"Wargaming & Trivia" Topic
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The Last Conformist | 20 Apr 2024 1:57 a.m. PST |
This is a little hard to answer, because there's quite a few subjects on the list where I'd be in the (extremely generously defined) top tier even if I didn't wargame. |
David Manley | 20 Apr 2024 2:36 a.m. PST |
I could say "yes" to most of these. In particular I chose "history" as I got an A grade in my history O level exams by answering questions I knew about from wargaming rather than anything my teachers had taught, and OA/professional wargaming as I've been engaged in that very task for the last decade with hobby wargaming serving nicely as the gateway to that. |
Parzival | 20 Apr 2024 7:27 a.m. PST |
A lot of the above. Way more than five (what is it with this five thing?) I loved history before wargaming, but I probably know more because of it than I otherwise would. Definitely probability, as I frequently calculate odds when working on rules or rule changes. Tactics, strategy, weapons, but also physics, astronomy, and of course painting and other things associated with the hobby. Wargaming is the seed of enormous amounts of knowledge not held by most, as the nightly news tells me everyday. |
miniMo | 20 Apr 2024 7:57 a.m. PST |
Geography certainly, but in an unusual obsolete way. To figure out where modern countries are, I have to correlate with my atlas of the ancient world. Ah, Kurdistan is where the Kingdom of the Mitanni is, got it! |
Deucey | 20 Apr 2024 9:56 a.m. PST |
+1 Minimoto! My knowledge of England is ENTIRELY based on the Kingmaker board. Liverpool? I have no idea. Cockermouth? Ah yes, near Appleby. |
Old Contemptible | 20 Apr 2024 6:30 p.m. PST |
The description of this poll is so confusingly written and oddly structured that it suggests English may not be the author's primary language. I did decipher what he meant by looking at the comments. I guess I am the only one, so it might be something on my end. Rewrite: In what areas has your wargaming experience most significantly enhanced your knowledge, placing you in the top tier (more knowledgeable than 6 out of 10 people you encounter)? |
jefritrout | 22 Apr 2024 8:12 p.m. PST |
There are way more than five. Languages wouldn't county though I'm semi-fluent in three, it is not through wargaming that I have learned them. |
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