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Reply To: "Golden Age of Wargaming"….perhaps not?

July 2, 2019 at 2:53 am #1410610

admiralandy

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@ghent99 I would say that gaming with 25 – 30mm figures is probably more a middle scale as the format many of us are talking about was started by good old H G with figures closer to 54mm I imagine, and indeed 54mm gaming seems to be gaining some traction.

If looking at wargaming from a purists sense, the more direct descendant from Kriegspeil imo would be Hex and Counter and there are still players of Kriegspiel around.

I think you captured an excellent point that however weighted in one direction or another we do currently have games from 6mm to 54mm with both classic and new games still being played amongst gamers side by side in the larger hobby if not ones actual local club.

Although I hadn’t considered @warzan getting into historical and an interest in Vikings has been a clue all along, Ragnarok is upon us. Hence forth I shall have some d6 carried with me at all times, so when the apocalypse falls upon us I shall be one of the worthy to enter gaming Valhalla 🙂