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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7755878" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>Warhammer - cheesy as it is - is alive, well, and making stupidly high profits via high-priced minis and regular rules churn and player-turnover. </p><p></p><p>It's a wargame of the minis variety.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, Gaslands is seeing regular play at my FLGS, as are X-Wing and Armada.</p><p></p><p>There's no shortage of wargamers of the minis flavor; at the local con, Warhammer players (40K or AoS) comprise about 20% of the gate. </p><p></p><p>Sure, there aren't many different minis-wargames - let's count the ones I've seen played at the con...</p><p>Warhammer 40K current edition</p><p>Warhammer Age of Sigmar</p><p>Some game the name of which I don't know, using tablet/phone and tagged pieces for resolution - usually a full table of 8 for about 4 hours on a 2 day con (well, 0.5+1+0.5 days over the 3 days its open).</p><p>Star Wars: X-Wing</p><p>Star Wars: Armada</p><p>Heroclix</p><p></p><p>This isn't counting the others my FLGS sells -</p><p>Star Wars: Imperial Assault</p><p>Star Wars: Legion</p><p>Necromunda (the current edition)</p><p>one other FFG that I've not looked at (non-Star Wars)</p><p>Gaslands (Osprey Press)</p><p>Warmachine/Hordes (Privateer Press)</p><p></p><p>The people I see walking out the door with them? NOT the 30+ crowd. In fact, mostly the 16-26 crowd. Working High-school students and both working and students in the undergraduate collegiate age range.</p><p></p><p>I sumbit, Lew, you're way too out of touch to be pontificating thusly.</p><p>Of course, you should not trust one strident voice on the net who thinks you're out of touch with reality.... go check Gen Con - 7 minis tournaments in 2018. Many sold out.</p><p><a href="https://www.gencon.com/event_finder?search=minis+tournament" target="_blank">https://www.gencon.com/event_finder?search=minis+tournament</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>plus 8x Warmachine events</p><p>Plus over 15 Warhammer events about a third sold out.</p><p></p><p>Searching for X-Wing brings up over 20 events at gencon. a bunch are sold out.</p><p></p><p>Gaslands brings up 3 events. 2 of them sold out. (Ok, all three are one tournament. 18 players.)</p><p></p><p>Plugging in miniatures brings up many dozen results, most of which are in fact minis wargames.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7755878, member: 6779310"] Warhammer - cheesy as it is - is alive, well, and making stupidly high profits via high-priced minis and regular rules churn and player-turnover. It's a wargame of the minis variety. Likewise, Gaslands is seeing regular play at my FLGS, as are X-Wing and Armada. There's no shortage of wargamers of the minis flavor; at the local con, Warhammer players (40K or AoS) comprise about 20% of the gate. Sure, there aren't many different minis-wargames - let's count the ones I've seen played at the con... Warhammer 40K current edition Warhammer Age of Sigmar Some game the name of which I don't know, using tablet/phone and tagged pieces for resolution - usually a full table of 8 for about 4 hours on a 2 day con (well, 0.5+1+0.5 days over the 3 days its open). Star Wars: X-Wing Star Wars: Armada Heroclix This isn't counting the others my FLGS sells - Star Wars: Imperial Assault Star Wars: Legion Necromunda (the current edition) one other FFG that I've not looked at (non-Star Wars) Gaslands (Osprey Press) Warmachine/Hordes (Privateer Press) The people I see walking out the door with them? NOT the 30+ crowd. In fact, mostly the 16-26 crowd. Working High-school students and both working and students in the undergraduate collegiate age range. I sumbit, Lew, you're way too out of touch to be pontificating thusly. Of course, you should not trust one strident voice on the net who thinks you're out of touch with reality.... go check Gen Con - 7 minis tournaments in 2018. Many sold out. [url]https://www.gencon.com/event_finder?search=minis+tournament[/url]. plus 8x Warmachine events Plus over 15 Warhammer events about a third sold out. Searching for X-Wing brings up over 20 events at gencon. a bunch are sold out. Gaslands brings up 3 events. 2 of them sold out. (Ok, all three are one tournament. 18 players.) Plugging in miniatures brings up many dozen results, most of which are in fact minis wargames. [/QUOTE]
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