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Maybe "Why do WE play?" is a better question. In any case, what makes you play collect, paint and battle models like you do?

I don't really play anymore because I have a lot of other stuff going on in my life. I collect and paint because I love toy soldiers. I collect and paint 40k because I really like the background and the models strike my fancy.

Well, I've spent all this money. It'd be a shame not to.

Serious response: a deep and abiding love of miniatures, and the narrative created by tabletop wargames.

To kill plastic Toy soldiers and indulge my sadism where it can't hurt anyone.
Also, so I can shout "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" and such without being judged.

Because I love testing myself in a game that is so wildly variable, you never know what's going to happen. I like to challenge myself to be able to overcome the odds and outwit my opponent.

That, and the fluff is cool

My Favourite Way to socialize, relive stress and test out my Tactical genius.

That, and i get to buy some sexy as hell looking models !

I play because I enjoy quality rules.

This is why it's been...
5 years since I've played Fantasy
2 years since I've played 40k
6 months since I've played Firestorm Armada
4 months since I've played Warmahordes

Monsterpocalypse is getting pretty lonely here in the "good game" category.

Gotta be because of the women and the booze.

I collect miniatures (40k, EM4, Demonblade, etc) because I like them and I enjoy converting models.

I paint because I like the result (don't like actually painting) and so that I can play with them, as I detest playing with unpainted figs.

I play games (Song of Blades, Wastelands, mech attack, Future War Commander etc. and some 40k) partly because of the wonderfull spectacle of painted armies on a battlefield, but mostly because of the people inolved. That is to say I finally found a group of friends that I like hanging out with that want to play the kinds of games (fast-playing, generic sci-fi and fantasy skirmish) that I want to play.

This group of people, more than anything has kept me regularly gaming at least bi-weekly for a year, whereas for the past decade and a half I've gamed very little and drifted in and out of wargaming every 6 months or so.

So right now it's about the friends.

I collect great sculpts that I hope to one day be able to showcase.

I paint because it gives me an avenue to be creative and develop a skill set.

I play to socialise with like-minded individuals.

I DM because I enjoy the thrill of discovering how my PCs will overcome the clever obstacles that I place bfore them.

because i enjoy playing. occasionally winning. even beating my sister or her boyfriend is fun.

The voices tell me to do it!

it is a great formm of therapy, thanks PTSD. it relieves stress and forces me to be a bit social.

I love tactical, competive gaming. I also love the spectacle of an army on the field. And the backstory of the game.

If I was purely in it for competition, I'd probably play Warmahordes, or Chess. But I enjoy the larger scale of the armies and the visual of the game much more in 40k and WHFB, so clearly I'm not just in it for the competition.

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:To kill plastic Toy soldiers and indulge my sadism where it can't hurt anyone.
Also, so I can shout "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" and such without being judged.

Oh, we're still judging you...

I, for example, am judging you a deluded fool for following that mindless beast, Khorne, when Slaanesh is clearly supreme!

Why do we play?

To answer that question, I will quote Machine Gun Joe Viturbo from Roger Corman's classic "Death Race 2000" (the one with Sly Stallone and David Carradine, not the abortion that came out a year or two ago)

Joe's Navigator Myra-"Why do you wanna win this race so bad?"

Machine gun Joe- "Why do I wanna win this race so bad? HATE! One big victory for HATE!"

I play because the fluff is awesome, the minis look cool, and the game is fun.

Most of all, it is social outlet with people who are very accepting and non-judgmental. Also, my roommate plays and keeps me motivated to paint my hundreds of models.

Just enjoy playing a game set in a fantasy/sci-fi setting with other people (adds a little bit of a social aspect to it)

also one that takes a little thought (Well sometimes anyway lol)


and of course theres the collecting aspect!!

I model and paint mostly because of the good feeling I get when finishing a really well painted model or conversion. I play because it is a good way of getting social (something I'm not that good at when facing a person in real life).

I got into the game for the fluff and stayed for the modelling

I want that particular good feeling lol >.< But my painting is average need alot more practice!!

I paint to kill migraines. The concentration required tends to distract me from the pain. I also love the sight of a fully painted, based and detailed unit on the field. I'm not too fond of painting, nor particularly good at it, but i do like the results.I have a long long road of headaches to get my waagh all done though


Modelling/conversion: i'm a mekboy at heart, and love converting/building wierd and wonderful stuff I have a twitch if there is an unopened box of minis on my workbench, which only quits when they are off the sprues and i have glue in hand

Collecting: I'm an obsessive collector. My two current armies are nearing codex-complete after many years of collecting, at least until a new codex breaks

Playing: I love playing the game against a fun opponent, who is smart enough to be challenging (preferably a little smarter than me ) and plays the game as a game not a legal argument It's a great stress-sink and lets me stretch my tactics

redeyed wrote:I want that particular good feeling lol

hehehehehehe
You don't really need to be good, just proud over your minis.

It's a great way to meet women.

But seriously, more for the background/story/social geekyness.

Oh, and did I mention it's a great way to meet women??

I'm an unlucky masochist. TIME TO FAIL SOME TERMIE SAVES!

I like painting and playing with toy soldiers, nuf said.

Mick

Why do I play....hmm....

I play for many reasons:

- I play to paint
- I play because ive always been into collecting one thing or another throughout my life
- I play because I love having a creative outlet
- I play because due to my focus on school, I have narrowed my 4 major hobbies down to 1 and 40k gave me the most enjoyment.
- I play because ive always been into games where you micro manage a bunch of stuff (RTS are my fav!)
- I play because I like to do things that arent popular and trendy, or maybe I just gravitate to things like that naturally. If GW was truely mainstream with lots of players id probably hang it up.

hmm, I guess that why I play.

Because I enjoy it.

I've been at it since I was 16, why quite now.
I've got all these painted models, might as well use them
I'm blessed with a gaming group of about 15 guys, we all play the same games, but most importantly...

Those 15 guys, we use it as an excuse to get together socially, throw to dice around, and have a good time. Then several times a year, we goto these GT's, and play against these other times and have some laughs while ignoring real life for a weekend.

Lastly: because terminators are just plan old cool looking, and the forgeworld ones are even better.

Test of manhood

I like the challenge against myself to paint good-looking models. When I see a really nicely painted model in the gallery or in the painting and modelling forum, I get fired up to paint my next model even better, develop new ideas for painting, etc.

I'm more a painter than a player, but I'm getting back into playing because there's a pretty competitive group at my FLGS, and I'm an alpha male and I thrive on competition.

I like the aesthetic of the game. I like the memories I have attached to when I first got into it back in RT/2nd ed.

I like how it's not always about the meta, and that a list with 12 lascannon havocs will get laughed off the forum, but can still make someone's donkey-cave slam shut when it shuts down three tanks first turn. I like how no game is the same.