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I must admit, as disheartening as this whole thread is, I can see the point the OP makes. My local store has come on hard times recently. Thanks to an utter clown of a manager taking over last year and managing to bodge Christmas, the previous manager, who retook the helm after this oik left, got it in the neck from the Powers that Be about his profit margins, and as a result, several good staff members got fired. It's stuff like this that can really put you off a hobby, especially when the staff member in question taught you to paint your first army and has basically taught you everything you know about the hobby. I haven't, on the basis that the manager is still a decent guy and the regulars are cool, but it's as close as I have come to packing it in.

The final bell for GW stuff was rung when I worked for them at the end of 2004. Having seen how cheap I got my Dwarf army for I could never justify buying GW models as a normal punter again (by the way that's not a rant at the pricing as such). After this it went down hill and ended up with enjoying the fluff, but not the game (40K). So the chance to buy a shiney Nikon D70s came up and I decided that it was only fair to part fund the new hobby by selling off my stuff I didn't use any more. It then stayed static for a few years and then I finally got rid of my beloved Space Wolves. I moved into systems that didn't involve such a big investment, but as mentioned in my original post, got dragged into more systems. It dawned on me one day that this was stupid, plus I was already starting to be not fussed about playing when I went to the club.

So I bit the bullet, stopped gaming, took up a Photography + 3D course and came away from the hobby. As anybody who does photography knows, it's a neverending investment So again I've bit the bullet and started selling off my remaining stuff to help fund it. I will keep my paints just in case I get the urge to go back in the future. However this time I feel it's for real.

I do agree with all the other posters though, if it's the first time you've gone off the hobby, box it up, stick it out of site and forget about it. I did and came back with a vengence, which lasted a good 5 years

Yea, I have gone in and out of wargaming and went from army to army. I will no longer do that, if I must I will put all my wargaming stuff in storage.

I know I will want to play again, if I ever quit for a longer hiatus then 6 months.

I can understand a lot of people saying don`t get rid of your stuff as you may regret it later and while for the most part that is very true.

From my ow personal view I can`t justify keeping what I am no longer going to use. Yes I can keep some things but if I do get them out again I can`t do anything with them. No one I know wil touch GW ahain and I can`t blame them. I kept them in the game the last price rise but this one is even too much for me. I love the hobby not the GW hobby but the over all hobby.

I`ll continue to play other games currently Malifaux being my now only interest as it is getting pretty popular round my way. GW is effectively killing itself. I am a fan always have been and always will be. Unfortunately I and a lot of other people just can`t continue or won`t continue as it is not worth what you need to invest in it anymore.

As I said in the newer price thread I can afford it but I can`t justify it and having no one to play 40k or fantasy with any more means it`s time to move on. There are and always will be plenty more games of other companies to play and that is what the hobby is about. Not GW but wargaming as a whole. If GW goes in the end its not a loss. It`s a community gain as there will be plently left to pick up where it leaves off!

I dropped out of WHF in the mid 90's. I thought I'd never be interested again. I sold all my models.

A few years later, I got back into the game - this time with 40K Orks. I've been generally very wary about starting new games. I'm the type who is either all the way in for the long haul or not in at all.

But I loved the Orks and still do. I don't play nearly as often anymore as I'd like, so I have decided to stick with just Orks. By staying with one army only for a game that many others play, I am maxinizing my chances of being able to play a game with these whenever I want / can.

So that's how I handled the "madness." I simply don't start new games. I know from experience that it takes a LONG time to paint models to my chosen standard, and I have a large Ork Army now, and I've earned it by sticking with just one army for 10+ years.

I did eventually get back into WHF and have a very small Wood Elf Army - just 1000 points so I can play with friends once in a while.

And I did also get into WOTR - another GW game which I expect will be played by my gaming group for years to come (they're huge LOTR / GW fans).

But every choice has been calculated.

That's 3 games - and that's more than enough for me. I've thought about selling, too, and I do sell off items I no longer use, but I think I'll always enjoy a game here and there, so I can't see getting out all the way even though I know my gaming time and sometimes even interest is limited compared to my good old bachelor days when I could focus all my free time on painting and playing for weeks and weeks at a time.

My suggestion - keep a small, playable army of your favorites, keep at least a small army for each system that you enjoyed. As others mentioned, at least a shoebox-full will do.

I actually don't regret ditching WHF all those years ago - I was new at the hobby and my modeling/painting skills were poor anyway (ha ha I assembled my skeletons with rubber cement) but I have had a lot of good times, too, hanging out with friends and putting lots of love into my chosen army.

In any event, purge what you no longer need, but keep the best of it. That's my advice.

Paintball Instead. Don't airsoft.

Paintball ftw.

I can understand you losing interest, but as others have said you should maybe look at other aspects of the hobby?
I don't get much chance to game, but spend my free time painting and modelling. I've Marines that haven't seen daylight in a year, as I'm currently building a Guard army loosely based on 40k.
I say loosely because it includes GW stuff, "toy" tanks and trucks, models from umpteen manufacturers, metal, resin and plastic combinations and terrain made from busted plastic from the factory yard.
No great plan, but it generally ends up in a shade of olive drab and joins the team.

Now, if I can master photography, IT, washes and weathering powders, I'll maybe get to retirement age before I'm bored with it.

Anyway, good luck in finding something rewarding to fill your leisure time.