just move out to the LGS

I'm in my GCSE Year at school, so I have very little time to hobby,
combine that with a limited budget (£30 per month) and I do not have enough resources to hobby that much (1 hour a week)

Time and motivation to keep painting, every 6 months or so I have a painting frenzy and paint half an army. Then do nothing for 5 months. Also the lack of good tourneys here in NL is keeping me from dominating the entire NL 40k community!

being at boarding school sux when i have over 10k points of stuff. at least i have lots of time to work on them. i play almost every time i go home

Time, followed closely by Money. Three kids w/activities, wife back in college and only one income all add up to not much gaming getting done.

Time; interesting to see money being a big factor --- I assumed most people on this site had armies ready to play but I guess there's a lot more WIP than I thought.

What holds me back: I like making odd things so takes a while to finish a project and i don't wargame whilst Im building.

I just don't have any opponents. If I want to play, its an hour's train ride, & I can't usually go in the evenings when clubs are on.

Money :sigh:

Clearly - we need more than 24 hours in a day!

Time. Never enough time.

I currently work 12 hours, 6 days a week. 6a.m. to 6 p.m.

After work, it's dinner, DVD, Bath then pretty much bed.

My days off are typically spent doing chores.

BAH!

Definatly time, when you've got a wife and kids plus sport and work commitments it leaves very little time for gameing, I'd be lucky to get 1 game in a week.

So this weekend was good, a game of fantasy and a game of bloodbowl!

Money without a doubt. I have the dreams and ambitions but no funding to back it up! So its a slow walk towards eternal power...

Monies and time. :(

Most definitely time for me. I work so much it's just sad. Sure I have plenty of money to buy anything I want from forge world, but when do I get to use it. I've got 2 titan, and have only played apocalypse once.

Ebay is terrible, I take 5 minutes out of working and hop on and buy a bunch of crap I'll never use. What good is having a pile of cool minatures at your house if you never get to paint them?

As a retail wage slave (a well paid wage slave, but slave nonetheless), I work when most people can game. I have to get an okay from the wife to go to any weekend tourneys, as that's vacation time that we might be spending together instead. Fortunately, my FLGS has league nights on my days off. Otherwise, no gaming for me at all.

Yeah full-time school and a one-month old is not friendly to my gaming desires. Time is an issue, but then again I'm still trying to host games at my house more often. The wife is cool with it because I'm still home, but I can help her out as well. Just trying to deal with life.

Location. I live in hicksville USA, with the nearest gaming store an hour and 15 minutes away. When I lived a block away from Alantis Comics in VA Beach, I placed at least 1 a week. Sometimes twice.

Weed.

Weddings - mine and my mates.

Money, with patience in close second.


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fire4effekt wrote:Weed.

Mmmmhmmm.

Lack of people to play and lack of a way to get to my localish GW.

Lack of interest.

I rarely paint/convert more than 2-5 figures in a single sitting before I get bored/tired and go play computer games for hours on end instead. I also don't game much, maybe once a month, if that. Part of that is because I want to make changes to my armies and don't want to play with them with my current configurations, but I just can't work up the energy/effort to actually paint the new units, and I simply refuse to put unpainted figures on the table.

I'm 14 and without a part-time job (maccas rejected me) . So I rarely can manage to scrape together enough money to buy anything. Also time, I don't get home from school unitl Five o'clock and have training for fencing on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. That combined with homework and other social engagements, leaves very little time for gaming and painting.


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My parents also don't approve of me painting or gaming during the school week. There, time again... So much to do, so little time...

I find it hard to wargame because I am at a secondary school and you can get quite teased by people. For example now I am in a school library typing and having to constantly look over my shoulde4r to make shure no one is watching.

radiohazard wrote:Kids.

Not for Money concerns...

My daughter wrecked £100 of WM models that were painted to an uber standard.

Now it is money...

No student loan for 2-3 weeks

School, but that probably falls under time.

