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Hobbies, I like hobbies, my hobbies are.

Skateboarding.
Wargamming. ( both playing and painting )
Down Hill Mountain Biking.
Djing.
Darts.
Xbox (if that counts, it should as games like Skyrim eat my time)
Comic Books.

Let's see....

Wargaming and all the trimmings.
LARPing once or twice a month.
Cinema every Wednesday or so (Orange Wednesdays exist to be abused).
Play in a D&D campaign about twice a month.
GM a D&D game once a month.
Play in another game once a month.
Play in a WFRP game once a month (as a Skink Vampire Hunter. Yes, I met the pre-requisites. My cold one ate a necromancer. Victory to the mount!)
Online gaming - though not for a few months now til I get a new computer (CoH, Guild Wars, considering DDO and Aion).

Yup.

And work. 5 days a week. To compensate for my sins.

angryboy2k wrote:The problem is not too many hobbies, it's too much WORK.

Exalted and quoted for absolute truth

As to my own hobbies; I have a few.

Modelling/painting various wargames (Too many of them, but I don't really game at all)
Airsoft
Gaming (Xbox, and a little PC gaming, but mostly Xbox)

They're my three major hobbies, I'll do other things every so often.

All things in moderation.

However, speaking of hobbies... I have found as I age that some things I get better at just by doing (painting for example) but other things I get stuck in a rut without instruction (guitar for example). I think one of the keys to always enjoying your hobbies is to know when the enjoyment is waning (or you are stuck in a rut) and switch gears to something else for a while. The more diverse your experience the more enjoyable your life will be IMHO. Also, never be afraid to humble yourself by asking for instruction or help with something. It's easy to feel like you have all the answers when you can just Google it, but there really is no substitute for face to face hobby time with a like minded person.

-Military Buff
-Russian History Buff
-40k
-Reading (About any of the above + A Song of Fire and Ice)

Not a big videogamer at all, so that probably helps.

I'm a:

Painter/collector of TT stuff
Fairly hardcore gamer (though not nearly as much as I used to be, and odd work hours keep me from doing any multiplayer really)
Gardener
Cook (this one has slagged quite a bit the past few years TBH- I was very serious about it at one time)
Ukulele player (barely, it's a new hobby, one I'm not doing great at sticking with).
Runner/Yoga/Fitness (not really a hobby per say, but something I do nearly every day).
Avid reader/music collector/tv hound.

Most of the time I feel I make very little progress at any of them :/ I did just finish a book last night though. Go me!

Oh yeah. As of now Im still trying to get all mine sorted out because Ive gotta get rid of some stuff. Im a:
-Student
-painter
-40k Wargamer
-Fantasy Battle Wargamer
-Bass player
-Forgeworld window shopper (LOL Im too poor for like....everything)
-Stock Car racer
-Mechanic for my beautiful 1970 Galaxie 500
-Hunter (preferably squirells and turkey)
-Avid reader
-And probably something else Im forgetting.

Gaming
Reading
Family
Girlfriend

Yep, bout sums it up XD

hotsauceman1 wrote:Wargaming and video gaming are my only ones.

I'm absurdly busy. 45-50~ hours a week of lovely office work. I then work a dozen or so hours sprinkled aroudn the week. Otherwise:

- Weekly RPG
- League of Legends/Gary's Mod
- Warhammer 40k
- Lifting
- Painting
- Started to get into Powerlifting
- Terrain Building
- The Girl
- Magic the Gathering
- Buying/Selling on Ebay

Eh I do a bit of everything

Weekly RPG
Playing 40k
Modeling/Painting for 40k and D&D
Reading (mostly 40k books at the moment)
Board Games
Bike Riding
Going to the Beach!
Nature Trail hikes
Occassional movies

It just depends on what we feel like doing and what I have time for...

Gaming (40k and PC)
Trucks (i once owned 3 4x4s, down to one that is undergoing a 8.2Liter motor swap)
Firearms

Yeah, and a Corvette is on the horizon....

40k-I have several armies. I play twice a week.

Fantasy-Almost started got 20 daemons and the book. Maybe ill pic it up again in the future.

Hordes. Just recently picked up the eigon Battlebox and I plan on expanding in a week or 2.

Xbox-used to buy games every month or 2 now that I am a wargamer I buy alot less games but still enjoy playing.

Archery-Very expensive hobby but once your in your in and only needs to be expensive when you want a new bow, arrows or nex accesories. unless you get a long bow they are quite cheap. but as a compund archer it isn't cheap.

redkeyboard wrote:Archery-Very expensive hobby but once your in your in and only needs to be expensive when you want a new bow, arrows or nex accesories. unless you get a long bow they are quite cheap. but as a compund archer it isn't cheap.

And if it is anything like anyone I know into it, you want a new bow every year minimum.

I thought I was crazy with wanting a new army every month.

I have so many freaking hobbies.

