"Are you the front man?" Topic

In many gaming groups, one (or more) person is the Front Man. He is the expert for an era, chooses the rules, and has the most figures. He decides scales and unit level.

Are you a front man?

As in the one that is willing to get things going? Yes

Oh Gods no. That's Bashytubits for one group, Jason for another, and Kurt for the third.

Sometimes, but often a loyal lieutenant

Yes, sometimes. If I want my figures on the table. Our group has most periods covered.

No, I tend to have the weird and whacky stuff that rarely gets played with. In most cases though we tend to share a lot of decisions, even where we use mostly one person's collection at his house.

we all are in our club, surprised we all get on so well!

There are 7-8 of us who do that in our club. I tend to be the late adopter once the momentum builds.

I tend to make the scenery, introduce new rule sets, bring new armies to play. I'm no period expert, I get inspired by books and movies. I feel I'm more a drummer than a frontman.

Frequently.

Our "front man" died several years ago and left our little group in ruins. I've been trying to pick up the pieces and keep things going.

No – expert for an era
Yes – chooses the rules
Yes – has the most figures
Yes – decides scales and unit level

I would estimate the Yeses are 19 or 20 games.

So … 71.125%.

Often I am the point man, otherwise known as "Casualty #1". Does that count?

No, I am the tag along or the "what-the-heck-I-just-finished-my-Austrian-Napoleonic-corps-and-now-we-are-doing-te-Seven-Years-War? guy.

I was point man once, but that was long ago in a battlefield far, far away.

Expert no, everything else about 90% of the time.

Heck no

I'm the guy with the big painted army who shows up once every six months

That's classified …

Expert only because no one else cares.

Buyer of everything, reader of rules, painter of minis, designer of scenarios, transporter of everything, setter up and taker down of game. Yes

Sometimes.

I second RustyMusket, I built a 1809 Austrian Corps, the group went to 1807 Prussia, so I built a 1807 Prussian army, the group took a hard left into 25mm Biblical, started a Libyan army, the group swerved into SYW 15mm again. I started drinking. The group then went to 15mm Sci-Fi, then another hard right into Renaissance. I left and moved to Florida.

YES.

Yes for some rules we play I am the Front Man. Although we tend to specialize, I am the figure and terrain guy and other is the rules guy. For other rules we use someone else is the Front Man.

Yes for some rules we play I am the man. Although we tend to specialize, I am the figure and terrain guy and other is the rules guy. For other rules we use someone else the man.

Seems to be so. I have a huge gaming space and a wide range of figures and terrain.

Nope. But I do provide the most amusing, stupid, and speculative moves. Gets lots of comments too

Only for Solo games ;-)

Yes.