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Reply To: Stepping Down as Historical Editor

January 27, 2019 at 1:17 pm #1338275

limburger

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I think the ’40k’ is a challenge for a lot of things within the ‘tabletop’ community.
The historical side isn’t alone in this ‘struggle’ for attention and an audience.

Heck, over the years I’ve seen various games gain a dominant position that ‘threatened’ the ‘not as popular/accessible’ ones simply because they were ‘easier’ to get into. It reminds me of how ‘magic the gathering’ had an impact and how video games have taken a piece of the community as well. Neither succeeded in the death of a genre. In the end they added to the diversity of the hobby as formats were challenged and content was shared.

There will always be those who only ever want to see whatever is within their comfort zone/area of interest.
Nothing wrong with that, because time is a precious resource for all of us.

To me the fact that OTT has shown every aspect of this hobby (and will continue to do so) is what is the most interesting of a community hub like this.
Even if I don’t play ‘modern’ (yet) the scenarios and history can still provide inspiration for different genres.
As such I hope SitRep grows and gains its own audience because in the end more is more.