@phaidknott thank you for such an excellent response and to you other gentleman.

I think then as you say it is a matter of perspective and context in which one views the question. After all if one is considering the perspective of ones own gaming experience then it is a very personal response. In the wider context of gaming to start from the ’70s is to dismiss about 150 years worth of wagaming before that.

I can only wonder what shock, horror and outrage players of Kriesgpiel felt when this Wells chap abondoned using the carefully detailed wooden blocks and recognised battle sites and actually started using only a few dozen figures. Figures actually childrens toys by Gawd sah! Whilst pottering around in his backyard can you believe.

My point is that over the last hundred years wargaming scales have been very changeable, and often linked to the rules the figures are to be used for.

Are we in a Wargaming Golden Age I say yes quite firmly, but, are we in a Wargaming Golden Age that every wargamer likes, regretably no, though I would hope there is enough room for both, vive la difference and all that. Given that wargaming was seen as a rich mans hobby until about 50/60 years ago when 1/72 airfix etc came on the scene leading to a supported metal based models of similar scale that where still affordable to an averge Joe with an interest in the subject.

Also I’m not sure what definition you refer to as Veteran? Is that based on age or length of gaming I was born 1970 and had an interest in wargaming since watching Callan when I was 14 and actually got playing it from when about 17. I was already on the slippery slope mind having been playing D&D from a year or two before. I would also add that as Flames of War is apparently the largest selling ‘historical’ game being 1/100 I think, you may find quite a number new to the hobby as equally unimpressed with 28mm heroic or otherwise scales as some ‘Veterans’ do.

I have played Naval Games 1/2400, Hex and Counter, Risk, 15mm, 6mm, but became very enamoured of the 40K game, and prefer 28mm as many other veteran gamers do, and indeed as many don’t. I fully intend to be playing more than 1 scale in the future, which is my personal take.

I genuinely feel scale and the assocated range of games is a different question to one of considering if we are in a golden age.