"Are You a Late Adopter?" Topic

Seemed like a very strange question to me in the pre-poll discussion, and still does. What difference does it make to me what "everyone else" is playing?

The rules I play ate the ones I find well suited to my table, time and preferred mechanics.

This is an interesting question that I think comes from the culture change literature

I agree with Robert – given the wide variability in what people game it largely depends on how much you like the current set of rules you are working with

Are we lemmings?
Hmmm.
Maybe yes. All this whining about rules not being supported, etc.

I guess it's relevant if you play in tournaments, but this has never been an issue for me. New or old, I use the rules that work best for me.

We have lemmings among us. I was interested in the recent thread on illustrations in rules which brought up the "threat" that if we didn't pay more money for rules, we wouldn't be on the cutting edge of wargame rules fashion.

I think it's hard enough to devise rules in which different armies all stand a chance of winning and sound historical tactics are rewarded without worrying about whether the turn sequence or attrition method used are popular this year.

For me it is more what games other people have put on. If I like the rules and subject then I will pick up the rules. I try not to buy rules just to sit on the shelf.

Rules should be chosen for their ability to satisfy the gamer not for simply being new or a la mode. Ice cream seldom improves a rule set.

Brooding about "supported." I think it's a tournament thing. For me, if you have to e-mail the author to find out what you or your opponent can or must do in a situation, there's either something wrong with the rules or something wrong with the opponent.
If the rules clearly tell me what my options are and what the dice rolls mean, the author has done his bit. If there are, say, 50 scenarios either written for the rules or easily adapted to them, how much more "support" does one need?

I couldn't care less what "everybody else" is doing. If the game looks fun, and contains ideas and themes I like, I'll give it a go. Otherwise, the only function of popularity is to let me know that the game exists and has a decent reputation.

More a non-adopter.