The Problem with the game lasting so long is that I can only play at the weekends or in the school holidays, and I have so much bloody work to do I hardly have time to even paint and build during the week

My week is so packed with other things and working that i have to choose in my free time if i want to play a game or paint or dakka!!. At the moment i have alot of unfinished models or models i havnt even opened yet so that has taken priority. I havtn played a game in bout 2 weeks :(

Time is the least of my problems, and the most at the same time. I just spent 8 months on disability and about to spend another 6-8 months. So I can play all I want, However my weekends are booked most of the time. That and when I do get the chance to be free on the weekends, the local LGS are full or the regulars only want to play the regulars.

So guess its time and people.

Money, money, money! I wanted a fully mechanized IG army but even at cut rates (APCS for 10 pounds apiece) I cant' do it so my troops will have to slog it. I may just keep them a 500 point force for now and go back to my Grail Knights.

For me it's mostly time, followed by money, followed by a kinda short attention span =( I get distracted by the computer.

I find it hard to stick with an army. Whenever something new comes out I lose interest in what I was doing and start collecting the new army. This leads to a lot of half finished projects.

Mostly time, as I am busy and only have time on some weekends. But I did just start painting my AoBR guys so yay!

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I voted other because i wasn't allowed to pick multioe answers, otherways reasons 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8

Money, I simply need MOAR!

Time, Money, Lack of people, Lack of store...man I live in a very gamer deprived area.

I'm stationed in Ketchikan, Alaska right now. No store, no groups, No people. I even played myself to stay fresh, my marines vs my nids. At least I won.............

Time.

I'm not a fan of playing with an unpainted army, so it takes me a long time to get to the point where I can play, esp, with my new army...

(Nids)

The fact that some of my army isnt finished yet, and the fact that I'm constantly busy on weekends now (TDY, then working night shift for an exercise, then girlfriend came to visit, now working night shift over the weekend for yet another exercise.) Here's hoping nothing comes up next weekend.

I just dont have money at present, I have to share the budget between MTG, AIrsoft, my xbox and 40K.

Time and money!

And sometimes prioritising in partying or watching peepshow.

Lack of people is probably mine. I have plenty of money for models, and can usually play after work and on the weekends..

Gotta love 3 12 hour shifts a week!

The problem for me is lack of people (FANTASY SPECIFIC). I dont have a 40k army, and am thinking of starting one just to get games in. But i constantly walk into the store, see 4-5 40k games going on, and zero fantasy games. So i walk right back out.

Well considering i live in a small town, no flgs and the closest GW is 40 min away in ottawa people is the biggest issue. Dakka's been good for it but i still have only played 2 games because of lack of players, Im the only one i know of

sc0ttfree wrote:Well considering i live in a small town, no flgs and the closest GW is 40 min away in ottawa people is the biggest issue. Dakka's been good for it but i still have only played 2 games because of lack of players, Im the only one i know of

I would suggest you use vassal to get some games in from afar, it does have some drawbacks however.

Money. Well, that and I really need to kick myself in the nads to just start painting...but mostly Money.

Being married and having two little kids (two and five months), my time and energy is more focused on them and other responsibilities first. But the great part is having a wife that encourages the hobby, so she always makes an effort to let me have time to play, paint, game, etc.

Threadromancers.....

On-topic: Money.

I don't think I understand the poll options.

After playing for over 20 years, I really have what I need to play the game. So it's not like I need to buy more. I'm also not a member of the "army of the month" club, sticking purely to my core choices - all carefully considered.

My club(s) only meet on weekends, so weekends is when I play (some weekends have tourneys on and they don't run if the guys are going to it.). One runs on saturdays and the other on sundays.

Lack of stores? Not really an issue here. Majority of our 'clubs' are non-store things. I have two clubs within an hour's travel. In Sydney I had 5. I can't play at 5 clubs in 2 days, so it was more or less irrelevant. It was a case of 'pick one and go'.

I game as much as I want to at the moment.
I don't need to do it every waking moment, or even every week. I have modelling to do at other times to fill in, or reading, or TV watching or talking to/interacting with other people.

chromedog wrote:talking to/interacting with other people.

What is this strange ritual

My nearest GW is several hours away. Other modelling shops are badly stocked. It's also too expensive and painting them takes too much time. Theres also not enough people interested where I am. So really, almost everything is holding me back.

I've been out of town, so I haven't been able to game. I'll be gaming for the first time in a month this Sunday.

DAKKA DAKKA!

