I’ve been thinking a lot since the radio show a couple of weeks ago where the Discord Vs Forums chat yet again got hashed out. I’m not here for that, clearly we all have our preferences and it’s just circular arguments at this point. What really got me thinking was the way Warren described the purpose of the forums. To be a searchable wealth of hobby knowledge (I definitely paraphrased that!) So my question to the community is what can we teach people? What advice would past you have found helpful? Give this week has seen more traffic to the forums, it seems like as good a time as any to ask it.

The passing on of knowledge to newbies is much more common in RPG circles where sometimes the wealth of advice can be overwhelming. In wargaming there is plenty of information about how to paint minis or build terrain for various budgets but something that I think is lacking is basic tactical advice. Tactics are such a fundamental part of our hobby games, regardless of system often times, and not found in many other fields of nerdom. Various videos have covered bits of it over the years but searching through video content isn’t great and discoverability is the crux of all the arguments going on right now about the site. It might be something that could be done as a forum thread initially and then collated into a project (unless we get collaborative projects ?)

What else do other people think we can give the wargaming community beyond our own little echo chamber? Is a tactics series something people would be interested in helping out with?