Reply To: Inaccessibility of Historical Wargaming

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Something else that makes historical gaming less accessible is the relative lack of intro sets.   Most fantasy / SF gaming these days have at the very least a core book or box and some sort of starter’s set of miniatures.   Progress is fairly easy because you can buy / download the army list / book and see what else you’re allowed to take and you can rely upon your growing experience and the advice of others as to what’s going to work for you.

There are some historical wargaming starter sets available these days, but they tend to be cobbled together into a box rather than designed specifically for those starting out.   Then, even in games with very open systems that give you a lot of flexibility in choosing armies for historically flavoured games, you’re still faced with the issue of working out what’s historically ‘right’.

I suspect that’s partly why light historical skirmish games involving pirates, etc. do well: because they’re difficult to do badly!