| RogerThat | 01 Apr 2013 11:29 a.m. PST |
Which should come first after choosing a gaming period:
a. painting and basing figures?
b. choosing rules and appropriate accessories for them?
c. Acquiring / building the game table?
d. Getting terrain for the game table?
e. a beverage of your choosing? Curiously,
Mike |
 Mserafin  | 01 Apr 2013 11:35 a.m. PST |
Definitely the beverage. Only alcohol fuzzes up reality enough for me to commit to yet another period. |
| Texas Jack | 01 Apr 2013 11:37 a.m. PST |
Obviously, selection e is the way to go. That done, I would look into rules so you can decide what sort of troops you need and the optimal basing solution. Then go back to selection e. |
| Rich Bliss | 01 Apr 2013 11:38 a.m. PST |
For me it's b. the beverage was there from the beginning. |
| Midpoint | 01 Apr 2013 11:51 a.m. PST |
A. Without those you won't be able to try rules. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 01 Apr 2013 12:01 p.m. PST |
f Acquiring figures in the first place. |
| Yesthatphil | 01 Apr 2013 12:08 p.m. PST |
g: Getting gripped by the history of the period … Phil |
| Keraunos | 01 Apr 2013 12:31 p.m. PST |
b. no rules, no game. you can always try with card bases, but not vice versa. and besides, unless you expect rules to conform to your basing and organisational theories, you will just end up needing to make changes or compromises if you complete you figures before deciding on which rules they are to be used for.. |
| Dynaman8789 | 01 Apr 2013 12:36 p.m. PST |
E came BEFORE choosing a period, so did C, B wins. |
| DeanMoto | 01 Apr 2013 12:51 p.m. PST |
As Yesthatphil (Phil) spake. Dean |
| vojvoda | 01 Apr 2013 1:06 p.m. PST |
E then G then E again. VR
James Mattes |
| religon | 01 Apr 2013 1:46 p.m. PST |
As I presume G is part of "choosing a gaming period," I'll take A. You can always use terrain from other periods, use rules from other periods and use an existing play surface. Painting the figures is essential to this hobby. |
 BrigadeGames  | 01 Apr 2013 1:47 p.m. PST |
You forgot one -
Buying some books to research the period or at least uniform guides for painting references. |
| Brian Bronson | 01 Apr 2013 1:51 p.m. PST |
It's really: e – Beverage
b – Rules
e – Beverage
a – Figures
e – Beverage
e – Beverage
e – Beverage (need to lubricate the joints properly after all that painting)
c – Table
e – Beverage
d – Terrain
e – Beverage
e – Beverage
e – Beverage (need to lubricate the joints properly after all that terrain work) |
| 1815Guy | 01 Apr 2013 2:14 p.m. PST |
"You forgot one -
Buying some books to research the period or at least uniform guides for painting references." Yep, deffo the way I go. Choose the period, then read up on it. That might also include reading a few rulebooks. Acquisition takes a while as I develop my understanding. Painting takes even longer. and I hate basing. Im still rebasing a load of Naps from years ago……..! So ultimately, it's i before e, except after c,……. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 01 Apr 2013 9:09 p.m. PST |
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| Militia Pete | 02 Apr 2013 12:48 p.m. PST |
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| brevior est vita | 02 Apr 2013 12:49 p.m. PST |
The egg came first, and then the chicken. |
| OSchmidt | 02 Apr 2013 1:39 p.m. PST |
A comes first. If you don't like the way the figures look you will never get to the rules. |
| firstvarty1979 | 02 Apr 2013 1:57 p.m. PST |
Have to agree with 1815Guy. I may like the rules and love the figures, but if I have no interest in recreating the period, why would I game it? |
| Fat Wally | 03 Apr 2013 1:18 p.m. PST |
G. History first, then B rules. |
| Last Hussar | 03 Apr 2013 2:14 p.m. PST |
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