The wife........she is worse than Prince Nurgle and looks just like him...::ducks flying pot and runs for the door::

Money and Lack of People.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Money and Lack of People.

+1

Once my debts are cleared in about three years I expect to go a little mad. Although not 'get myself back into debt' mad, I'll just be able to buy something each month if I wish, and by something I'm thinking battleforce equivilent or boxes/blisters equalling the same.

My armies are a little limited at the moment for my liking, especially in Fantasy.

Money, and the fact my parents won't allow me to buy any more. Saying that 300 marines is enough. Even though i'm trying to make a special imperial guard army

Not enough people round where I live to play against.

LordWynne wrote:The wife........she is worse than Prince Nurgle and looks just like him...::ducks flying pot and runs for the door::

So why did you marry her again? Some people it seems do the craziest things.

My wife doesn't hinder my gaming at all. She knows that it is important to have hobbies as a safe vent and 'me' time.
Hell, she pays for my hobby (wthin reason), as it's cheaper than other things I could be doing (her dad races r/c aircraft, her brother collects Hornby trains - both much more expensive than my mandolly hobby) - and besides, she likes some of the models.

Funds.

I only get like $150-$200 a week. And my car and stuff sucks that up like a Taiwanese Hooker.

I've been unemployed for a year now, so I'd have to say money.

I'm to the point where I'm scratchbuilding regular stuff like arms and torsos because I don't have the cash to buy new ones, but I want them to have contiguity with the rest of my army.

well, i just broke my monitor (yes, im an idiot and its my fault :( ) so atm its money. of course after that, its back to being a spoiled child again

I guess I could have technically put down time, but didn't realize it.

But a 'Because I'm married' would be a good one to put in here.

I have plenty of friends that play, I have money to buy stuff.

But being allowed to go hang with those friends, and blow $400-700 on a army...is hard for her to understand.

Why how much does she spend on her hobbies?

MONEY! God, If I had some money, all my dreams would come true. I need about a thousand dollars right now, to get everything I want. Unfortunately, I has no job, so there's no way to get that kind on money...

Unless I decide to sell myself to old grannies

I guess I could have technically put down time, but didn't realize it.
But a 'Because I'm married' would be a good one to put in here.
I have plenty of friends that play, I have money to buy stuff.
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As a wife and mom, I'm moderately offended by the concept that being married is the only reason that you don't have free time.

She should allow you the freedom to pursue your hobby if there is extra time and money for you to do it.

I assume there is no way she would engage in the hobby with you, and I'm curious if you've even tried to get her to. She might actually get into it and then it would bring you even closer.

Video Games.

College and cash. Building two armies at the same time means I get strapped for cash very fast.

Right now it is lack of people. My regular partner quit and the GW near me has every one paired up players so i just watch the games and talk to the players.

I wish there had been a Time & money option. Of course it seems like when I have one, I don't have the other...


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As a wife and mom, I'm moderately offended by the concept that being married is the only reason that you don't have free time.

She should allow you the freedom to pursue your hobby if there is extra time and money for you to do it.

I assume there is no way she would engage in the hobby with you, and I'm curious if you've even tried to get her to. She might actually get into it and then it would bring you even closer.

I'm fortunate enough to have a wife that, while she doesn't play (and I've tried...oh, how I've tried...), she is incredibly supportive. She's told me she likes being married to a nerd because when I'm out with my friends, she knows it's not out bar hopping or something.

Gcse's i spend all my time doing coursework and revision so when ever i have time to wargame i cram in as much as i can.

Wake up, go to class, go to work, come home and study, repeat five days in a row. Other obligations on the weekends. Both my painting and gaming time is nil.

Of course, even if I had time, I don't exactly have the money to buy all the figures I'd like but at least I could get to painting.

For me its a combination of money and lack of people(welcome to BFE wyoming)

Time. I've got plenty of models and am fortunate enough to have a couple of bucks laying around to buy more if I need them, but school keeps me extremely busy.

Adding to the list , as of Jan this year... there are no more official GW store in my city or the next cities anymore...

LunaHound wrote:Adding to the list , as of Jan this year... there are no more official GW store in my city or the next cities anymore...

the nearest one for me is 150ish miles, closest I have is a local card shop

Money, definitely. Being a poor student I almost never have any spare money whatsoever. Haven't bought any models since October last year.

