After 15 years of tabletop miniature games and having played 6-7 different game systems (and sunk waaay too much money into each game… I am like Mat in that I am an OCD ‘faction completion-ist’ so I get the entire range of models for my army/faction in every system I play), I learned that before I commit to any new game, I have to wait 6-12 months to make sure it is not just a temporary fab that everyone loses interest into just when I got my full faction in the mail box… There needs to be an active playing group of at least 4 people invested in a new game before I take the plunge.
Jaded Gamercast 
Playing with friends is where its at, regardless of how real they may or may not be.
After 15 years of tabletop miniature games and having played 6-7 different game systems (and sunk waaay too much money into each game… I am like Mat in that I am an OCD ‘faction completion-ist’ so I get the entire range of models for my army/faction in every system I play), I learned that before I commit to any new game, I have to wait 6-12 months to make sure it is not just a temporary fab that everyone loses interest into just when I got my full faction in the mail box… There needs to be an active playing group of at least 4 people invested in a new game before I take the plunge.
I blame Lange 80% and Matty 10% for getting me into new games.
Models, in particular the proportion of them standing on rocks.