The Golden Age of Gaming

Yeah so I also used in my HoP Idol article... so sue me!

I wrote an article a fair few months ago now for the HoP Idol contest, sprouting off about how I think this is currently a Golden Age of Gaming, or words to that effect! Obviously there was a word limit associated with that particular article, and I don't think I fully explored the themes I'd developed while writing the piece. To put it bluntly I could waffle for Britain at the Olympics and not break into a sweat, me and word limits don't get along. I first started to feel that wargaming was going through a bit of a Renaissance period mid to late 2009. But, as we all sit here, probably half soaked from drinking a little bit too much, gazing longingly into 2012 full of expectant joy, I don't think wargaming has ever looked better or healthier. So as long as the Mayans got it horribly wrong we're all good, right? So sitting here as I do, Moscow Mule in hand, yeah I know I've started early, I thought I'd return to that original article and discuss why I think it is a Golden Age of Gaming, and hopefully I'll convince you all of that fact too.

Simpler times...

As by now you'll all know I'm like some 'hedonistic-game-junkie-faction-whore-hyperactive-big-kid'... I'm trying to get that into the DSM IV as an actual mental disorder by the way... and failing. It's a condition I tell you! What this basically means is that I play a lot of games, I mean a hell of a lot of games! Or to be more precise I collect a lot of games and curse the fact that I live on a planet that only has 24 hours in a day. Stupid earth! I can't help myself, I see a new game and I want to play it to find out what it's like. Hell maybe even start collecting stuff for it if it's any good. Thing is in the past I found that an awful lot of different games either had rubbish miniatures, crappy rules or both. Yeah things weren't always as rosey in the world of wargaming as they are now. And while there were other games that I played outside of Games Workshops products and their clawing monopoly, I'd be lying if I said Games Workshop games weren't the mainstay of my hobbying. Now though the fact is that as I type, there are more and more games cropping up all the time. All with really good rule sets and some fabulous miniature ranges. It's getting harder and harder for me to say that these games aren't worthy, and more and more hobbyists are coming to similar conclusions as I am... and it's great!!!
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