You know you're a serious gamer when...

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..you are painting the living room, and use washes and highlighting on the crown molding to make it "pop out*.

... you take your children to the horse show so that you can take notes on equine color schemes.

... your wife asks you what you think of her new dress and you respond that the facings are the same color as the Royal Lifeguards.

... the Environmental Protection Agency requires you to register your game closet as a toxic metals storage facility.

... you arrange the dinner ware in identical patterns on each side of the dining room table In order to make for a more balanced game.

... you like playing ping pong but that green table really needs some flock.

... the first thing you do on vacation when you stop at the motel in a new town is check the phone book for new miniatures stores..

... your kids grow up humming the "Chant du Depart'.

... your wife keeps trying to turn you Into a football fan because she can make plans for half the Sundays of the year.

... the kids are still sharing a room in their teens because the spare bedroom is filled with your wargames table and toy soldiers..

... you go to Mass and are still thinking about that battle the previous night when you receive communion...

... the only time you speak to the priest is to ask him to translate the Norman battle-cry Tex Ale"...

... you notice that the artificial green matting used at a relative!s funeral might be Just for fun, you know you're a serious gamer:

..when painting the living room, you use washes and highlighting on the crown molding to make it 'pop out*.

... you take your children to the horse show so that you can take notes on equine color schemes.

... your wife asks you what you think of her new dress and you respond that the facings are the same color as the Royal Lifeguards.

... you notice that the artificial green matting used at a relative's funeral might be useful as a terrain piece...

... you own your weight in rulebooks and sourcebooks.

... you indentify the wife's dress color as Roman Red.

... losing your bag of dice is a serious financial blow.

... you ever skipped lunch in order to afford more little metal men.

... when you buy a new piece of electronics, your first thought is "wow, this styrofoam packing would make an excellent Moorish stronghold"


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