Reply To: Inaccessibility of Historical Wargaming

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Being an old chess player (but not speaking for other chess players) I approach a game as a match between 2 players on a tabletop … you got an SS (german) European army, I got a Russian front Fallschrimjager (german) army, great let’s get a game in … I don’t have the time or cash to prep a force for every front in WW2, or have the perfect opposing force for whoever might wall into the shop looking for a game … but I do have ‘a’ force, care for a game ?

And I am building a second force, American GIs, to help balance group events and a second force allows a second play style.

The ‘correct’ opposing force dose add an extra touch and can look great on a nice table but for me it’s a game first and history second.