40k - but I'm slowly getting out of it.
infinity the game - got my army painted and done
Hordes - got 25 points of legion
road biking - Gearing up for the Hotter 'n Hell come August
cooking - I love trying new recopies
gaming - I play a game or two of LoL/battlefield/Company of Heroes a night
Working - 40/week
college - ONE SEMESTER LEFT YEAH BOY
Drinking - I love trying different beers
learning different coding/scripting languages - to help at work
Painting - I dabble
fiance - I'm engaged and trying to figure wedding stuff out...if that can be called a hobby.

40k- twice a month
Mountain biking - down due to injury
R/C- Airplanes and helicopters
Reptiles - I breed Lizzards.
Xbox/Pc
School - 2 years left
Car - In the build process
Motorcycle - (s) Every thing cost at least $100.00 for these.
Wife- and her 5 damn dogs
Im sure I left loads of stuff out... I need to sell some stuff.

I play Warhammer 40K, brew my own beer, and tinker with my computers and network a lot. There's a bit more, but it's not suitable for the board here.

- Sci-fi. Reading, watching... and, secretly, writing.

- Music. I still make the odd purchase from time to time, but I've mostly given up on my record collection.

- 40k/Infinity/Others. 40k currently sucks most of the time I devote to wargaming. With 6th ed. coming, it's likely to keep that way.

- Flight sims. Payware and sim accesories once threatened to dry my wallet faster than 40k ever did. I still fly, but have managed to control the urge to get every single plane and trinket by the likes of Flight1 and Carenado.

- Study. Yep. Ever since finishing college, I've enrolled in two more academic careers. I don't expect to make any money from it. Strange as it may sound I do it for fun.

- Gym. No matter how, I can't get down from the 200lbs mark. But hey, it pays off. Now I can run for thirty minutes without... well, dying.

sparkywtf wrote:

redkeyboard wrote:Archery-Very expensive hobby but once your in your in and only needs to be expensive when you want a new bow, arrows or nex accesories. unless you get a long bow they are quite cheap. but as a compund archer it isn't cheap.

And if it is anything like anyone I know into it, you want a new bow every year minimum.

I thought I was crazy with wanting a new army every month.

this is my first year but I am hoping to get one of my dads bows for my 16th. but I currently only have one but yes many people are like that. y dad has been doing archery for 2 to 2 1/2 years and has had about 6 bows currently he has 3. His current was also his most expensive at £900 for the bow. Not including arrows, sights, scopes, stabilizers, side rods and quiver. He maybe has about another £900 of the sights and scopes ect. (the stuff i listed above bar the quiver) on the bow itself when it gets bought new. But ebay helps cut costs down ALOT.

My hobbies include but aren't limited to ATVing, paintball, collecting guitars, basses and forged swords, my car, my house, drinking fine scotch and bourbon, books, RC cars, video games, gun shows, pawn and thrift store shopping, golf, and of course RPGs and table top games, to name most.

My foremost hobby is actually WW2 Reenacting.
Warhammer 40k is my secondary but I haven't gotten much done because reenacting is expensive! I have to wait months to even consider buying more 40k junk. But no matter what... I'm not giving up on 40k.
I write now and again.
Sometimes I draw.

Pretty much just painting and modelling for me. Sure, I watch shows/movies and play video games, but not religiously enough to call either serious hobbies, especially since I don't stay current/"in the know." I play the odd boardgame with my fiance, but we rarely have free time that matches up and our personal collection is less than impressive (used to belong to a club back in college that made it easier to try different games/find opponents).

My long list is, instead, things I've tried and would like to get (back) into, had I the time/space/money/ability. I played [soccer for Americans, football for everyone that makes sense] all my life, until I traded a starting spot on the varsity team for physical therapy, back in high school. I used to mountain bike, but I don't have a working bike, anymore. Used to skateboard. Used to play guitar. I've done some woodworking, but I lack space and tools (dad has a decent bit of stuff, but I can't drive 3.5 hours on a whim to use his tools), here. Tried paintball and loved it, but I don't have the money. Fought with a Markland group in college (everyone crossed over with SCA, but we were officially Markland, since their insurance was easier to get approved by the school) using loaner gear, but I lack the money for armor and time for fighter practice, now. I could armor myself (and would continue to produce pieces, as a hobby), except for the lack of a suitable space (again, I'd need to use my dad's basement, where all my tools, this time, are).

One fine day, I'll have time, space, and money. Chances are, by the time I achieve that, I'll be too decrepit to manage any of these things. I'd say I'd live vicariously through my potential children, but I doubt I'd be able to afford to support their hobbies after all the expenses raising them entails!

[edit:] Not that anyone cares whether my list is complete, but I forgot to mention brewing (lack of funds) and D&D (time, finding a group).

40k
Miniatures generally
D&D / RPGs
Casual Magic - sort of giving up as its based largely on $
Boardgames
The odd computer game
Phototography
and I'm trying to learn the harmonica.

-40k/Fantasy/Blood Bowl
-Beer Brewing (yum)
-Watching/attending Sporting events (Cincinnati reds, NFL)
-The occasional Video game

I've recently quit playing Rugby as my wife wasn't fond of my broken ribs and dental visits. That just opens up time for the others!