You make it sound like I'm lying or something.
No, I did not feel you were lying or something. If you read my words, I said "I find it interesting". If I thought you were lying I would have said "I find it ridiculous", or "I find it absurd", or "I find it preposterous". I just find it interesting, that is all.
I have a big house, with one game-room. One room that is all mine. It's a fair bit bigger than 10 x 10. It's also occupied by a double-recliner, a big-ass big screen TV, speakers, a computer system with an ultra-wide display, bookshelves and other storage, and my gaming table. It's a decent-sized gaming table, but it won't be getting any larger. Probably ever. And I won't be running to the hardware store to haul sheets of plywood on the roof of my 1-yr-old car. Thanks but I'll pass on that 'solution'.
I merely stated what my solution to the problem was. I never said you had to follow suit.
I'm not just SAYING I don't have room. I DON'T have room - at least not in my game room, and that's where I play
Fine...there are a lot of folks who due to space limitations or lack of FTF opponents or whatever cannot set up a huge game map....and that's okay. I had the opportunity to do so and did it.
Uh, yeah, ages ago when we lived in a small 2-bedroom apartment there wasn't room for so much as an empty milk crate in our 'spare' bedroom. I'd say if you can clear out an entire bedroom to devote to a huge make-shift plywood table then you weren't really hurting for space as much as you thought. Guessing you lived alone.
Actually I got married in 1998 (and still am) and the playtest was done in around 2001 or 2002. We had some stuff in that spare bedroom, but I moved it our into storage for the six months I had the maps set up to playtest CG V.
Most guys that have houses also have families that live in those houses with them ya know. Nobody I know has a house full of empty rooms. Just the opposite - everyone grows to fill their available space, and the idea of clearing out an entire room to make room for a friggin' six-map game for 6 months would just be laughable to anyone I know. Even more laughable to their wives.
I'm lucky. My wife supports me completely in my hobbies, because she knows I support her in her interests. She loves concerts and travelling. Me, not so much but I take part cuz those are her interests. Back in 2001 I told her up front that the game would be set up for at least six months but it needed to be done, and she was fine with it. In our new house, while waiting to get my game room set up, I had two large CG's for other projects that needed to be done. I had a large game table ( 6 foot by 3 1/2 foot) set up in our living room for almost three years.....only taken down from Thanksgiving til New Years Day each year. My wife was fine with that too because she knew I had to do those playtests for BFP. Now that my game room is set up I can play any CG to my heart's content. Maybe someday you will have the opportunity to do so as well.
Just thought you would like to know the real facts.
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