Reply To: Midwinter Minis Historical Wargames are not popular because it has Nazi's

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As an erstwhile RPG’er, it’s all about the escapism and power trip, and, imo, that would explain the attraction of fantasy miniature games, as well as SF over historicals. I mean, look at those 40K figures — they’re more fantasy inspired than history. Yeah, I get that, with historical miniatures, it’s all about the, well, *history*, but this lacks the power trip escapism of fantasy and sf. Modiphius has an entire “Achtung, Cthulhu” series of adventures and miniatures, and the Indiana Jones RPG had Nazi standees. Then there’s that entire Hellboy stuff. So, yes, Nazi’s are still around, at least as bad guys.

Would anyone *want* to play Nazis? I dunno. Nobody I know plays historicals — but it’s not because of Nazis.