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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Mar 14, 2021 22:49:44 GMT
I've been married for 13 years now.
My wife has always been my best friend, but she's never been into fantasy or anything like this particularly. A friend of ours got her started on a fantasy book (Brandon Sanderson's Elantris which is definitely a good read) and one thing led to another to her telling me about 2 months ago that she'd like to learn how to play 8th Edition.
(I'm sure this was heavily influenced by my constant groaning about the fact that I can't get a game in due to the goddamn lockdown!!! But at least the lockdown has a silver lining!)
So I've been teaching her the basics, we've had a couple of warm-up fights (her using my Lizardmen) and I'm currently teaching her about the magic items and spells.
We will hopefully (fingers crossed) be done with this sometime soon and then do the next stage of instructional games.
Getting closer all the time!
(Hopefully everyone agrees that this is definitely a hobby project).
Best, LoR
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Post by markdienekes on Mar 14, 2021 23:59:52 GMT
Definitely! Good luck!
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Post by azknight on Mar 16, 2021 3:56:04 GMT
I know exactly what you are up against. Good luck, Man! I can get my wife to play any of my geeky boardgames from Carcassonne to Scythe, but Warhammer not so lucky. She's just no into the gruesome theme. However, she is mildly interested in the Amazons army from Warhammer Armies Project. I like the Amazons idea and I think they would look cool. I've been watching for years to see if anyone will produce some decent models for them. It seems like there is some potential with the plethora of models on Etsy. I'm not holding my breath, but there's a chance. But, on the bright side, all my kids are into it. I'm building an army for each of them, on top of my Bretonnian army. My oldest is now building a Rohan army for the Lord of the Rings game. So, overall I have little to complain about. Getting the wife on board is certainly a project!
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Post by strutsagget on Mar 16, 2021 6:18:53 GMT
I got my wife to play carcasonne and zombieside and other normal board games but warhammer will probably never happen.
Good luck!
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Mar 16, 2021 10:52:25 GMT
I know exactly what you are up against. Good luck, Man! I can get my wife to play any of my geeky boardgames from Carcassonne to Scythe, but Warhammer not so lucky. She's just no into the gruesome theme. However, she is mildly interested in the Amazons army from Warhammer Armies Project. I like the Amazons idea and I think they would look cool. I've been watching for years to see if anyone will produce some decent models for them. It seems like there is some potential with the plethora of models on Etsy. I'm not holding my breath, but there's a chance. But, on the bright side, all my kids are into it. I'm building an army for each of them, on top of my Bretonnian army. My oldest is now building a Rohan army for the Lord of the Rings game. So, overall I have little to complain about. Getting the wife on board is certainly a project!
Well, you're still spreading the good word and canon of the eighth with all of your kids so kudos for that!
My wife is well on the way. The next instructional battle will be her choice of list, this time including magic items and magic lore. I'll still be giving pointers obviously (and lets face it, for ANYONE starting from scratch there's a fairly large learning curve... I mean, if I still have to check the rules constantly and I am a FANATIC about learning them, then...)
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Post by mithras on Mar 17, 2021 8:16:05 GMT
Daring move LoR, now she might realize how much you spend on the hobby Just kidding of course, good luck with your project! I've tried to do the same but it was a definite nono from her. Like other commenters, we do occasionally play Zombicide and similar games though.
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Mar 17, 2021 10:36:03 GMT
Daring move LoR, now she might realize how much you spend on the hobby Just kidding of course, good luck with your project! I've tried to do the same but it was a definite nono from her. Like other commenters, we do occasionally play Zombicide and similar games though.
Oh, she knows. Also my model collection is a bit hard to miss!
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Post by grandmasterwang on Mar 21, 2021 14:12:34 GMT
Goodluck.
My wife will play with me once in a blue moon but it's more to humor me than any real fandom for the game though.
I feel your struggle and support you!
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Post by knoffles on Mar 28, 2021 22:17:41 GMT
I’m a big fan of his books. Sadly the only way my wife would play was if it were some form of period drama! Good luck with yours.
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Mar 29, 2021 7:43:06 GMT
I’m a big fan of his books. Sadly the only way my wife would play was if it were some form of period drama! Good luck with yours. Somewhat ironically, my wife loves period dramas but we are still going! We’ve done all spell lores now.
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Apr 12, 2021 18:31:30 GMT
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Post by markdienekes on Apr 12, 2021 23:56:22 GMT
The dice gods were with her that evening! Good write up!
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Apr 13, 2021 11:39:32 GMT
The dice gods were with her that evening! Good write up!
No, no, no. She had been secretly training her NINJA SKINKS!
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Post by mottdon on Apr 13, 2021 12:46:57 GMT
So...much... awesome! My wife will occasionally play me out of pity and when I REALLY employ my "puppy dog eyes". It's not really her thing, but, like yours, she'd probably be more interested in an army of "Wonder Woman Amazons". And, like you, my wife knows how much I spend on my hobby. I just remind her how much cheaper it is than Golf! (You should really run the numbers for evidence!). 😁
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Post by Lizards_of_Renown on Apr 13, 2021 18:08:25 GMT
So...much... awesome! My wife will occasionally play me out of pity and when I REALLY employ my "puppy dog eyes". It's not really her thing, but, like yours, she'd probably be more interested in an army of "Wonder Woman Amazons". And, like you, my wife knows how much I spend on my hobby. I just remind her how much cheaper it is than Golf! (You should really run the numbers for evidence!). 😁 Ha!
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