Miniatures for School Club

Hi, my name is Bud Kehler and I am a teacher at a middle years school in Manitoba, Canada. I love playing miniature wargames and I love painting miniatures. The school I teach at has many opportunities for students to be involved in sports and music. What I came to realize is that kids interested in gaming, sci-fi and fantasy had nothing for them to feel like they were a part of the school community.

Three years ago I decided to start a club for gamers. I had a number of Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40K models and was also able to get a school kit from Games Workshop. The students have loved it. We meet twice a week during the lunch hour. One day for painting and the other for playing. We've even done the odd after school mega-battle. The club averages about 10 to 15 members. Together we have built our own little community and some students even started collecting their own armies.

Last year we were unable to run the club because of health restrictions but this year we can start up again. This has presented some challenges.

1. I have far more students signed up than ever before. More kids means I need more models to paint.

2. There is a LOT of interest in Marvel Crisis Protocol. I'm not surprised at this at all. It's a great game and the models are very cool. However, because it's a skirmish game not many people have extra models on sprue that they are willing to part with.

I've set up this gofundme with the hope that I can purchase three core boxes of the Marvel Crisis Protocol game. This will give the group 30 character models and terrain to build and paint, and enough tokens, dice and gaming aids to have multiple games going on at the same time. Any money that is left over would go into buying additional brushes and paint.

Note: There is NO COST for students to take part. I do not want money being a factor in whether a student can take part.

Finally

This club has allowed me to see some of these students in a new light. I've seen a student who can hardly sit still or keep quiet during class sit and focus on painting the details of a miniature for 25 minutes straight. I've seen students who struggle with interactions learn to communicate better through talking to their opponent. I've also seen students who are super competitive learn to celebrate with something goes right for their opponent and laugh when their dice rolls go bad. It's been fabulous to see and I want to give the kids every opportunity I can.

Thanks

Bud Kehler