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I was thinking about this topic this weekend over some wine with my buddies, and we never really came to a consensus.

What would make your wargaming lives easier? One great example is Battlefoam. Battlefoam came into the market and revolutionized carrying cases for the masses.

What's the next big thing for Miniatures? What is it that you desperately want but isn't available?

The only thing I could think of was somekind of case that can hold and army, books, and accessories (dice, tape, templates, ipod, etc) and was still not super bulky.

What do you guys think?

A harder to spill Martini glass, so that I don't ruin my table?

I want all conflicts and wars to be resolved by playing a table top version of the war they would of fought.

Sales would go through the roof I tell ya!

Hmm...
Self painting guardsmen.
Or models which don't hang on/touch the base by like a tiny amount. (Im looking at you WM Harrower)

+1 on the Battlefoam idea.

Lady Luck on my side.

Compulsory sterilisation after your first born child.

Eventually, once the population reduces to a more manageable size, you could allow people to have more than one child again.

Free paint and glue.

Chaos Lord Gir wrote:Hmm...
Self painting guardsmen.
Or models which don't hang on/touch the base by like a tiny amount. (Im looking at you WM Harrower)

Yea that but with Ork boyz.
A table that can change its tops as easy as changing sheets. And Im not talking oh look its blue today, I mean, yesterday it was a desert, and today its a barren frozen world, and tomorrow its a city. How far away are actual working nano robots?

I'd say some sort of wide beam laser pointer. You could stick it to the models head (or weapon mount for vehicles) and light up everything visible to the model. It would make LOS checks much less debatable and simplify the 50% blockage of MCs/Vehicles.

Wileythenord wrote:What would make your wargaming lives easier? One great example is Battlefoam. Battlefoam came into the market and revolutionized carrying cases for the masses.

What's the next big thing for Miniatures? What is it that you desperately want but isn't available?

Elmodiddly wrote:Compulsory sterilisation after your first born child.

Eventually, once the population reduces to a more manageable size, you could allow people to have more than one child again.

Way to completely ignore the question...thanks for adding to the conversation.

Guys I want to know what will make your "Wargaming" lives better please.

wileythenord wrote:
Way to completely ignore the question...thanks for adding to the conversation.

Guys I want to know what will make your "Wargaming" lives better please.

Not to want to try to add to the abuse, but this is Off-Topic... on a wargaming forum. You might have more luck in Dakka Discussions.

I was serious about the Martini glass also. I knocked it and tried to catch it on New Years. Had to stop the game till I could get the bleeding to stop.

daedalus wrote:

wileythenord wrote:
Way to completely ignore the question...thanks for adding to the conversation.

Guys I want to know what will make your "Wargaming" lives better please.

Not to want to try to add to the abuse, but this is Off-Topic... on a wargaming forum. You might have more luck in Dakka Discussions.

I was serious about the Martini glass also. I knocked it and tried to catch it on New Years. Had to stop the game till I could get the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, this should be in Dakka Discussions, not the Off-Topic section, especially if you're looking for somewhat serious answers.

For me the answers are simple...

Re-Release of/or release of Praetorians/plastic Mordian/Praetorian kit...this alone would cause me to turn back flips down the street.

Chaos Legions Codex/Codices...Ditto on the back flips.

I like KCs Idea about an interchangeable gaming table as well,though something a bit more doable could consist of 6 one foot by one foot plastic squares with different "surfaces" on opposite sides,for example,urban on one side/wasteland on the other.

The squares would be able to be snapped into a special gaming board,and flipped when a different type of terrain was desired.

We used to use a term 'figure friendly terrain' back in the stone age of 40K. Even now a lot of scenery looks great, but it isn't 'friendly' to the figures. i.e. steps to a building or temple that can actually accommodate a figures base without it sliding and falling. At my last game club, the head honcho made these great forests with removable trees. They were amazing for fantasy games.

Of course, I am still a fan of homemade scenery as opposed to the kits that are out there from GW or other makers. If you're into building scenery there are two books which you should keep your eye out for on the interwebs or wherever. 'How to build Dioramas' by Shepard Paine - this is the gak. Then there is the grandpa of scenery, the source for a lot the GW techniques, 'Stan Cathcpol's Modelling Workshop'. This Catchpol guy did a lot of articles in Military Modelling back in the 70s. My copy is from 1983. Excellent content.

I started a new thread in Dakka Discussions, please lock this one.

Squats.

Chaos Dwarfs.

Zoats

Albatross wrote:Squats.

Cheesecat wrote:Chaos Dwarfs.

chaplaingrabthar wrote:Zoats

FITZZ - Yea my brother and I had a similar idea. We were going to make some large chunks of terrain on a 1 by 1 that way if we wanted say a city fight, we would just pop out the city terrain and same for mountains/desert and what have you. It would certainly make the games a bit more exciting then just playing on the same ol table

More Space Marines.

I mean hell, Ultramarines are what, 2/3 years old now? They are due for a complete overhaul to bring them more in line with the power level of newer codex's.

Blue marines are best marines right? We can't have Team Edward or Jacob marines more powerful then the Smurfs!



(I'm kidding, don't kill me!)

I want a gf.

Just do what I did and stuff a sock down your pants and walk around for a day. GREAT ice breaker

jp400 wrote:Just do what I did and stuff a sock down your pants and walk around for a day. GREAT ice breaker

I don't have ice in my pants though

Ulver wrote:

jp400 wrote:Just do what I did and stuff a sock down your pants and walk around for a day. GREAT ice breaker

I don't have ice in my pants though

Broccoli has more shape.

WarOne wrote:I want all conflicts and wars to be resolved by playing a table top version of the war they would of fought.

Sales would go through the roof I tell ya!

+1

Robots and lasers! Thats what I want! Either that or something like a thing that could make your things real.
Time travel watch.
OR something cool. Or a Girl Friend. But considering my luck. I will probably get a Robot with lasers.