MY WIFE!!! O.o

Time, trying to juggle work, spending time with my partner, doing things that need doing around the house and yard, sleeping and then trying to find time for myself and my hobby! it's a struggle I tell you, but I try and take 10 days off a year by myself to do what i want to do! and this year that time starts in only one more shift at work :-)

Inquisitor Cyotle wrote:MY WIFE!!! O.o

Lol

I would add that to the poll, its my gf for me, as well as time and money i suppose. Kinda all related

Money due to wife and lack of work... but I got enough time.

I voted time, but there are a couple other factors too. Location/space is probably second, with lack of people at third.

I need a bag of $$$$.

lack of people and lack of store, the closest one is about 300-350 km away.

GW likes to bite my wallet...
RUNNNNNNNN!!!!

money, time, people, sports, etc.

painting, because I'm rubbish at it and I hate doing it.
*looks over to my remaining 14 royalist cavalry, 35 royalist infantry and soon 2 saker cannons that I have to paint in 2 weeks while doing 14hr shifts at work"
oh god

I only live 5 minues from my LGS, but few people pay there any more

Most play Warmachine or Magic

I can't convince any of my friends to play, so I'm the only one in my area who plays, really. And my amy isn't quite good enough to compete at my FLGS, so It's kindof a combonation of Lack of Money and Lack of People.

money

Grot Boss wrote:Money!I don't know about you but here in italy the minis costs some good money,like 30 euros for a box,and of course you need several boxews for a unit.It's the perfect crime!

Yeah, it's pretty hectic here in Australia as well $55 dollars for 5 normal Grey Knights, $62 for a Tactical Squad, $102 or something for a Valkyrie/LR/ Battlewagon. Not time yet but soon I'll start getting homework by the truckload

College mostly

I just don't have enough time to play very often... What I love about this hobby is that you don't have to though, and I can still enjoy it a lot without being a "regular".

Of course, money is also an issue, but I think it just comes down to prioritization...

Most of my grodz* live far away these days.

*From the Ork for "best friend/favourite enemy"

I put money, but only cause im a cheapass, i have the money, but dont like spending it lol. I guess im a lucky one, as my gf supports my 40k hobby sometimes she'll wanna come along with me, but that could either be a good or bad thing lol.

money...dang overpriced plastic dolls!

Money for sure. I would love to start a raider heavy DE army.

Location. I live in Hong Kong so theres only one shop and its definitely not the best shop in the world (they charge you to play on "higher quality" tables which are the same quality table of any shop in america.

Also the demographic of people who go to the shop. Mostly middle aged locals who play fantasy. I'm lucky to find anyone around my age coming to the store to play some 40k.

Mostly time and also I don't have a car.

The next big issue will be going to school and working on top of my soon to be 66 Mustang which I will be putting a lot of money and time into.

Money!

I haven't taken Driver's Ed yet (on my plans for next year) therefore with no car, no job. Summer jobs are the only way I make money due to my mother believing no child deserves anything!

I would say money, but i buy things even if i have none.

Main issue for me is the time it takes me to paint. A few hours to paint a squad and i simple do not have to time anymore :(. Think it will take me about 12 months to paint my current army fully.

I had neither time or money when I was at school. Now that i've left and have a job, I have both. Yay!

Thing is, got no space left. Got all my minis out on the table, and there's no room for anything except arranging them all beautifully. Yet I still keep buying more.

Games Workshop. Definitely Games Workshop.

Time? What time? When you are a college student trying to survive the rigors of tests and reading and the like, there is either "time to study" or "time to go to class" and perhaps some eating and sleeping somewhere in between.
In all of seriousness, it's a combination of time and money. Mostly time, I simply don't have enough of it until summer or winter break to assemble and paint models.

Money at the moment, then in 3 weeks I ship out to basic training for the USAF so then time will switch places with money.

