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As suggested by Dastardly Dave. (No offence to the mass of other poll options currently waiting to be posted - just first one I randomly picked). Multiple choice is enabled.

Just me and my brother. My wife sometimes expresses interest, but usually is busy doing other things so does not have the time to invest in getting into it.

Me and my step brothers, and my step dad. My dad shows some interest but not much.

My wife said maybe one day she might want to try it out...but only on her terms (translation: never).

Was originally just me, but got my girlfriend's son into it and from there she has taken interest int he modelling and painting aspect of it, currently helping him with his army, but I believe it is not long before she tries gaming with them.

Why would you be on Dakka if you didn't wargame?? The "Nobody" option strikes me as being kinda odd...

Imperial Monkey wrote:Why would you be on Dakka if you didn't wargame?? The "Nobody" option strikes me as being kinda odd...

Some people might just be on here just for the painting and modeling, or for the fiction, or just for the OT forum.

I'm the only one. Unfortunately, my brothers all call me a nerd for it even though it's a sociable and fun. I always have to delete my history in case they come in and get suspicious when i quickly close what I'm looking at.

I started playing 40k back in 1989, or 1990. My son is 11, and I got him into it. The group of friends that got me into it still play, and so do their kids; but I don't get to see them as often as I would like due to work and family obligations.

So far just me,my 8 year old son shows quite alot of interest,but is still a bit young to fully understand all the rules,I'm sure in the next few years however he will have his own army.
His Mother and sister like to look at the minis I've painted,but don't seem overly interested in the game itself.

No granny wargamers then? lol

Me and two of my brothers are war-gamers. My dad gets really into wargaming, but mainly RPGs. My aunt kind of gets into the subject.

A lot of the friends of my family got into wargaming recently. We have influenced two people to start up playing 40k and we have a bunch of other friends who do different games.

That would be two my nephew and myself.

Just me. My parents take a casual interest in my hobbies, but it's more of a "look what my son is doing" kind of thing. They think fighting in Markland (no SCA group on campus, anymore, but somehow Markland survived... go figure) is cool and my dad goes to the NY Renfair, but they'd never go to check out a war (no big deal, as I never have the time to attend one). Same thing with wargaming. When I still lived at home and was pounding metal in the basement, they'd like to see what I was doing, but mostly because it was new to them and I'm their son. Along the same lines, they like to see my painted minis and terrain, but more to see what I'm up to. Especially my dad, who used to be into model ships, so he at least has some appreciation for the process.

My girlfriend is very supportive of the hobby aspect, which is most of what I do, and even wants to try her hand at painting a model, one of these days (that poor AoBR warboss has been sitting, primed, for months already). She even tried playing one 500pt. game with me on the kitchen table. She liked playing, not for the game, but for the fact that we were doing something new together. She's said outright that, while she thinks it's cool, it's not something she can ever really see herself getting into. Sad, but at least she's supportive.

Closest thing I have is a housemate that played 40k years ago, Warmachine more recently, and does pretty much nothing now. Or maybe he does... I don't know, as none of the rest of us have been all the way into his room since he moved in. Very private, that one... I could still talk to him about it, at least, if I so desired, but he's at least an edition behind on rules and such.

My nephews, 9 & 12; oddly, they got me back into 40k after a 15-year hiatus, as they needed an opponent (life's hard, being me... )

Got two brothers who are into in as well as me (and are older). I also have a twin (not-identical) who is pretty much the opposite too me in every way, and is not interested in the hobby.

In my Family just me, and my brother-in-law.
He plays SM, and i Orcs.

But its not realy different to play with a good friend...

Just me.
A brother-in-law (wife's - as opposed to mine. Her sister's hubby) used to but doesn't anymore.

Grandfather used to (napoleonics) and was the one who introduced me to toy soldiers. He's dead.

We were it.


My dad wasn't keen on the idea.
Neither was my brother.

Their opinions are irrelevant as they are also both dead and it was my own money I bought stuff with, and I was an adult when I started 40k.
(I don't really care if someone else doesn't like my hobby.)

Just me The rest of my family think it's weird. My wife endures it politely enough. I guess it helps that she's a sci-fi nut, but she draws the line at sci-fi wargaming.

Me, My little Brother, My two Cousins, and My Uncle, who started the 40k fiasco.

I've actually gotten my Dad to play a game or two, he liked it and now has a 1500 point necron army. Its been really fun because we never did that much together when I was growing up.

So not one person wargames with their mom. There must be a market for War-Mothering that hasn't been tapped yet.
And 20 people vistied this site, and then polled, and don't even wargame. Interesting.

As for me, I'm the only one in the family.

My brother did...... but now he sort of doesn't because of schoolwork and none of his friends do...... I am trying to get into it but I like the P+M aspect more and my brother is too busy to tutor me. Also, I've read the rulebook three times, and although people tell me to work my way through it, I can't even remember a single rule afterwords. So I voted male sibling(s) but this is sort of a sticky topic for me.

Sad, almost 900 and no grandma's...

Almost my entire family is a wargamer. My sis she played battlemasters and Talisman. My Dad Skaven, Bro all 3 games 40k, LOTR, Warhammer. My Uncle plays orcs, marines, guard, eldar, Fantasy orcs, elves, fantasy humans, fantasy orges. I am by far the only one who has at least 400 marines!
Ah and my two other cousins, one plays guard that are stormtroopers. The other just has one model and plays Star War's Minis.

Just me and my GF.

Me my Wife, and my Cousin.

My 12 year old daughter shows an interest in painting but hasn't wargamed.

Note: My wife is not my cousin. (At least as far as I know....)

Just me . I think my cousin is , he is like about 40 now . Saw him when I went to conflict 05 which was a big surprise . Not sure if he still is now.

Am I the only one wondering "How are there 23 people that have voted in a poll on a wargaming site that don't wargame?"

They all probably hang in OT.

My wife likes painting "my little people".

Other then that she could care less about it.