Ashdoll Ren wrote:
How many years will it take before I can have a house and a wargame room of my own...
Col. Ren <salute>
As already mentioned that is a tough question to answer !
Why ?
You get a house
You designate 1 room as a wargame room
You then spend so much time, energy and effort on career advancement etc in paying for the house, you get little opportunity to use it.
A family may then make an appearance so the wargame room becomes a baby bedroom/creche/playroom and time to play wargames comes at an even higher premium, if indeed available at all !
When the family grow and your 'wargame room' once again becomes available to you, do you need it anymore ?
In the intervening years you started playing WDS boardgames on PC, no set-up, no tear down, just save and walk away.
The moral of the story is, I have a house and a wargame room, a wargame table, a large collection of 6mm armies from ECW to WWII and do I use it now......rarely !
Why ? Because I now spend the majority of my free time playing WDS boardgames on PC.
We develop a plan, set our goals and work to achieve them. In the achievement of this, we may have to adapt them, modify them and even place them on hold perhaps. Time and circumstance may dictate how our plans develop and not solely always under our control or at our discretion. The innovative and resilient however will find ways and means to deal with the various hiccups encountered over time. Innovation, resilience, persistence and a passion for wargaming will ultimately present a result. Whether it is the result originally conceived will be dependant upon many variables, the greatest of which will be Time !
I wish you every success in securing your house and wargame room in the future, despite the many pitfalls, Sir.