At this precise moment in time, it's lack of time, got exams to study for, but soon I will have graduated from University, will be looking for any job and whatever that job will be will be unlikely to pay enough to fund minis as well as food/rent/whatever.

actually thinking about it its money for me nowadays, with swiss napoleonics to do, dutch napoleonics to do, polish napoleonics to do, british napoleonics to do, 28mm WWII to finish for germans, WWII brits to start, Zulu british to start, American civil war to start, dystopian wars to finish, russian napoleonics to start, brunswick napoleonics to start, 28mm Romans to do, 28mm Samurai to start and some modern US and somali on my mind money is a problem, as is storage.

Money is always an issue, but the cost merely stops me from buying boxes upon boxes of models of models that will take me forever to build/paint. As long as I keep it in reason I can easily maintain my army by buying new stuff once a month.

By far the biggest "hole" in my hobby is people to play with. Right now I get out and play one night a week at a LGS that is almost an hour away. If I people around my house that would play I would be able to get in some games on the weekends when I have nothing going on. I would really like to be able to play like I play my xbox, when I am bored and have nothing else going on.

Location Location Location.

I work away from home, have for years. I bring some stuff with me every time I go but I don't get a lot done working the long hours that I do

Time. Having kids means getting home from work asap to help out and weekends is about giving the wife a break and spending time with the fam.

Time, money, and the fact that if people find out they will beat the out of me .

That said i have a few friends who dont mind

I stopped wargaming for a few years because the people that worked at my local GW turned into fethheads after a really really good manager left. That really put me off it. But now getting back into it the only thing stopping me is money.

Time and Money for me. Don't have time to regularly play and money is also a factor since I need to contribute building our house.

Time more than $ apparently, since I'm still buying stuff... Just not getting it painted, or even assembled lately

The problem with money is not that I don't have it, it's just that there are around 3 more important things I have to spend on. I always know that though, and that's the great thing about wargaming: I don't have to be super-regular to enjoy it.

It's a real close call between time, money, and lack of people... I seem to have an even mix of each but I think time probably just pips it for me

I am not the average. for me lack of interest is holding me back. if i really was to pursue getting a game going, it would probably happen, but i also face limits on my time and my freinds are now more into playing MTG than playing 40k. plus they whine a lot about stuff. I whine too sometimes but there has been some real negative attitudes lately and its a bummer. Therefore ... i dont really have motivation to play.

MONEY

Time - lots of things happening IRL atm

Between work and school. I just don't have that much time anymore. I'd love to play more often...I just can't.

My parent´s, my mom specially. She is so arrogant and ambitious, so she limits my painting, gaming,
buying and even where do I go, and when because she wants that I became something,
BIG.
her!
Make a guess, do I ever follow her rules?

Money is what's killing me. I put most of my efforts in saving since I'm young and whatever is left I spend for myself.

it's the money for me. I just moved for college and the bills eating it all up

Plenty of all except time,
I work 10 hours a day 6 days a week so when i'm off i'll be taking care of usual stuff or spending time with wife.
That means almost no time for wargaming/hobby stuff except an hour or 2-3 on a weekly basis.
Sometimes when i'm off and then i'll be gaming/painting @ local flgs

Nothing. I have lots of free time, decent money and I enjoy painting and playing. Also a fantastic FLGS

I clicked money since im jobless at the moment, but time and location are also pretty big factors. College is taking up a pretty big chunk of wargaming time, and the closest FLGS is a 30-40 min drive away.

University work and the attendant lack of money. If only i could devote my whole existence to wargaming.

Money by far. My pocket money only stretches so far

I get to play plenty, so I guess the only thing holding me back is money. I'd like to be able to field more armies.

For me its not having anyone to play with, the local GW store is quite small and hard to hang around there all day waiting for people to turn up wanting a game. I guess I should be less shy and just try and set up my own gaming night at my place.

I put down lack of interest. I've just been in a slump lately, especially with painting. I'm not usually willing to put an unpainted army on the table, so I've just been playing the same old lists once in a while. The painting backs up, I get frustrated, I lose interest, and the cycle repeats.

-Jim

Mostly money, but time is also a big issue due to being in my final year of university and lots of things happening in my personal life.

I voted other because money and time, I know the OP only said single thing. But....It's more than one so

I MUST paint my minis before I use them. Thus, I am limited by the speed I paint (which is one speed, slow, until I am satisfied with my results).

