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Permalink Reply by Joaquim Oliveira on March 31, 2012 at 7:12am

I am a noob , a newbie or whatever you guys call someone that 2 months ago thought that " Risk " was supposed to be a wargame and that ASL was some kind of heart medicine ( not really , I am just trying to be funny :) ) and I was just hanging out around BGG looking for info about solitaire games when I came across Labyrinth The War on Terror 2001-? , and I was like , what a heck of title , I had to find out more about this game and so I did , it was my first wargame and it got me looking around BGG to find out more about being a wargamer and I came across a link to CSW and then on the first time I got here , I clicked on a video uploaded by someone called Enrico Vigilino , that was the best thing ever , when I saw that cool looking dude , smoking his pipe and drinking what in my mind was a nice scotch or maybe some good wine ( it might have been just plain water or hot tea but the scotch idea sounded better in my crazy mind ) from a cool looking mug and talking about the game that he was playing with such a joy , I was like , yeah if that guy is what a wargamer is , sign me in , but I knew that I had to find a lot more about wargames and everything about that amazing hobby , so CSW is helping me with that , I would say that for me , BGG was my entry level or some kind of tutorial scenario and CSW is being my advanced scenario when it comes to learning and talking about wargames , I was shocked that I found some fellow brazilians here too that have the wargaming bug on them , that was great and that's what I think , I don't dislike BGG , I just do not feel that it has enough info if someone really wants to get in the world of wargaming .
Sorry about the long post , I am in a bus going to New York right now so I had some free time in my hands :) .

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Permalink Reply by Joaquim Oliveira on March 31, 2012 at 9:32am

CSW could hire Enrico as their ambassador :)

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Permalink Reply by Craig68x on April 23, 2012 at 2:35pm

I have a few theories as to why it might be so quiet over here:

1. The Age Demographics is over 40+? (Naps are not necessarily a bad thing)
2. We're too busy PLAYING the games as opposed to TALKING about them?
3. A lot of us are doing 'hard time' after botching a (die roll, card draw, etc) and took it out on a neighbor, relative, pet, etc.?
4. The SI swimsuit issue has preoccupied our time?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Stevens on April 28, 2012 at 12:15pm

Perhaps because of the BGG reprieve?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Stevens on April 28, 2012 at 2:43pm

Tactical or strategic naps?

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Permalink Reply by Vinny Hart on May 16, 2013 at 10:44am

#4 for me

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Permalink Reply by Michael A. Rinella on November 10, 2012 at 11:16pm

What makes it better?  That's an easy one.  At consimworld I can moderate the folders where I provide support for the games I've designed.  Trolls, haterz, and liarz get the boot faster than a hobo at a White House dinner.  

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Permalink Reply by Nate on December 3, 2012 at 11:47am

I have to agree. Power....the simple, treasured attribute that is lacking at BGG as a designer/moderator. Sysop has empowered us and we self maintain, for the most part. At BGG there is always a presence hovering with no name or face manipulating, pulsating, like the gremlin on the wing of that old twilight zone with William Shatner.

I visited my game board the other day there to find that every single link to retailers was removed after being up for close to ten years. I had edited it now and then and went to do it and...poof...gremlin attack.

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Permalink Reply by Iden Hill on April 27, 2014 at 11:21pm

Location, location, location.

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