tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083350621461467026.post7602520514665106736..comments2023-04-15T12:45:39.537+01:00Comments on Ancients on the Move: 3rd February ... nowhere, nowSoA Shows Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14181076390844159417noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083350621461467026.post-91147549759847948672013-02-03T22:07:46.328+00:002013-02-03T22:07:46.328+00:00I think that a lot of the clubs & Societies da...I think that a lot of the clubs & Societies date from the 1960s- 1970s & represent an age when people organised themselves mutually. We live in a much more "sell a product" age. WD & the SoA could not start now. They wouldn't have a place.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083350621461467026.post-58961658353874718282013-02-03T12:46:02.711+00:002013-02-03T12:46:02.711+00:00I recall there was a spat in the early days betwee...I recall there was a spat in the early days between the Society of Ancients and Neville Dickinson ... so I suspect the tension between the volunteer and trade has always been there.<br /><br />But there are changes.<br /><br />Yes - traditionally, historical wargamers pick and choose ... sourcing rules, figures, terrain independently ... defining for themselves what the wargame is in their own decisions about scales, style of game etc.<br /><br />This is not the GW model, which wants much more control over its market and what it considers to be its product (so ther is only once scale, only one type of game - look at all those 'WAB clone' ancients games out there ...).<br /><br />As a historian, I happen to like the intellectual freedom of when we used to be allowed to make our own minds up.<br /><br />That is a bit off the point, however ... these days it seems most people need to making a buck out of our activities to be able to afford the cost of going to shows (and that seems to make them all into little Alan Sugars ...)..<br /><br />Still I see you can now buy a Society membership as part of a starter package from Warlord Games ... so what do I know?SoA Shows Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181076390844159417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083350621461467026.post-84377633420629266892013-02-03T12:36:58.102+00:002013-02-03T12:36:58.102+00:00That must be very frustrating, Phil! Do please ke...That must be very frustrating, Phil! Do please keep up the good work, though, Ancients needs all the support it can get. 33 visits is amazing! Cheers, SimonBigRedBathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622983082204451158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083350621461467026.post-55860980202189050722013-02-03T10:42:13.380+00:002013-02-03T10:42:13.380+00:00Having done a show or two with you Phil I agree wi...Having done a show or two with you Phil I agree with your frustration over the pitch positioning. The honourable exception is Campaign at MK, but that may be because of the venue anyway.<br /><br />Do you think this is a symptom of a fundametal change in the hobby. We are now told more than ever what is right and we are becoming consumers of a defined hobby rather than being part of making it happenTrebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.com