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I started gaming back in 1982 or thereabouts (I am excluding the stuff I use to do with 1/32nd scale plastic matchbox infantry and Britains guns which fired matchsticks (Little Wars anyone) when I was about eight). One product that does stick in my minds from this period was a Matchbox (AMT) 1/32nd scale boxed set comprising, a card base, a ruined French caf?/village, a watchtower, some German soldiers, some Americans and a M8 Greyhound with an air driven missile launcher. The caf? was designed to fall apart if it was hit!
In 1982 I started to play 25mm Napolenics - had some interesting Prussian Highlanders at this point. After a few years of that I did some 1/300th World War Two microarmour (British force) and the one time my Cromwells decided to drive through a river (and sank) still haunts me to this day.... One day my gaming group had just bought a new game, called Warhammer, and tried it and it seemed fun... I originally bought a Dwarf army, but eventually switched to Orcs, building up a nice little army complete with lots of Goblins, lesser Goblins and the odd Pygmy or three. Bought Rogue Trader (Warhammer 40K First Edition) when it came out, and had an Ork force and some Space Marines.
During that time bought loads of other games (esp boardgames such as Block Mania, Mighty Empires and so on...).
In the early 1990s I didn't buy Adeptus Titanicus as I didn't like the idea of large robot games, but did buy Space Marine, hated the rule, but loved the miniatures, so I used a slimmed down version of Dirtside instead.
It was about this time that I decided I didn't like the way GW were heading and started to ignore them (except the odd game of Man o War) and got into more types of gaming including 15mm Operation Sealion and Moderns, Flintloque, and putting on the odd display game here and there. I put on developed and ran a range of participation games at various shows across the country, and my personal favourite was a Star Trek variation of Full Thrust.
I didn't buy Epic40K when it came out, but my mate Simon did so and said it was a good system.... I did buy it (with a load of miniatures) in the half price sale they had in February (98 I think) and bought more stuff when a local games shop closed down - since then it has been my favourite and most played game.
I bought Warmaster when it came out and am still painting models. I have Warhammer 40K and have painted up an Ork force, as my mate Simon bought me some minis for my birthday...
the rest as they say is propoganda...
_________________ Jimbo
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I was pretty young back den.
But I needed the cash for Epic ! I have no such remorse over selling my 40K to buy more Epic years ago ! 
