Reply To: Inaccessibility of Historical Wargaming

[elessar2590 18207xp 3]

Not sure how more choice can be a negative. Most of us know what we like.

I get the whole “I’m drowning in choices” but the other side of that is “This is so boring you old Historical guys only have like five different rulesets”. That’s unwinnable as far as I’m concerned. Plus the exact same thing could be said for any Genre out there.

Again I think we’re comparing apples and oranges. There is just as much choice when looking at Sci-Fi and Fantasy as there is for Historicals. People are comparing a genre to a Wargame.

Why are you getting into Historicals? Is it to recreate the Major Battles? Play at the Divisional Level with Multi Based minis? or are you more of a fan of skirmish games? That answer alone with massively help you when looking for a ruleset. What period do you like? Don’t know? Awesome jump on Perry Miniatures and Warlord games and just go wandering through the different categories until you find something cool. Then go on Wikipedia and check it out. Start with a Skirmish game like Sharp Practice and pick up both sides if no one around you wants to play that game. Almost all my historical armies have an enemy that I can loan to someone.

I want to play something Sci-Fi. Ok now what? How is saying “I want to get into Historicals” any different to saying “I want to get into Sci-Fi”? The huge range of choices, scales, rulesets and styles is far more daunting than Historicals, to me since I’m coming into it totally blind whereas most people will at least know the basics of what a Viking or a Redcoat is.

Check out some of the Historical Wargaming pages on Facebook. I’ve never seen someone torn to shreds over their painting or what type of minis they picked. Often people will just post a picture of a Starter set and ask what they need to do next and dozens of people respond to help them out. Almost every games has a Facebook group that you can check out and see if you like the vibe and see great examples of what you need to play.