Couple of articles
June 7th, 2004I recently read two well-written articles:
- Destination Gaming is a strange article. It’s as if Rob Lyon is writing for a canoing magazine, explaining the appeal of gaming. It’s long and rambling, but it gives good insight to the appeal of wargaming. My imagination has never been ignited by wargames, which could be a generational thing. My parents are pacifists, so my upbringing always made me uneasy about real wars as a subject for gaming. Maybe if my father had fought in WWII or Vietnam, I might feel differently. Of course, slaughtering orcs by the thousand is another matter entirely.
- A Welcome to GiocAreA is written by Derek Carver. This is interesting because it describes how he found and developed his love for gaming. His group has been going for 35 years. I pray my games group develops upon similar lines. He also makes some good points about the direction our hobby needs to go to become more popular.