Dropzonetoe  | 09 Jun 2012 3:46 a.m. PST |
We have all been there, burned out of gaming for a dozen reasons. Perhaps you started a new phase of your life, just bored, lost all your players and you have put wargaming away. For me I have done it twice. Once stationed overseas for a year and once after all my fellow players moved away and I had no one to play with and the motivation to paint stuff for games I would never play. Both times were roughly 6 months each. |
| Angel Barracks | 09 Jun 2012 3:48 a.m. PST |
Once, I was away for about 15 years or so. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 09 Jun 2012 3:52 a.m. PST |
Just once. I gave it up in university and picked it up again 20-ish years later. |
| MajorB | 09 Jun 2012 3:59 a.m. PST |
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| Timmo uk | 09 Jun 2012 4:01 a.m. PST |
Once gave up in my mid twenties but picked it up again about 8 years later once my career was on track. I've had breaks for a month or so since then but no longer. I very rarely read history books now. I just dip into my books if I'm looking for specific information. |
| Dynaman8789 | 09 Jun 2012 4:17 a.m. PST |
Never, but I switch between boargames, miniatures, and RPGs on a frequent basis. |
| fairoaks024 | 09 Jun 2012 4:26 a.m. PST |
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| Gonsalvo | 09 Jun 2012 4:35 a.m. PST |
Never, although there have certainly been a number of dry times where I didn't game for a year or more… but I was still painting, planning, reading/writing rules, etc. |
| Regards | 09 Jun 2012 4:44 a.m. PST |
A couple of times largely because of work or when the children were born. In the last year, I have come close though for a very different reason. I hate to say this, but I have paid for services, miniatures, and terrain that were never sent or the entity seemed to disappear. This is a small community of gamers and I do find that my enthusiasm is deflated as orders I've placed never arrive. It has happened seven times this past year and I have concerns on two others at the moment. Erik |
| WarrenB | 09 Jun 2012 4:55 a.m. PST |
None. I do take an ocassional break, but it's measured in terms of days and weeks, rather than months and years. I'm a bit like Dynaman, though. If I've had my fill of one game, setting, scale or genre, I move onto another for a while. -----
Warren B.
minisculpture.co.uk |
| FredNoris | 09 Jun 2012 5:19 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 09 Jun 2012 5:20 a.m. PST |
I've had periods of no painting, maybe almost a year around twenty years ago, but have been pretty steady since. On the other hand after a ACL injury one year and surgery the next I had nothing to do but paint. |
| Mooseworks8 | 09 Jun 2012 5:21 a.m. PST |
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| taskforce58 | 09 Jun 2012 5:37 a.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 09 Jun 2012 5:41 a.m. PST |
33 years and still plugging. Opportunities became less frequent when deployed, but never gave up on the hobby (reading, writing, playing where possible). |
 John the OFM  | 09 Jun 2012 5:43 a.m. PST |
Once. Got married.
Not married any more.  |
| olicana | 09 Jun 2012 5:57 a.m. PST |
Once. I took up girls. Eventually I shared my guilty secret with one. She was understanding. Me: "Babe, there's something I have to tell you……."
Girl: "Hmmmm, well, it will keep you out of the pub, I suppose." I've been with her for 25 years, so she understands WHY I need the biggest room in the house for my hobby. |
| Jeigheff | 09 Jun 2012 6:07 a.m. PST |
I've come close to being out, but never completely. |
| brass1 | 09 Jun 2012 6:38 a.m. PST |
Had a heart attack in 2000 and didn't game for a year afterwards. I still hung around the FLGS and chewed the fat with the inmates but I didn't touch a miniature until almost exactly a year later. The odd thing is, I have no idea why I did this. LT |
| 138SquadronRAF | 09 Jun 2012 6:55 a.m. PST |
I have scaled back participation a couple of times, but never left in 40 years, |
| Ambush Alley Games | 09 Jun 2012 6:58 a.m. PST |
Once, for a about a decade. Shawn. |
| Shagnasty | 09 Jun 2012 7:20 a.m. PST |
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| myxemail | 09 Jun 2012 7:41 a.m. PST |
Never. My participation slowed down during certain parts of my life, but never left it. I doubt I'll ever be at the near constant gaming life like I was in college (darn classes interfered with my gaming schedule!). Both kids have now graduated from college, and my own gaming participation rate is picking back up again. Mike |
| Willtij | 09 Jun 2012 7:48 a.m. PST |
Never left it, just can't afford it sometimes. |
 McKinstry | 09 Jun 2012 8:35 a.m. PST |
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 Dentatus | 09 Jun 2012 9:04 a.m. PST |
Major sabbatical for roughly 15 years coinciding with kids and ministry obligations. |
| whill4 | 09 Jun 2012 9:48 a.m. PST |
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 Doctor X | 09 Jun 2012 10:19 a.m. PST |
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| Bashytubits | 09 Jun 2012 10:55 a.m. PST |
I have never left the hobby, I have had long dry spells where I couldn't find an acceptable group to game with however. |
| Texas Jack | 09 Jun 2012 11:20 a.m. PST |
Back in 1999, when I was 37 (ahhh, those were indeed the days), I sold all my stuff and ran away from home to Europe. I bummed around the continent for a while, and then when I re-settled down after a couple of years I had to start again from scratch.
Now I am up to nearly a thousand 1/3000th scale ships, and am currently building my Napoleonic armies and WWI aircraft. It was heartbreaking selling my gaming stuff, but kinda fun to start again. |
| Ron W DuBray | 09 Jun 2012 11:34 a.m. PST |
slowed down but never left. |
| ancientsgamer | 09 Jun 2012 11:55 a.m. PST |
There is no leaving. There are periods where the emphasis on what genre changes. There are periods of no gaming but then I am still thinking about the hobby. TMP is a great place for times of little gaming or painting ;-) |
| Cyrus the Great | 09 Jun 2012 12:39 p.m. PST |
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| Yesthatphil | 09 Jun 2012 1:20 p.m. PST |
Only wargamed with existing contacts whilst I was at University (which was quite a while) but it had just got better (early 80s) whilst I was less publicly involved. The last 26 years of continual invlovement have just rushed by. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 09 Jun 2012 1:24 p.m. PST |
I didn't game from 94 to 97, but did paint a lot. Didn't paint from 98 to 00, but gamed a bunch, mostly RPGs. |
| Dasher | 09 Jun 2012 2:22 p.m. PST |
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| Militia Pete | 09 Jun 2012 4:58 p.m. PST |
Never left. Slowed down a bit, but always interested. |
| Delthos | 09 Jun 2012 7:31 p.m. PST |
I may have gone for some long times without playing a game, but I've never really left the hobby. I don't think I ever will until the day I'm pushing up daisies. |
| Khusrau | 10 Jun 2012 2:15 a.m. PST |
several times, various reasons. |
| Princeps | 10 Jun 2012 4:47 a.m. PST |
Never. 40 years and counting. |
| David Miniature Armies | 10 Jun 2012 5:39 a.m. PST |
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| Gennorm | 10 Jun 2012 6:43 a.m. PST |
Put it in abeyance at university as I found other ways to have fun. On starting work after graduation I found the local club met very near my dugs and couldn't resist the temptation. |
| KSmyth | 10 Jun 2012 8:36 a.m. PST |
When I was in college, for about two years, '76-77. Been hard at it ever since. |
| ChicChocMtdRifles | 11 Jun 2012 8:16 a.m. PST |
I had a 10 year break. Not by choice, tho. |
