Reply To: "Golden Age of Wargaming"….perhaps not?

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@osbad

My contribution to this great discussion was based on the original question, as the question is both objective and subjective.

Reading through this whole thread again and with the latest post added, it would seem we all share a common opinion, all be it expressed in different ways.

My post was showing the newer people to our hobby how far we have come, from late 70s to the present day and yes we have come on leaps and bounds. So to answer the original question, yes we are in a golden age as I feel that we will not see such a giant leap in the future as compared to what we have had.

I do agree with you that back then Wargames were indeed mostly male, I wouldn’t say middle class or older as I never experienced that, as the club where I started had a good mix of age groups. I can remember when I introduced my wife to Wargaming, my closet friends thought nothing of it and we all gamed as equals. But when we went to game at shows it was very uncomfortable and we also experienced this when we went to Historicon back in 2016.

Thankfully I believe these attitudes are changing slowly around the world, but we must continue to encourage women and youngsters to join in and be apart of it for the hobby to survive for the future.