Warming an old gamer's heart | Play a osom game naneed warmosheen

I am a parent, and sometimes get the opportunity to see some adorable stuff that comes from my kids.  My 6 year old did a report at school about something he recently learned; that thing, was Warmachine. I have been showing my 6 year old and my better half how to play the game at the same time. The 6 year old is way into it, since he can actually lay hands on some of my miniatures.

 
As you can see to the right, he learned to "Play a osom game naneed warmosheen" Which after years of decryption is: Play an awesome game named Warmachine...

He even drew a picture of the kitchen table with the miniatures. I think it's great that everyone got a smiling face, even if they don't smile....or even have a face.

From left to right:
Kaelyssa?, a Griffon,  a deathripper (the dog looking thing), Manticore, Chimera?, a Slayer, and  Deneghra.

We were doing the Cryx vs Retribution battle box games and it was a load of fun. The better half kept claiming that this game was "putzy," much to the 6 year old's chagrin, but she was enjoying it.  He kept defending the games honor.




She's never played a table top mini game so it was a learning curve.  Even worse, we were using a 24" x 18" Rotary mat as the play area, it was cramped.  After it was all said and done she wants to play a full game on a standard sized table.  The seed is planted, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA (ominous lightning strikes in the background).

Here is a close up of his work, with Denny for reference.

He did a fairly decent job with Denny considering he did that all from memory. This is the kind of stuff that puts a warm fuzzy in your chest.