And Meeple came a-walkin up the fine packed dirt of main street, nothing but the thud of his footsteps providing the beat for the dusky wind.

"Ygor, he is almost done. The creation of a lifetime. The culmination of all man's dreams. The pinnacle of human existence. The apex of hyperbole."

There's often a dread surrounding collecty games. It is easy to understand why. They can get expensive. So can biking, skiing, cooking, gardening, playing non-collecty games and pretty much any hobby you become passionate about.

This is just an opinion piece that I've been asked about and I thought I'd write it up here. I find historical wargames too real to play comfortably. I do not claim by any stretch to be “right” in what follows, it's nothing more than the way I feel.