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"Offline: my quest to find a ‘StarCraft’ replacement in my life" - Stuart - 06-02-2013
Interesting piece posted on The Verge last week about one man's foray into Warhammer and Magic the Gathering...
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/30/3924130/offline-quest-to-find-starcraft-replacement-paul-miller
RE: "Offline: my quest to find a ‘StarCraft’ replacement in my life" - jaqenhgar - 06-02-2013
Nice piece, what it boils down to is that wargaming requires a certain degree of dedication and commitment, with computer games you can just pick up and play them. Personally I find wargaming much more enjoyable, partly because you actually interact with real people, partly because you are physically moving these models/rolling dice etc rather than clicking a mouse button, and partly because it involves models that you put together and painted (or half-painted, or mean to paint someday...) yourself. Both the first two reasons can also be applied to board games I guess, which I am also a fan of.