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You lose all your models in a house fire. What do you do?
I rebuild my main army with the same colors and theme.
Same faction, but I try different colors, theme and/or subfaction (e.g. chapter).
I start collecting a new faction.
Blessing in disguise. I am now free of 40k.
Other or not sure.

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Fresh-Faced New User




If I lost everything tomorrow, I'm not sure what I'd do first. I would most likely pick a couple factions I know I either really liked before the loss, or ones that I'm keen to get into after, and start over. I'm not a huge gamer due to having kids and a very full time set of commitments, but one of the worst things about a fire for me would be the loss of not only my models, but my painting desk. I have hundreds of dollars just in citadel paint, not to mention brushes, lamps, and my airbrush station. I could buy a couple start collecting boxes and be perfectly content with the skirmishes they afford me, but rebuilding my library of colors and supplies would be really depressing.

Oh yea, and I'd 100% pick up a replacement for my Blood Bowl starter box. That would be item number one, along with a bottle of glue, some clippers, and a new hobby knife. I have more fun playing blood bowl with my son than I do playing warhammer some days!
   
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Dakka Veteran





Yeah I have at least a few grand in painting supplies. That would feel bad, though I’d still rather lose that than my army.
   
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Homicidal Veteran Blood Angel Assault Marine





Dayton OH

I'm so fed up with the rule book bloat and the codex power creep, honestly if I didn't already have all the investment in models I wouldn't bother with the game

For the Emperor! Kill Maim Burn!... I mean purge the unclean!  
   
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Twisting Tzeentch Horror





Morgan Hill, CA

Losing everything like that is a hugely traumatic experience for people.

Having raised donations of models, books, and gaming supplies for the gamers of Paradise California last year (something with Games Workshop chipped in on as well), I can tell you that the majority of those folks restarted their original armies.

Some of them were moved to tears by the donations. Sure they had lost their homes and all of their other valuables, but the majority of them were so excited to just get to do something that WASN'T related to the serious nature of their loss.

   
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Fresh-Faced New User




cvtuttle wrote:
Losing everything like that is a hugely traumatic experience for people.

Having raised donations of models, books, and gaming supplies for the gamers of Paradise California last year (something with Games Workshop chipped in on as well), I can tell you that the majority of those folks restarted their original armies.

Some of them were moved to tears by the donations. Sure they had lost their homes and all of their other valuables, but the majority of them were so excited to just get to do something that WASN'T related to the serious nature of their loss.



I loved hearing that you guys were doing this. In the wake of any huge tragedy like that, a luxury hobby is at the very back of the line when it comes to getting back to normal. I can imagine if I was trying to rebuild my family's possessions and lifestyle, I would more than likely resign myself to letting go of my hobby for a significant amount of time and that would suck. Having a hobby guardian angel come in and rescue some semblance of fun must have been overwhelming. Good on you and GW( and tablewar and any others that helped).

BTW, love your show and I listen to every single new episode. Currently working my way through the old episodes because I just started this hobby last year.
   
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Secretive Dark Angels Veteran



Canada

So this just happened to a friend of mine and he lost 30+ years of hobby. The good news, such as it is, is that it was a barn and nobody was hurt. We're cobbling together miniatures and supplies to donate.

I bought a bunch of his old fantasy stuff a few yeas ago. I am donating it back so that he has something from his original collection.

Warm regards,

T2B

All you have to do is fire three rounds a minute, and stand 
   
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Huge Hierodule





land of 10k taxes

Time to buy AR platform with all the fix'ns!

was censored by the ministry of truth 
   
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Powerful Phoenix Lord





 FeindusMaximus wrote:
Time to buy AR platform with all the fix'ns!


Yep. I'm only in my 30's, but if I lost everything (most of which is not 40K related) I'd probably leave the actual hobby and stick to my others which could be more easily replaced/bought into (i.e. firearms, etc.).

While I may very likely still be doing this hobby into my 50-60's like a lot of people, at this point it would mean losing nearly a thousand painted models, and enough painted/assembled terrain to cover a dozen 6'x4' tables, numerous mats, etc. The time component would be untold thousands of hours, etc.

Maybe in a few years I'd consider getting back into a handful of skirmish games, etc. But I don't know if I could bring myself to invest again in so much time/money/effort to run games at the level I enjoy running them.
   
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I left the hobby once before and came back, whilst losing your entire collection might encourage you to quit I suspect I'd slowly rebuild, but probably with entirely different factions, possibly even systems.
Hobby supplies would likewise have to be replenished over time as I need them.

I've been playing a while, my first model was a lead marine and my first White Dwarf was bound with staples 
   
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Rogue Daemonhunter fueled by Chaos






Toledo, OH

I think to separate the loss of my army from any other catastrophe is the best way to answer this, because obviously something like a housefire would be such a calamity that gaming becomes just one aspect.

But... if I were to lose all my 40k stuff, but not my hobby stuff, such as paints, brushes, etc? I would probably build some sort of new army. If I lose all of my hobby stuff? Including the mundane things like Ott Lights, paint racks, storage shelves, battlefoam? I think I walk away.

My main army is my IG, which is over 1000 total models. It was collected over nearly 20 years, with many OOP and hard to track down models. It would not be impossible to replace, but wildly impractical. I'll take the cash value (both Fair Market Value and Replacement cost would be well north of $5k) and move on. If I keep my hobby stuff, then maybe I build another 40k army, or maybe focus on smaller projects.

If I lose my hobby stuff (literally hundreds of paints)... man... it'd be hard to start from scratch. I probably would buy back into the hobby, just far more focused than before.

   
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Been Around the Block




The idea of intentionally going "Tabula Rasa" on my collection has crossed my mind a few times. Not so much as burning them, rather than selling or giving away everything. There is so much stuff that'll never get built, hasn't seen the table in years, or shows off my painting skill from 20-25 years ago.

I'd start over, still with Imperial Guard, but I'd be completely using Victoria Miniatures, as well as a single army for FoW (British Paras or Fallschirmjäger perhaps). As far as the rest of my armies (BT, Tau, SoB, Inquisition, Orks, Knights and perhaps a dozen Kill Teams from other different factions), the specialist systems (Necromunda, Blood Bowl) and other table tops (FSA, GHQ ships, AAM, Armada, X-Wing, FoW, Bolt Action, Halo, Infinity, Dropfleet, WHFB etc...) are concerned, those would never get replaced. 99% of my board games (Descent 2 with all expansions, a dozen versions of Axis & Allies, CCGs etc....) neither.
   
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Brainy Zoanthrope






Lancashire, UK

I'd get back into the hobby because I've met so many dear and close friends through it, but I don't think I'd start 40k again. As much as I love my Tyranids, I'd have to spend so much money and time rebuilding and painting the army, to say nothing of the various second and third edition models in the army. I'd stick with rebuilding my smaller game collections - Colette du Bois and her showgirls for Malifaux, my Wood Elves for blood bowl, and my uruk-hai for the Lord of the Rings.

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