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Post by Trickster Raven on Nov 24, 2021 10:58:33 GMT -5
Yeah..
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Post by dave on Nov 24, 2021 11:47:34 GMT -5
I'd show this to my wife but I'm afraid of setting off a rant about "insanely prices models" and "didn't you just buy a new book for that game?".
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Post by redshirt2375 on Nov 24, 2021 16:23:04 GMT -5
I'd show this to my wife but I'm afraid of setting off a rant about "insanely prices models" and "didn't you just buy a new book for that game?". The struggle we face when we marry a non-warhammer fan. I feel your pain too 😔
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Post by LizardTau on Nov 24, 2021 16:50:41 GMT -5
The trap of asking for things for Christmas or birthdays they find out how much things cost.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Nov 24, 2021 22:26:04 GMT -5
I'd show this to my wife but I'm afraid of setting off a rant about "insanely prices models" and "didn't you just buy a new book for that game?". The trick is to get in SO deep that spouses won't let you quit. It was a long road to get here... but I'm in the "in too deep to quit" phase now
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Post by voodoo on Nov 24, 2021 22:35:12 GMT -5
Or just be with someone that's cool with it, lol. That's a good one, I've found.
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Post by mrmanstory on Nov 24, 2021 22:46:30 GMT -5
These are all correct. My fiancee is mostly cool with it but if I come home with a huge box or a stack of boxes she will side eye me a little. Lol
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Post by LizardTau on Nov 25, 2021 7:17:59 GMT -5
Ya my wife is pretty ok with it for the most part, unless I get a tonne of stuff.
Tho I will say she is more willing to let me play since she found out how much it cost. Lol
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Nov 25, 2021 7:22:50 GMT -5
yup, people hate wasting money... "if I don't play with this, that's a lot of wasted money don't you think?"
it'd be like owning thousands of dollars in golf clubs (yes they're that expensive for good stuff) and never playing golf.
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Post by Frosty the Pirate on Nov 25, 2021 19:26:56 GMT -5
I usually just mention that yes while this box of models is $50/60/70 dollars, I now own them forever and if I was to go out to a sports bar I'd spend that every weekend, not once every month or two.
Compared to some things, Warhammer is a budget hobby.
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Post by StepwisePilot on Nov 25, 2021 22:01:38 GMT -5
I always maintained that while Warhammer has a high upfront cost, once you get an army going it's not that much to actually maintain it, outside of the occasional new model and codex/battletome. Compare that to something like Magic the Gathering in which certain formats require you to only use the newest cards, and you need to constantly be buying new cards to stay competitive, or even be allowed to play at all. Again, depends on the format.
I remember back when I played Magic some 20 years ago I only did casual games with classmates. I then decided to join a tournament at a local store, just to try it out. I had to submit my deck for inspection, and roughly 80% of my deck wasn't allowed to be used because the cards were too old. So, I couldn't play, I I wasn't able to get a refund on the entry fee either (which really annoyed me). I should note that this was not at Nexus, and wasn't even in Ontario. To be fair, since I had only played casual "anything goes" games up until that point, I wasn't aware that these formats even existed.
So yeah, Warhammer is expensive, but it's a manageable expense compared to some other things.
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Post by mrmanstory on Nov 25, 2021 22:21:11 GMT -5
Yeah that's a cool thing about warhammer. You get your army and you don't NEED to buy anymore aside from codex and rule updates. If you're someone like me who doesn't like playing the same thing more than a few times in a row that's when it gets steep lol but for most people it's not much. Also yeah the longevity of the models is cool even when some stuff gets updated like the greater demons a while ago it's not like you can't use those for other things. From what I've heard those old greater demons for example are great demon princes.
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Post by Malarks on Nov 25, 2021 22:23:15 GMT -5
And then a Chapter Approved drops and... (or any other update to the rules that changes what the current hotness is)
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Nov 25, 2021 22:37:59 GMT -5
stares at thousands of dollars of music gear....
yeah warhammer ain't bad lol
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Post by nekekami on Nov 26, 2021 9:02:07 GMT -5
stares at thousands of dollars of music gear.... yeah warhammer ain't bad lol Looks at thousands of dollars worth of airsoft gear Could be worse.
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