I feel like I have lost some of the interest I used to have in wargaming...which is unfortunate, because I've spent a lot of money on it and it is a great hobby.

the fact that I can spend un-holy amounts of time doing nothing

For me it's the lack of knowledge which frightens me to participate more, or to fearlessly dive into the hobby. I feel like watching from the sideline a bit, but yeah, tends to hold me back a lot.

S.

Lack of stores/time/location. The closest store is in the city, a train-ride away, and so I very rarely have time to play/buy 40k, what with uni and everything.

Definitely time. I have a very good job but 1.5h commute single way- so 3h in the train every day and my girlfriend and 2 kids waiting at home - that doesn't leave a lot of time for painting and wargaming.

Money! It's always the MONEY! D:

Money. Unfortunately almost all of my money is needed to allow me to eat.

Money by far. I'm making less then $15,000 a year, which is horrid if your paying rent.

Money for sure. If I had more work then I could have enough to build the lists that i want/need.
It would also help if GW would stop being "robber barons". I love the models they put out and the quality of the the resin but when they say that you decrease manufacture costs by switching to "fine cast" or "FAIL cast" and then increase retail costs several times over, then thats just LOW. Its really @#$%^@!!#%**#@%****%!%$!#$%#!&***#$%&.

Money.

Lack of people to play with.

Money (mostly), lack of painting skills, people to play with.

Some kids make fun of you if you do it

I have little to no time, as of late. Barely have time to do some brush work, let alone play a game.

redrooster148 wrote:
Some kids make fun of you if you do it

Throw your middle finger up in the air and play anyways. It'll feel good, I promise.

 imark789 wrote:

redrooster148 wrote:
Some kids make fun of you if you do it

Throw your middle finger up in the air and play anyways. It'll feel good, I promise.

lol good one, its not like i wouldnt stand up for myself i would say theres nothing wrong with it its just that i cant be bothered for people trying to annoy me about it in school. if you ask me its just call of duty (which they all play) on a tabletop only with cooler units.

The wife.

Indecision. I haven't actually bought anything yet since I haven't decided fully on which army I want.

Lack of people.

I used to work with a dozen regular players; now there is only myself.

That lack is causing other things to gain prominence in my priorities, which is causing a vicious circle.

blah

It'd be interesting to see this combined with what age we are. Right up to 22/23 it's money money money. As soon as you hit 25 and actually start making some money, it's time time time.

I voted money, as having 3 children is rather expensive... Might start selling my body in order to fill my hobby habit

Mostly money, but actually I think it's lack of space. Look at my signature and tell me that's not a lot of models.

Lack of time and people I know who are into the hobby. I often have to bite the bullet and play teenagers with a questionable grasp of 40k rules at a local GW . Money did play into it, but I've finally been able to get some form of student allowance on top of working 25 hours a week at most, which helps a ton.
My dream is to eventually buy a house and have a proper 'gaming' section, like a properly kitted out basement for all sorts of stuff like pen and paper RPGs and tabletop wargaming alike.

Something like this, with better lighting.


One can dream I suppose.

Lack of people for sure, Two of my long time gaming buddies went into the army. One doesn't talk to me anymore, because she's getting married. Our gaming is down to only a few people and the local warhammer club is too "family oriented" for my taste.

I game twice or three times a week, usually Wargaming on a Thursday, MTG on a Friday and occasionally a tournament on a Sunday. I'd game more if I had the time, but I simply don't. I know this is probably more gaming time than most, but that's the advantage of living within a 10 minute walk of your local store and a half hour train ride of about 4 more

The older I get, the less time I have for gaming. It kills me...

I live too far away from the local stores (approx15 miles), and don't drive, so can't get down to play people regularly

I found this hobby through reading the Black Library books. That coincided with the worst financial times for me personally pretty much ever. So I've been drooling and reading and dreaming for about 3 years now. So yeah, Money is the biggest holdback for me.

It would be my girlfriend for me, I used to play every weekend now i'm lucky to get to play at least once a month

Lack of interest, I really hate playing an army because then I go say "You know, Necrons would have been much cooler," or something to that extent. I only like modelling and painting, not wargaming. And I can't tell my dad ( He plays with me) because he bought an army of ogres for around $250. Mainly, I just think "Why did I pick Beastmen?"

 alanmckenzie wrote:
It'd be interesting to see this combined with what age we are. Right up to 22/23 it's money money money. As soon as you hit 25 and actually start making some money, it's time time time.

