William orders his men to advance!
Thursday, 23 July 2020
Bringing on another generation?
Well, we can only sow the seeds of enthusiasm and hope. William, our second grandson, has always been keen and so today he came to GHQ for a small game. Just a couple of pictures now of him enjoying himself, and beating Grandad into the bargain ~
It's not all plain sailing though as his tank goes up in flames, just after he'd seen mine off too. After this his dice rolling beggared belief and my force was blown away!
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Excellent, set course and trust he will sail on in due course.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, the course has been set, where the breeze takes him now is his own developing interest.
DeleteGood stuff. Whether its wargames, cameras, cars, art, cooking or whatever, you never know when that button will be pressed that will give a life long passion, all you can do is provide the opportunities.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a thoughtful response Norm which touches on the central point, opportunity. So many youngsters are denied opportunity in all sorts of spheres, but we can only do our best in our circumstances.
DeleteHi David- Starting your Grandson with VBCW is certainly the way to go- lots for him to experience. I started rather later- probably at 10 or 11 years with a box of plastic AIRFIX Union Infantry - my first Wargame as such wasn't until I was 27 years old - a Viking Skirmish to Donald Featherstone rules. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to comment Kev, it's appreciated. I too started with Airfix figures back in the 1950's in my case.
DeleteGood to see a developing interest 👍
ReplyDeleteOpportunity is always there for my grandchildren, where they go later will be their choices.
DeleteNothing like a resounding win in his first game to encourage him to ask for another go! I mentioned this on another blog recently - but it seems to me that kids today do not have the same generic opportunity to get interested in toy soldiers. When I was your grandsons age - late 60's - all young boys had collections of Britons, Timpo etc 54mm soldiers PLUS Aifix 1/72 and often an Action Man or two thrown in - today, playing with toy soldiers or making scale military model kits is nowhere near as common/popular.....
ReplyDeleteOf our four grandchildren three are interested in either painting, gaming or both. The other is into trains, so even he is not beyond hope!
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