"What is most likely to give Old Grognards apoplexy?" Topic

What one thing in The Hobby is most likely to give an Old Grognard a massive stroke from unsupressed (or maybe suppressed) rage?
You may post multiple times, but please! Only one entry per post.

1) Flames of War Napoleonics

Would my intention to use a bunch of Perry ACW and assorted Perry & Victrix plastic Napoleonics to convert into baroque sci-fi troops do it, do you think?

- Monk

Pointing out a game written in the past ten years might be better than some other ancient favorite.

Claiming that FOW isn't played only by people with one brain cell?

2) The wrong colour turnbacks

3) British infantry in Belgic shakoes in a Peninsular War game.

Only one entry per post.

I could get my post count up to 20000 on this thread

Why has no-one mentioned the elephant in the room?

Why has no-one mentioned the elephant in the room?

Excuse me, but it is clearly a converted Mumak, and not a true elephant.

Harrumph.

- Sumatran Rat Pedant

1) Flames of War Napoleonics

You've set the bar high there.

Banning beer at an HMGS convention.

From experience I can tell you that painting 15mm SYW in mitres with a vaugely French uniform color and calling them Old Guard is worth a laugh.

It's right up there with swapping the turrets on tank models.

Historical Zombies eg ECW

When those bendy, pre-painted Old Guard soft plastics with bright blue coats arrive (a joint Hasbro/GW/ Chinese govt project) we'll see some obituaries here.

They'll come with a stat card that shows they aren't very good (because 40K players know Imperial Guards aren't very good) and the Old Guard are obviously senior citizens. It's in the name and everything.

Flames of War: Napoleonics tournament, painted miniatures optional.

Flames Of War: Weird War Napoleonics

Playing Flames Of War: Weird War Napoleonics with inaccurately painted figures.

Playing Flames Of War: Weird War Napoleonics with inaccurately painted figures on their lawn.

Playing Flames Of War: Weird War Napoleonics with inaccurately painted figures on their lawn with loud music blaring.I'll quit now…:)

Flames of War 40k

The young turks ignoring the "Old Guard" and actually daring to have fun playing something not given the official "Old Guard" seal of approval.

I try to avoid everyone except fellow Grognards, doncha know?

Change.

Change is bad, as everyone knows.

For me, it will probably always be referring to a gun as a "6-lber" or the like.

All the best,

John.

Flames of War:Rogue Trader…

A Nappy game that uses a d8s, d12s or d20s only…

Buying Foundry figures at Foundry prices…wait a sec!

ANYTHING by Games Workshop or anyone associated with Games Workshop.

54mm SteamPunk Napoleonic skirmish, with wizards and wooden tanks.

Playing a Napoleonic game using Black Powder rules and Slaughterloo figures

I have done this my club and nearly caused a few older members to froth at the mouth in rage

btw the game was great fun for the 6 us us playing it

I'd say "historical things"…

An uninitiated player expecting to actually have fun whilst playing in a nappy game, and not realising that actually fun is not the objective, indeed tactical victory on the battlefield is even a secondary objective, compared to the cold war that is constantly being waged between the armchair generals in displaying their accumulated knowledge, exhibited in sharp, snide, disparaging exchanges where the slightest mistake or factual oversight is leapt upon and the unfortunate torn to conversational shreds in a barrage of condescending and superior belittlement.

ALthough I've never actually played a napoleonics game, i just observe from the outside whilst enjoying some other "stupid" genre with my one brain cell :)

EDIT: And, upon further consideration, not just restricted to Napoleonics either….

G.

Putting the wrong buttons on your 2mm SYW Prussian grenadiers.

25mm plastic figures that look better than their 60s vintage 15mm gnomes.

Fields of Glory Ancients being more popular than DBA in your group.

Reminding them they enjoyed playing D&D in some distant past we…er..they selectively choose to forget.

Re-fight Leipzig and use Austrians with helmets.

An entire army of Old Guard painted in neon colors.

Finish a wargame within three hours.

Play a wargame that is easy enough to use without charts.

Converting my Zulus into Grenadiers of the Old Guard.

More boobies

Zardoz pictures

Use of a ruler rather than measuring stick

Yet another of these poll suggestions?

Playing Deadly Waters with Battlefleet Gothic ships.

Unpainted miniatures on the table?

Jason
Stafford, VA

Being relaxed and easy going.

Deliberately cheating.

Banning all talk of previous games during the current game. Their heads will explode.