Editing No gamer (section)

==Why are no-gamers a thing?==

There a lot of factors to take into consideration when it comes to the sudden appearance of the no-gamers. Some of which are more understandable than others.
* '''Getting into TTRPGs and Wargames is extremely expensive''': the best explanation for it. To start playing the game, you need to buy figurines and books. But not just from any army, because the number you'll need will vastly depend on what faction you decide to play. And then, you need to invest in paints. You usually get those with the models, but sometimes you wanna personalize them a bit more. Then you need to practice painting. Then you need to find other players, which usually ends up with you having to drive to your local Tabletop shop or GW Store (if you even live within commuting distance to one). Or, you decide to build your own battlefield and invite friend who, they themselves, have bought the game. Even veteran players find keeping up with game updates and model changes to be difficult, what with [[Games Workshop|certain companies]] consistently increasing their prices; or else, they don't consistently provide rules updates and models for your particular army and your collection becomes too outdated to be competitive. Meanwhile, purchasing books, vidya, or watching some fan animation on youtube is significantly less expensive, making the barrier for entry much lower if you're only engaged with the fluff or third party material.
** TTRPGs aren't much better in this regard, with the big hardcover books costing around 60 USD and many gamelines having their own array of splatbooks of varying degrees of necessity that you'll need to buy. This is particularly true for games that have been around for a long time like Pathfinder or [[World of Darkness]]. While some lines may have something like an SRD or online resources to work with, this is not to be expected, and several will lack even all the features from certain books for the sake of covering their asses.
* '''Lack of a community''': While TTRPGs aren't quite as subject to this due to the advent of online communications like Discord and Roll20, this is still possible, especially if you prefer playing something other than Warhammer and D&D. If you prefer to only play in person, then you'd best hope you know where your local games stores are. If you play online, you'd better hope you can rally around a few people who share the same interests as you and are interested enough to sit around for a few hours. If you can't find either, then you're shit outta luck.
* '''Worldbuilding as a form of story-telling''': Originally serving as context or added flavor to the Warhammer cake, so to make sense of the big bulking men in metal armor fighting space masochist elves, the lore of Warhammer managed to become even moreso popular than the actual games themselves. DnD also suffered from this, although to a lesser degree. Though this problem isn't unique to Tabletop gaming (who the fuck actually ask about Monopoly lore for example?), but to Fantasy and Science-fiction itself.
**People find interest in reading the stories of entire nations or worlds, without the need of having to follow characters through of a specific narrative. Akin to reading history books, shall we say. What is interesting about that type of writing is that, thanks to this more direct approach to worldbuilding, authors can spend time to discuss "What if" scenarios and politics, or even make tall tales of entire communities fighting against the odds. It's unpersonal, meaning that anyone could (and in fact, can), project themselves into this world. Imagine how life can be. Because now those stories no longer are about specific characters, they're about the life of the people living there. Or how the decisions of a few can affect the whole world, quite literally. 

See where this is going?

Ironically, in their efforts to advertise the game, [[Games Workshop]] managed to advertise their universe instead. And let's be honest, the lore is usually what attracts people to play those games. And also to know that [[Your dudes|their dudes]] can become a part of this massive, sprawling and on-going war against the forces of Chaos or against the tyranids and self-destructing Imperium! 



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