"Wargaming TV reality show ... will it ever happen?" Topic

Will a reality TV show based on table top wargaming ever happen?

a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Maybe.

Wow, that would be amazingly annoying / boring.
-Kle.

Game of war ? Kriegspiel.

Time Commanders ? Kriegspiel & Computer Game.

Okay, I´m gonna go way out on a limb here and say C.

C., but only on the Insomniacs Channel.

As 20th Maine says, it has been done a couple of times before.

I suspect Paddy Griffiths effort was an aberration which will never be repeated, but I quite enjoyed Time Commanders, so who knows.

I did enjoy GoWs Battle of Waterloo though, iirc Sir John Hackett was 'Napoleon'.

There was also a tv series in the 70's on the UK north east tv channel? 6 part series showing big battles with 25mm .Never saw it myself as it never went national.

C

It's the one I'd like to see – presented by Edward Woodward. Was it Battleground ? Something like that.

Maybe they could do a Big Brother House type thing with each participant given 50GW figures, a copy of the rules, a box of paints and brushes and told to be ready for the swiss chess tournament at the end of the week.

Would I watch though….? Probably for 5 minutes.

We could have shows where there is a Death Match paint-off between black primer and white primer adherents.

Episode 6 could show how Milt FINALLY showed up Cramer with an actual color sample of Popinjay Green, and shames him in front of the club.

Then Frank can ban Ernie from his FoW game because he shows up with the wrong Sidkafizz.

What fun.

I'll tell you one thing. *I* would not watch it, just like I do not read AARs.

Time commanders was about as best as we could hope for.

They would have to add so many special effects(overlaid explosions, sounds, etc) and bombastic music. Close up shots of players thumbing through rulebooks, throwing models, and all the worst behavior in our hobby would be the focus. In short it would be a reality show and therefore dreck.

Hmmm…Big Brother with wargamers….Hmmm….what could be wrong with that?

(Does Lacey wargame?)

Board gaming already has one. Check out Tabletop from Geek and Sundry

tabletop.geekandsundry.com

For the love of god …..NO!!!!!

I think a tabletop style wargaming show would work but it is very hard to pull off. Switching games every show would be insanely expensive. Maybe a traveling show that games with the creators. They should at least have the stuff to run some demo games. It would be cool to just watch some of the rules writes square off with a few guys from their playtest group and have a good fun game. Not a demo game mind you but maybe couple that with a set of learn to play videos produced with the creators.

Also a sit com based in a game store would be entertaining.

I was going to say no. Then I saw the idea for a sitcom set in a game store. I think I might be ok with that. So a real solid maybe.

You know, there are several movies out about Larpers, so I don't see why one could not be made about wargamers.

I'd pay to watch it!

I hope not. Reality shows are, in reality, for producers who are too cheap to hire writers, and thats the reality of reality shows.

If they do, hopefully it will be without gratuitous nudity. Any nudity, in fact.

Maybe. "Queer Eye for the Geek Guy". They go to conventions and "make-over " nerds (us) there. Lots of humorous clash of cultures moments. Not sure who would watch.

I would submit that TMP actually comes pretty close to fitting the bill other than being on the internet as opposed to broadcast television.

Good god, please no.

I could see it being possible. Of course it would be following the personal lives of several over the top ridiculously serious Warhammer competition gamers (whom live with their parents) as they make their way to the big event. And it will not show gaming in a good light. It would be like watching a freak show and that seems to get ratings.

Remember "Beauty and the Geek"? Kinda like that except no beauty.

Certainly not a reality show ant not on mainstream free to air TV but possible on a cable network – the History channel – or YouTube.

A well made production on historical battles, with excellent terrain and figures, interspersed with historical information, photos of uniform plates, maps, historical analysis. Perhaps show crical dice rolls simplified to a mere "Caesar needs to roll a 4+ to win this combat"