Just some food for thought...

[treemonkey75]

Game: Noun
1. a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"
2. a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"
3. an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games

Comments

[nagash4life]

For every game I think its a little bit different, and also ones true reasons for gaming. For myself, 13 years ago (holy cow that makes me feel old), I started playing Magic, then Star Wars CCG. It was about the competition and winning prizes at tourneys. Then when I started playing at the Wall and started playing Warhammer, the old habits from the CCGs kicked in and winning was the main thing. That's why I played some pretty cheesy armies at first (5th edition undead for example). At some point, this "winning is everything" mentality started to fade away a little bit and I decided to play armies that other people didn't think could win (SoBs) and find ways to win. Needless to say, 2 days in Atlanta showed me that winning isn't everything with warhammer (INFERNO CANNON RULES TRUMP WAAAAGGGHHH RULES FOR PETE'S SAKE). At that point fun was a little more important with 40k, but coming out the winner was always something that made me "feel good." Now that I'm older and I'm teaching my step-son how to play 40k, things are WAY different. For me, winning isn't as important as spending time with him and helping to nurture his tactical mind. In the last year since we got back into 40k, I've only won once, and that on my B-day and thats because Bryse "let" me win. Encouraging him is more important then showing off. Anyway, I could go on and on about this topic as you bringing it up is making me think about what an ass-hat I must have been back in the day at the Wall.