Hi everyone,
I already posted a brief greeting and introduction in the Reporting for Duty subforum, but I want to post a little more here, and find out a little more about the posters here.
First off, I’d like to know how you got into Wings of Glory. Are you an airplane enthusiast who found out about an interesting plane game? Or did you start out in various types of wargames and come upon WoG through that? Or are you a board game enthusiast who ended up here through the recommendations of a friend, and just really liked the mechanics and fast game play? Or a WW1 history buff first, and a gamer second? (I ask these questions because in skimming through the forums it’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like the majority of posters here know a lot more than WW1 aircraft and their history than I do—but I’m learning.)
Ever since grade school I have been interested in strategy games, roleplaying games, and models. With the exception of a few all-night excursions into Axis and Allies, I stuck with RPGs until I was out of college. Then I met a group of friends who introduced me to the growing field of great board games, and since around 1999 my board game interests have been growing.
I work part time as a pen-and-ink artist late at night at my dining room table, and over the past two years I have been listening to podcasts about board games while I do so. That has really sucked me in—now I think about board and card games all. the. time. That’s how I heard about X-Wing Miniatures when it came out; I tried it and really liked it.
I have some friends who have enjoyed playing it with me, but trying to find time to game is very difficult. I have other friends who I think would enjoy the game, too, but are not interested in the Star Wars theme.
I had heard about WoG, but never had seen it in person. Then a month or so ago, one of my friends who is into airplanes and military history saw the game being played at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous, and that prompted him to get one of the duel packs. He invited me to play it with him, and I really enjoyed it. Going along with that (in my head, anyway) is the fact that recently I have been listening to another podcast: Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, the most recent episodes of which have dealt with the cataclysm of the First World War. It has been completely engrossing and whetted my appetite to find out more. My friends who might like the basics of the game, but who have no interest in the Star Wars theme of X-Wing, might be inclined to try the game out. It makes me feel like some kind of pusher… “Hey, kid…want to try something cool? Oh, don’t like space ships? Well, let me show you these biplanes…”
So my exposure to WoG, plus that podcast, has spurred me into trying to scrounge up some money to buy my way into the game; into reading Wikipedia entries on WW1 aces and aircraft; into wondering what interesting books to look for at the used book store; and into pondering all kinds of stuff that a few months ago I hardly knew existed.
Right now I only have a Fokker D. VII and a Snipe, and I intend to get the Rules and Accessories pack in the near future when it’s available. I’ll certainly be getting a few more models to go along with those of the friend who got me into the game. I do not plan on getting a LOT of models…but I know that many of you said the same thing when you first got into the game…and I’ve seen the recent photos of your collections…
So that’s it. I wanted to find out how and why you started playing, and say a little more about myself, because there is no place else I could talk or write that much about it and expect anyone to understand.
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