And then you get into your 30s, where for some of us it's child child child...which in essence is both time and money!

Lack of interest due to unacceptable rules and codex revisions.

Kids and just adult gamers getting sucked into life's diversions makes getting together for a game a bit of a puzzle.

We have a bit of a rules exploiter in our group so every new rules change he likes to showcase how broken the new rule is. It can be scary to behold.

Had to say lack of interest. There are a load of games I'd like to try, or play more of, but the local scene is nothing but 40K over and over again.

I think the big thing holding me back apart from money, is a lack of motivation, when ever I try to sit down and paint I usually do one coat of paint before I give up and play video games.

It's not that i don't like painting, it's just my friends are never around to have a game with so there isn't much of a rush.

Funds. If money grew on trees..

Wife and Kid

The Dolla Dolla Bills, yo

I live in the county and don't have a car so it is hard to go and play games

Always time.
There are just not enough hours in the week when you are working and studying full time.

Money.

I'm looking through the FoW products and a single tank costs roughly £8. You usually need 4 tanks for a full combat platoon and that will cost £36. Now, there's 5 combat platoons in my list so that's over £200 just for about 1/4th of my list if I wanted a full list.

I suppose I'm lucky that there's loads of dirt cheap Sherman tanks floating around Ebay at the moment though.

Then it's Warhammer 40K! I struggle to find a justification to some of the prices.

Ebay is a gift from God when it comes down to these things.

When I moved further north I had the issue of fewer gamers. Less time, however money has improved.

Got to love the life of a minimum wage kitchen worker...Not.

I think for us it is are different work schedules.

Time, money and people, if I still had good friends who are into warhammer then part of that would be solved, but warhammer looks geeky/nerdy to them (probably)

My biggest thing is Location. I have to drive 40-70 minutes (depending on traffic) to get to the nearest store and have a game.

My own speed and insistence on having everything fully painted and based. I just seem to take a while to get minis fully done, so my army isn't growing all that quickly. I don't mind too much, though. A squad of fully completed minis really does look great, and an unpainted mini just looks, well, incomplete.

All of the above except lack of interest.

It is all about the money.

It's a vicious cycle
I work to earn money to spend on wargaming,
because I work I don't have the time to wargame,
but If I gave up work I'd have plenty of time for wargaming
but if I gave up work I'd have no money to spend on wargaming

Its mostly a Lack of money and people. My FLGS isnt warhammer specific, and they mostly play fantasy, so you cant just walk in and start up a game, and the leagues rotate between games (Currently its free game night, so I'll pop in and see if any one wants to play every Tuesday)

ALL THE GOSH DANGNAMMIT MONIES! Does GW not realise it is so expensive?

Right now I'm afraid it's lack of interest. I have the money to buy models, the time to paint them and the places to play with them, but I just... don't.

Money. If it was cheaper I would find the time!

A-Level Exams for me, I have to concentrate my time and prioritize my concentration into my revision... as any sane person would do

Completely 100% location for me. I'm currently going to college out of state (well, just graduated and have a week to sit around my room before I walk now) and don't have a car here. The combination of needing to ship my army stuff across the country every time I go back home on vacation and having no way of reaching my LGS has kept me largely out of the hobby except over Christmas when I end up back home long enough for it to count.

No idea how things will work out for me in the next couple years. I plan on spending a lot more time (and money now I'll have a real income) buying little plastic army men.

Time, always time.

Both location and effort.

Theres not many people around to actually play against so im stuck mainly collecting without gaming and thats never as fun so you don't have as much drive to paint up your whole army.

My schoolwork has kept me from my gaming for some time now but just a few more weeks and it's over

Money and people

Location. Let's just say that getting a game of Necromunda or Rogue-Trader-era 40k in the north of Scotland is far from the simplest thing in the world...

I will say lack of money and people

Location really, nearest gaming place is over an hour away from me.

Composing contracts and being a student takes up a ton of my time. Also, scheduling around all of my friends' .. well..schedules limits things severely