Rank and file games seem to be having a bit of a gradual slow comeback, thanks to the like of Conquest and A Song of Ice and Fire making them more accessiable alonside the longer standing systems and all that small scale goodness.

Having recently got into black powder and just seeing ranks of unpainted plastic minis, its left me longing for the days of giant warhammer fantasty games, masive napoleonic battles and huge displays at shows and conventions, and thats before I’ve played a game and painted all the minis.

I think part of this is while most skirmish games are easier to have at a smaller scale and in shorter periods of time (in most cases) they dont give you that grand scale that catches your eye and draws you in. With most of us in lockdowns of some description or socialy distanced and have smaller gaming spaces (except warzan and our lucky american friends) I’ve found at least I gravitate towards skirmish games for particality in terms of space and time.

But thats kind of left me wanting some huge games that take most of the day to run with all the social interaction. While I dont feel like i want to rush out and meet big groups of people in the imediate short term I do want to start having those epic days of gaming again at some point, oh and I need an excuse for all those ranks of plastic crack ive collected.

This raises the question “Are we set to see a renewed interest in Rank and File?”, is this just me? Or will people in our hobby want to start dipping into some larger and more epic games when we can start doing so again?