Nerd(Dnd and wargaming) is the level where only the truely interested and involved learn and build on it. The reason only nerds are involved is because of the time and effort required to get involved none more so able than the teenage and uni student nerd (which is where most of us began). However they suffers from the ready to judge norms who fear the unknown and this fear is what we face in our hobby and as nerds. Wargaming is on the verge of Geekdom but still not quite there yet, GW may make that possible but it may take a while.

Geeks(MMO’s and boardgames) aren’t as involved as nerds in mechanics or building something different but are still willing to take pieces that nerds build, reshaping it into something more understandable to them and even to norms. Nerds like what Geeks build because it’s beer and pretzels and less taxing but it wont hold their interest for long. Geek is given cult status now because norms have learned that geek is interesting because it’s different and new (even though it may have been around for 20+ years) but also through the net being mainstream norms are now able to understand more about Geeks (hence Geek is the new sheak).

Norm(Golf) is where things become truely mindless, there’s skill but not the skill that geeks and nerds thrive on. It’s at a state where anyone can pick up and go, geeks and nerds look at those things once but never really get involved.

The only way to remove the stigma attached to wargaming is in educating norms as to what wargaming really is, but that’s only if you can get them to focus for long enough to listen without them thinking of golf.

I feel the show would benefit from having me on board!

I believe your guest from D6G was “Raef” not “Russ”. You have a wee typo in the show notes.

Thanks!