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Frederick  writes: |
Playability is the big thing for me – if the rules involve consulting six charts and rolling 18 dice 7 times to resolve one combat, I don't care how realistic they are – I'm out of there! |
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| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
boredom | 80 | 8% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
fashion | 4 | 0% | |
ready for building new armies | 21 | 2% | |
disappointment | 149 | 14% | |
can't find opponents | 108 | 10% | |
outgrew the rules | 53 | 5% | |
switched to more adaptable rules | 92 | 9% | |
rules no longer supported | 49 | 5% | |
new edition | 61 | 6% | |
looking for new adventures | 18 | 2% | |
playing time too long | 86 | 8% | |
my friends didn't like the rules | 106 | 10% | |
tired of new rules being added | 75 | 7% | |
new rules broke the game | 78 | 7% | |
some other reason | 53 | 5% | |
I've never dropped a ruleset | 13 | 1% | |
not a gamer | 0 | 0% | |
| POLL IS CLOSED |
| POLL DESCRIPTION | |
raducci wonders... Although some people remain loyal to favoured rule sets seemingly forever, others discard and move on, often after relatively short periods. Id be interested to know why people drop rules that they have gamed with for some time. (Options taken from this discussion.) | |
boredom | Is it because they grow bored and find their games have become predictable after having played numerous games? |
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fashion | Are they following fashion and moving on to the next new thing? |
ready for building new armies | Having completed an army for that set, do they crave the fun of building new armies with new boundaries? |
disappointment | Do the flaws you find in every set finally get to them? |
can't find opponents | Do they change, maybe reluctantly, in order to find new opponents? |
outgrew the rules | The size of my collection and the number of figures I wanted to get onto the table outgrew the ability of the ruleset to cope. |
switched to more adaptable rules | I changed to one single set of rules that can be adapted to cover all genres of skirmish. Easier to remember and keep track of than a different set for each genre/period. |
rules no longer supported | The company that made it went bust. |
new edition | A new edition replaced the old rules. |
looking for new adventures | Just the thrill of the new, I like to try stuff out and I like to tinker. |
playing time too long | I'm looking for rules that can be played in less time. |
my friends didn't like the rules | I find myself adapting with my friends to what works for all of us. |
tired of new rules being added | I prefer when games don't have a ton of expansions. The more stuff that gets added on, the more unbalanced games tend to become. |
new rules broke the game | The publisher made a rules change that ruined or unbalanced the game. |
