I mostly never got into miniatures wargames (Warhammer etc) because they fail so spectacularly to cater to my Aesthetic™ with enough consistency to bother, but I also carry the vivid memory circa age thirteen of being casual online friends with a dude stationed in Alaska who played them and described such games as "a fun hobby, but crack would be cheaper". I have never once in the intervening years been able to contemplate such games without being haunted by the price tag required for a playable army.


