Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Fine Gents

Just wanted to share with my former opponents (Mark H. / Alessandro S. / Hector L. / Todd S. / Etc. )
as well as my excellent Spanish Brigade companions and friends (and anyone interested)
my feeling and reasons for leaving the club.

I joined the NWC almost three years ago-
Learnt to play from great people and players (Andy Moss, Mike Haley, MC Jones)
I had a great time, enjoyed playing and sometimes even participated at the forums.

Sadly, that is no longer the case

Battles are still appealing and fun, but overall, belonging to the NWC is not.

I did mention this a couple times before, but as things are not changing I AM.

Here are my toughts gents, maybe hearing some of them may stop more members from leaving:

The whole´organizational approach´ and -role playing aspect- of the club appeal to very few people..
(But apparently these few are the ones in charge of running ´our´ Club)
Yeah, you gentlemen have a close-knit friend community, but most of the players just try to steer clear of it all.

I tried to just avoid most non-gaming elements
But lately with the Rule Changes, The Forum Signature Rules!, Elections, Stupid internal Politics and feuds et all it has been too much-

Before I get labeled as a ´non active player´ or a ´Forum Non Poster´ or a Forum member with a big non standarized signature or whatever other folish rule I just quit.

Its not worth it.

Cant help but thinking- Why the hell these people care so much about rules, elections and the like for a video gaming club?

There is no Elan de Corps and no real incentive for winning.. no carrot to be competitive at all.

I tried to give ideas to our club, mainly focused on the gaming aspect-
Such as trying an inter-web page tournament Vs people from the Blitz, Matrix and other Nappy clubs
To make a ladder, to have permanent touneys, randomly generated matches, rank-wager games and la la..Bust mostly, TO FOCUS ON THE GAMING ASPECT of the Club.

Its hard enough for good old hex based strategy games to hold their own these days against modern games-
Truth is I have more fun on some of these and thus am leaving.

If the NWC wants to stay alive (amongst younger generations at least) It needs to change- Urgently.
or It shall go down eventually, just as Napoleon did.

I respectfully request to be considered a ´non active player´ from now on.

Farewell and thank you all.



(Former) Capitán
Fernando LopezGallo
Regimiento Tiradores De Castilla
Brigada Española
The Anglo Alied Army

Sorry to see you leave, Fernando.

You have some interesting points of view, and I certainly agree with you that the 'politics' in our club needs to die an untimely and permanent death. Like so many aspects of human culture, it is one thing to wish for change, but entirely something else to actually effect it. The latter is much more difficult than the former.

I hope you find the more enjoyable gaming experience that you seek. It rather sounds like The Blitz might be a better fit for what you are seeking. Andy Moss would know more of that than I. Perhaps he will be along directly to offer his advice in this regard, assuming of course that you are still reading this thread.

Best of luck to you where ever your path ultimately leads.

To a very dear friend we exchanged some fantastic emails they were excellent conversations and I enjoyed our game immensely. Look after yourself my friend stay in touch won't you. Best wishes

Sorry to hear this Fernando. I'll email you.
Christian above makes some excellent replies and you may wish to take time to read these.

Morning Fernando

Would be very sad to see you go. Perhaps sleep on it and reconsider. As has been said Clubs evolve and things will settle down.

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Jim Hall
Field Marshall
Commander Anglo-Allied Army

Hi Fernando, I really hope you will stick around and give us some more time to sort things out. You make some some excellent points and if you don't mind waiting a while longer I think things wll settle down and be more to your liking. The club is going through a round of "growing pains" as most endeavors in life do. In the USA we have a saying "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water". Hope you will reconsider.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

I'm sorry to hear that Fernando. Won't you reconsider? I've been in this club for over 15 years and keep a fairly low profile these days, but I still enjoy the camaraderie and the excellent opponents one finds here, just like I always did. Can't you just ignore the bits of club life that annoy you and enjoy your gaming? Best wishes to you, whatever you decide...

Hi Fernando,

I don't know you, but I sympathise with your feelings as I've recently returned and am a bit surprised at the new politics. I would hazard a guess most do also have similar feelings. It would be sad to see you leave on such a note though.

However Christian and the others make the point of our 'growing pains' and that time, patience and persistence can pay off.

I think a lot of what Christian says is true and that what you say about the rewards for win/loss could be looked at are also true.

As the fine fellows say, reconsider, take some time and do understand we're all here to enjoy and battle each other. We each can choose our level of participation by choice but some organisations have to have rules to run securely and effectively (the scale of rules is another matter!!! LOL).

All the best anyways