"Are You a Mugwump?" Topic

In a wargaming sense, a Mugwump is someone who remains independent and aloof from fads and 'the newest thing'.

Not to the degree I might like. I still like the armies I started out with--colonials, ancient Greeks, and Byzantines, but I have added new things over the years, like Dark Ages armies, Pulp, and World War II. I haven't gone off in totally weird directions--buying hundreds of figures for some fantasy game, and discovering I have no real interest in the area. I have started down roads, like the one pack of Mexican-American War figures I bought, and decided not to go down that road after all.

Grelber

I'm beyond a mugwump. I'm a curmudgeon.

I'm more of a butterfly, flitting from one game to another, and never settling

Me too, Oberlindes!

I am a reformed character and a latter day mugwump.
I was never too heavily influenced, but back in the day I did venture into things like Indian Mutiny, Old West, pirates, and 30's pulp just because the figures were good and they were appearing a lot in magazines. Went nowhere and ultimately sold, now I focus on my main obsessions with WW2 and SF [TV related]

No.

I am not independent and aloof from TNT (The New Thang). I am often not especially interested in it, but I do try to pay attention to new stuff and give it a fair shake evaluation.

In that sense, I find myself picking out the valuable (from my perspective) bits and internalizing them for my personal growth while ignoring the rest. I'm a Trend Raccoon.

Most definitely. I am a solo gamer by choice and I shun bandwagons and doing what the cool kids do. Unless itīs really, really shiny. :)

I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.
oh, Shiney!

Oh, 2Bsure !

Yes

Who wants to know ?!?!?!?

I'm similar to Grelber; I can resist new genres & fads, but I add new minis, terrain, 2nd+ed. rules & expansions to my lead mountain & my overstuffed bookshelves.

Yes, yes I am.

What's the opposite of that? A pmuwgum? That.

I am a Gumpwump…

Yes. I wanna do what I wanna do. Sometimes my interests are unusual. I will say this, I do really like the Daniel Mersey rules, but I typically gone out and added mountains of lead to support them. I merely drew from my existing mountains of lead.

mugwumpus maximus.

I'll play lots of games/generes and enjoy the variety, just keep focused on buying or swapping for what I really as my own games, WWII and Colonial America.

Oberlindes +2. Call me Sgt McCrusty, Soldier! Cheers!

My kids think I am.

More of a Magpie, actually.

I plead the 5th.

Gotta go with Oberlindes, I am a lovable curmudgeon.

Of course.

My long deceased father-in-law was a farm boy from Virginia, and spent is adult life as a gardner for estates of wealthy Main Line Philadelphia families. In his own quiet way, he was one of the funniest men I ever knew!

He liked to work on my plantings at our first home, 1969-1981, and I would ask him "what is that new bird I have never seen before, Luke?"

"That's a Mugwump."

"What is that?"

"It sits on the fence with its mug on one side and its wump on the other!"

I still enjoy his comments.

GdeP

If it's military and historical, I'm likely interested.

Any sort of hype will put me off, though. And fanboys have a special way of killing interest.

Phil

Definitely a mugwump. I do what I want to do and the ignore fads and fashions in subjects for wargames, rules and figures.