We realised there was this whole world out there and it wasn’t just you playing your friends in their garage, there were tournaments, there were international fixtures and you could represent your country." What is Warhammer? "I kind of went on a journey discovering what the scene was about. "I probably had like a three to four year break and a teacher’s husband was playing it and I got back into it through them. The dad-of-two said: "I had a brief hiatus at university as there were obviously other things to focus on with studying and the social side. Mike fell in love with the game when he was 11 (Image: Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News) After graduating he got back into the swing of things thanks to a colleague’s husband who had carried playing the game well into adulthood. "There certainly was a stigma but when you get past that college, university stage, everybody accepts everybody for what they like."ĭespite his great love for the game, Mike did stop playing for a while, distracted by the pressures and joys of university life. I’ve always been very competitive and competed at a good level. "I grew up with high level sports, I represented my county at hockey, football and athletics. ![]() "There was the typical ‘you’re playing a board game, you’re a nerd. You get there at nine in the morning and be playing until seven, eight at night and then you’d get up the next day and do it all again. ![]() "It was very run down and you get 50, 60 people in there, all piled in playing the game you love. ![]() Go to a McDonald’s and get breakfast then go to our venue which was an old mill in Stockport. "We meet up first thing Saturday morning in the early hours, five or six o’clock. Mike also represents GB at Warhammer tournaments (Image: Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News)
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