"Wargaming with my wife and thoughts on why women" Topic

…don't wargame.

"After eight years together my wife finally submitted to my unconventional desires this week. Our boy was away at his grandparents so we had some unexpected peace and quiet, and I used the opportunity to bring Columbia's War of 1812 to the table. Well, to be honest it's not her first wargame but it took me four years to proceed with the conversion after that game of Battle Cry in 2011…

War of 1812 is as simple as block wargames get, but it serves as a great introduction to the genre and gives a nice stepping stone to the mid-level Columbia wargames so I like to hold onto it in my collection. Sure enough, explaining the concepts to my wife only took a few minutes and after the first campaign year she was already in full swing. War of 1812 has relatively little dice rolling, so luck may become a factor, and I had lots of it in the beginning. I was getting worried that my wife will lose just on the account of me rolling too well, but luckily (heh) the dice balanced out and my wife won a glorious and deserved victory at the end of the second year as the US…"

On Wargames and Such

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Armand

I am not sure I am brave enough to wargame with my wife, since she beats me at just about every game we play!

My wife excels at building the game machines that get her the resources to expand and win. So she crushes at games like Power Grid, Puerto Rico, and the like.

She also does really well at Formula De and Circus Maximus.

She just doesn't get excited about destroying things, capturing things, and killing enemies, so she doesn't play wargames much.

I'm the opposite. We really have that yin and yang thing going on.

My wife has no interest in my gaming hobby.

Same as ZULUPAUL and my wife doesn't even humor me anymore regarding wargaming.