"Do Your Children Wargame?" Topic

Are your children active in miniature wargaming?

* yes
* no
* I have no children
* not any more
etc.

Yes

if they didn't I'd never get a game

No. But I'm teaching my Grandson

Not any more. They think they are too grown up.

My 10 year old daughter likes to play with assorted unpainted 54m plastics in the Barzso town that she sets up. She is not interested in rules or dice. Casualties are determined by throwing cotton balls at each other's troops.

He does :-)

My older one does occasionally, being lured away by computer games though

Yes they do, both 14 yo daughter and 11 yo son

No. Despite all my efforts to indoctrinate them in the art of loosing graciously I failed miserably. They are of the opinion that only a fool would participate in a game in which they could suffer the unnecessary indignity of loosing….especially if someone else is watching. I see evidence this valuable skill is lacking in their social interactions and professional careers.

Playing games (with other human beings) is a valuable life skill that teaches many intangible abilities that can be learned no other way.

Yes 4 out of six and a son in law

Not any more, she thinks it is more fun to tear down an engine or put a lift kit on a jeep.

Yes, my son does. He will game Historicals with me and owns some FOW and X-wing.

My girl would just smile at my invitations. The boy did. He had some Warhammer armies & he would sometimes play me or we'd use the DBA rules with some of my Ancients. Lots of fun even though he was a much better tabletop general than me.

He's nearly 20 now & studying engineering so his spare time is virtually nil. One day he might come back to the hobby.

No. Computer gaming is too facile….

Occasionally.

No. Our son gave it a serious try, but it didn't really stick.

He still boardgames, though.

Yes, he has while he was home from college for the summer. Otherwise, he wouldn't get out of the basement where he communes with his computer, and would only talk to his mom and me.

He graduated in May and is looking for a job; when he gets one, it may be the end of his gaming.

Grelber

Yes. Daniel. Historical no less too (Napoleonic, WWI aerial and WWII FOW).

And named in the blog too.

4 boys – some more than others. Oldest two did some, but they are moved out now. The youngest does WFB – only historical if I beg ;-)

Yes. My son is just seven. He's the youngest member of the club (with his own shirt too).

He plays Basic Impetus and Basic Baroque, Gladiators using largely his own rules and even SYW using 'Die Kriegskunst'

Off to the Battlegroup South Bovington tank museum show today. His first show.

:-)

Yes

I have no children.

Yes – 13, and 10 year old nieces and 8 year old nephew. Miniatures aka DBA.

Been a couple of months need to get some games going again.

I have introduced my almost 4 year old to my pirate racing game which she enjoys. I should post the rules!

Yes and no- my 20 year old son cannot be torn away from the computer, but my 8 year old plays pulp with me, sculpts her own figures and "wrote" her first rules at the age of six. Can´t get her into Napoleonics though!

Games yes, wargames no. None of them interested in the slightest.

My 13 yr old daughter will occasionally play

Yes.

But one is working full time to put himself through grad school in biomedical engineering and the other is an undergraduate earning degrees in EE and History. And both are going to school 2,000 miles away right now (though DOM is interning locally this summer when she gets back from Europe), so they're both a bit time crunched nowadays.

SWMBO games, and the kids' friends still come to our monthly game day, so that might count.

Only with me and my friends.

Yes.

When my daughter was small she gamed, but now she is almost 18 and has other interests. She does however still help me put on wargames at the local toy soldier show….but she is very distracting to the boys who are playing…..and I'm quite sure that some of the boys playing are there because she is at the table!

Other: My nephew's 18 year old son has always come around a lot his whole life and I have gotten him into gaming. He was helping me flock roads yesterday and asked if he might come up to Historicon with me.

When small, now totally into computer games.

Yes.

In fact, One son is visiting for the holiday weekend, and we are playing Saga.

The two oldest grandsons are turning 4 this month, do I expect to start them on TSATF within the next year or two.

Rick

Yes. In fact, my oldest has become a better painter than me. My youngest is huge into RPGs of any kind. *queue Elton John Circle of Life music*

My twin daughters show no interest, which is fine. They enjoy some of the figures, though: especially those of women, children and silly-themed--I have some bearded ladies they think are smashing!

Yes, both my 17 and my 10 year old. I echo Saber 6- if they didn't, I'd have no one to game with.

Yes,

My 13 yr son is part of our wargaming group and even does games by himself. My 11 daughter also likes to play with me and my son.

My 29 year old yes along with his wife. The 24 year old is not gaming now but med school is relatively all consuming. The whole family, spouse included, enjoys board games when we are together. (Small World maniacs the lot of them).

My eldest daughter (10) loves playing Dead Man's Hand with me, I'd like to say that I let her win, but she generally thrashes me. Daughter No 2 (6) likes to sit and paint with me, colours are a bit odd but she's quite good.

My son used to play (he liked WW2 games and WH40K), but now its computers almost exclusively (though he does participate in a D and D group that meets every other Sunday, though they don't use miniatures).

My daughter also does RPGs (D&D and Pathfinder, mostly), but WITH miniatures usually.

Rob

My daughter, now 10, has twice, but didn't seem all that interested. She more interested in painting and sculpting.

Yes but only if I turn off the router.
They play at home with me and sometimes the missus or visiting family,but not outside groups or clubs.

I don't have any kids. At least, none that I'm aware of.

My son does but not my daughter.

I screwed that up when they were young teenagers. They had an interest in playing with me and my friends, and I didn't have the patience….big mistake on my part!!!

Although we enjoy playing Risk and Settlers of Cataan when we get together.

My 13 year old son plays regularly. My 9 year old daughter and 7 year old son play occasionally, and I am slowly building them up to bigger games.

Not any more. We played 40k for about 6 or 7 years.

No -they are both perfectly normal.

Yes, two girls, ages 4 and 6.