goblin_king wrote:
I don't mind younger gamers, but only when they are actually in the mind of a gamer.
Careful with their miniatures, spening time painting them and understanding that they are not just toys.
I am 18 and still consider myself a 'young' gamer. However, I feel that past 17, if you are still gaming, then it is the right hobby for you. Many kids get into it at about 12-14 and then give up after a year or so. Even with gaming clubs etc.
I started at a very young age (7 or
, but I was a railway model enthusiast. That very quickly went out of the window and I began to get 40k and epic 40k along with anything I found at carboots with my parents. My parents very rarely bought things new, that was for very special occaisions such as Christmas or Birthdays. I only painted miniatures up until I was about 10 or 11 when I began to actually game. At 15, I began to earn my own money and used that to buy miniatures.
sorry for ressurecting this but
first yeeha
I'm over 18 and busy for some years so it might be the right hobby for my (together with chess)
secondly (and this is the part where I add something meaningfull to avoid any Thread Necromancers (they all say: post must be meaningless in some wording)
I've got a little brother who recently got intrested into my miniatures and always asks me to learn him the game.
Now I wouldn't mind only he's only 8.
I'd love to learn the game to him (and since I'm way to experienced in LOTR perhaps jump towards one of the other systems to learn with him, I'd think Warhammer, though I like Blood Angels theme from 40k)
but I'm afraid he might not have the patience or endurance for this hobby
(in collecting, painting and most importantly keeping up with the hobby)
are there perhaps any councils of people who are more experienced with introducing young people to the game who could help me
(letting him on this site is for the moment not an option, he speaks no English at all)
Basiccaly if we start of I'm gonna buy one of the three starter boxes there are available MoM, AoBR, or BftSP
(MoM would be handy since I've got only the old RotK, combined with bits and pieces I pick up here and at GW, I have got the WOTRrules though)