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On Armies, Addiction And Knowing When To Just Say No...

Where have all the armies gone? I was speaking to several people over the bank holiday weekend, and with one 50 year gaming veteran just yesterday for a good hour or so, and the same question came up each time. You just don't see collections on the table apart from at some shows, and then it's older gamers who were brought up an a diet of Weisencraft, Featherstone, Gush, Gilder, Wise et al (If you don't know at least two of those names then shame on you and nothing less, you ignoramuses - have 'ignorami' if you prefer but the 17th century evolution of the word looks nicer) and who have actually read books rather than get their kicks on Netflix. True, I was raised on a diet of war films from the 50s and 60s, which were on every weekend, and caused many a box of Airfix figures to be sold, as many will attest. I put it down to the modern gamers growing up with the idea that wargaming is something they can afford to do, but working in gig economies and wanting to do ...