"The Wargame Wall " Topic

"As I peruse the blog sphere and ponder the meaning of wargames, it seems to me that there is always something lurking in the background. Sometimes bloggers just disappear, perhaps for a while, perhaps for ever. Sometimes they admit that there is a problem and absent themselves from wargaming for a while. Some take refuge in Featherstone books, returning to declare themselves cured. But most of us, sometime, suffer from it.

I'm talking about the wargame wall: that moment when you hit the edge of your wargaming horizon, the end of your current wargame rope. When you cannot be bothered to get the toys out and paint them, or place them on the table. Even the idea of thinking about a wargame fills you with a curious feeling of dread.

The reasons for hitting the wall are probably as many and various as there are wargamers. Similarly, I suppose that the experience of the wall, and any strategy for getting over, around or through it are varied and multiple. Nevertheless, I think that acknowledging that the wall exists and that we sometimes hit it. Naming something somehow makes it less scary…"
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I hit the wall with theater when I was a college student. I was sitting in the green room all made up and in costume and in character and I suddenly realized that I was doing it only because people expected me to. So I stopped.

That hasn't affected my enjoyment of role-playing games.

I don't think that I will hit the wall with miniatures games.

Can't say I've hit the wall yet. But due to other reasons I have had periods of little or no games or painting. Recently started painting some stuff that has been around for years

I hit the wall about four times a week.

I am motivated by stories and the desire to bring a story to the table.

Lord of the Rings.

Conan

Moorcock's Eternal Champion-but where are the figures?

The Italian Wars of the Renaissance. Some day.

Call of Cthulhu.

Warsaw Pact vs Nato-The closest I go to real life.

The playing out of stories is what motivates me when I have 20 stands to complete or the terrain to finish. I love it when the table, the army and the the scenario come together.

That's what gets me through the wall.

I've recently learned that my enthusiasm for it is more "come and go" nowadays…
I realized today that it was seven years ago this weekend that myself and fellow TMP'er Bill Rosser fought at Crummettsville…
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"The Wall". Somebody else can pull you back from it. I would still be crammed up against the wall if it were not for a friend who called and said he wanted to start gaming again. It had been over ten years. We've been playing, though not at the same rate as before. If he went away, I'd still be face up against the wall. But I am here for him, and the others who come and go. I don't look forward to "game night". But once it starts, I revert to "gaming mode" and get into it. So all is not lost………..