Reply To: Inaccessibility of Historical Wargaming

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I would agree with Rob on this. Most historical games are ‘what ifs’ and random scenario  games  just like scifi and fantasy . A lot of history  before the 18th century a lot of is pure guesswork and some terms like Great Fyrd and Lesser Fyrd was just made up by a wargames and history lecturer and somehow the names stuck Even for the English Civil War we don’t know what colours 95% of the regiments wore

Rivet counter in historical is the  same as a power gamer and cheese armies in SciFi and fantasy games and in both cases they are to be avoided