Reply To: Inaccessibility of Historical Wargaming

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Historical wargaming shouldn’t be inaccessible – however you want to define that – in reality it can be and I fully understand people being put off by it. Despite being someone who deals with the military history and WW2 as my job, I found it incredibly difficult to get into WW2 gaming in a way that never was the case with SciFi gaming. Communities largely had such a tone that there was little incentive to join in. Maybe it is down the the groups, who knows, but by and large online communities too aren’t welcoming.

More recently I’ve had a vague spontaneous idea to do some Napoleonics, after a couple of weeks researching what I wanted I came away with little actual information what I needed. I’m reasonably fit in this area but I didn’t get the sense it was particularly welcoming or accessible.