I think we can all identify the symptoms: Apathy, army hopping, game system hopping, feeling like you'd rather talk about/read about the game than actually playing the game. These are all classic signs of Game Funk. I'm a recent and frequent sufferer. I funny thing happened during one of those mindless hours working as a drone in sector G. I realized I don't have classic game funk, I have 40k Game Funk.
I've always maintained I prefer skirmish games, but I've always continued to play 40k. Mostly because that's what the majority of the game store played where I previously lived. Except for Confrontation (best game ever...) no other small scale game garnered the critical mass necessary to make a real go of it in a limited numbers gamer environment. So between extremely enjoyable bouts of Confrontation and Warmachine there was always 40k, always would be 40k. So I did the 40k thing. Built an army, stomped people's nuts, built another army, rinse and repeat. But I don't think I can continue doing that.
This has been an odd year for me, I've moved to Austin (Dragon's Lair, stop in for a game Wednesday and Thursday nights), and found new people to game with. I've considerably downsized my collection of unpainted metal and even started painting my little toys some too. I don't think I will make my new years resolutions for the year but I've accomplished alot of my long-term hobby control goals.
For the remainder of this year, and probably next year I am going to focus more on the games I like and less on 40k. I've found when you play games you really like the gamer funk tends to go away.
I will be keeping 1-2 armies (right now that Dark Eldar and Chaos Space Marines) and letting the rest go.
I will be focusing on playing Warmahordes, Malifaux, trying Helldorado, Dystopian Wars, and maybe even Anime Tactics. If Confrontation makes a real comeback I will play the hell out of it.
I want to see how good a WarmaHordes player I can become, right now the answer is I know most of the rules but I don't think that counts. I would like to get good enough to win games consistently against quality opposition. I want to get an army painted.
I'm picking up Prussians for Dystopian this Thursday, and I'll play anytime.
ReplyDeleteI'm also going to get my Cryx finished up and ready to go; same drill.
Game Funk comes and goes, for sure. I'm right now high as a kite with Force on Force; I played maybe a dozen games Saturday in 6 hours, including learning the rules and teaching them. It's not a competition game, though, so you might not like it as much.