For some, this might be because friends were invited along and caught the bug, or maybe the club was started by a group of friends before expanding, but for many of us, gaming friendships develop over the tabletop itself, and I've been trying to pin down how that happens. You could say that it's making me curious …
Something about which all wargamers must be irresistibly curious has to be the opponent's models. Whilst handling them without permission is always considered pretty bad form(!), we are often rapt. For me, this ordinarily comes from a position of admiration (some might say ‘jealousy'), for as quick as I am to notice the flaws in my own painting, I'm quicker still to wonder at the achievements of others. Basing, too: I love a cohesively-based force, and I've often been struck by my opponent's force using a technique or a material that I've neither seriously considered nor maybe even encountered before – tiny, press-punched leaves being a notable example; scenery actually onto flat bases being
