Getting Kids hooked

Hi,

With the increased interest in getting kids hooked on wargaming, it got me to
thinking; with all the techniques and simplifications and so on how my brother
and I started up wargaming. When my father thought I was old enough to enjoy
wargaming he tried me with his 5mm napoleonic rules. My younger (by 4 years)
brother was told that he could not join in until he was older. My interest
kind of faded, his passion to wargames grew and grew counting the seconds
until he was allowed to play.

Since which time George (who is going to join this group soon, unless he

looses that URL AGAIN, thanks once again Derek) is completely hooked, I
wasn't too bothered until relatively recently, when I discovered Sci-Fi
(Painting historical figures never really satisfied me, to really understand
see what my father paints:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1685641065
).

So maybe the way to get your kids hooked is to tell them they can't play

till they are 8.

Just a thought

G'day,

> So maybe the way to get your kids hooked is to tell them they

And waste 4 years of potential gaming time? Are you mad man??!;)

I think it probably depends on the kid. I reckon Janneke will end up being
someone who likes a game but isn't rabid, whereas Lachlan is already hooked
for life as far as I can tell. Takes all sorts to make the world go round.

Cheers