"Your favorite Medieval "Theme". " Topic

If you are a "Medieval" fan you probably have numerous armies you enjoy, but what medieval topic ("theme") do you enjoy gaming most?

Post Roman Empire Western Europe
Post Roman Empire England
Saxon to Viking Period England
Feudal England
Early HYW (All combatants)
Later HYW
War of the Roses
Post WotR Britain (incl. Ireland & Scotland)
Italian Wars
Feudal Europe
Islamic Expansion
Reconquest Spain
Early Eastern Europe (Rus to Mongol Invasions)
Later Eastern Europe (Hussites, Teutonics & Polish, etc…)
Later Western Europe (Burgundians & Swiss, etc…)
The Ottoman Empire
Mongol Conquest Periods
The Crusades
Medieval Africa & Sicily
The Byzantine Empire
Americas (North, South, & Central)
Early to Middle China or Korea
Early to Middle Japan
Later (Sengoku) Japan
Later China or Korea
Early to later India
Post Viking Norway, Sweden or Denmark & Baltic Crusades
South East Asian Empires (Tai, Khmer, etc…)
Scottish Wars of Independence (1296-1513)
Timurids, Golden Horde, later Mongols.
Other (please list)

For me?
1) War of the Roses
2) Scottish Battles of Independence
3) Later Eastern Europe (Poles, Teutonics, Russians & Horde)

Later 15th century continental Europe.

Wars of the Roses

Later HYW and Burgundian Ordonnance.

I'm a dark ages kind of guy so I choose "Saxon to Viking Period England".

…in case the name choice didn't give that away.

Post Western Roman Empire
Post Roman Britain

11th Century Mediterranean does it for me. A nice variety of armies in combat with one another.

I'm also interested in 11th Century Britain.

I keep wanting to be interested in WotR, but the armies feel fairly bland to me.

1) Crusades (specially, Third Crusade)
2) Viking era.
3) Spanish Reconquista.

"I keep wanting to be interested in WotR, but the armies feel fairly bland to me"

That was my first thought when first investigating the WotR some 25+ years ago. Try Bosworth to start with.

Henry's army = Small core of English Veterans w/ French, Scotts, Breton & Welsh Mercenaries

Richard Small number of Veterans, Shire troops, probably some artillery and handgunes.

You also never know what the large bodies of troops under Percy or the Stanleys will do!

1)Reconquista/Crusades
2)11th-13th C. Baltic/Eastern Europe
3)Mid/Late 15th Century Western Europe and North Africa

The plague

Lots of the above.

Sengoku
Scottish Wars of Independence
Mongols
Feudal Europe
Swiss & Burgundians
Saxon and Viking
HYW
Late Eastern Teutonic
Crusades

Sengoku.

Sengoku (should this belong here?)
HYW (whole thing)
12th Century Western/Central Europe.

Damon.

Crusades hands down

Dark Ages, WotR

"Wars of the Roses"

Wasn't that with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner?

8)

Reconquest of Spain

South East Asian Empires, Khmer and Burmese

In no particular order:

Italian Wars
WotR
HYW
Later Eastern Europe

Recently I also found some interest in XIII century European conflicts, including Mongol invasion.

So many good things, so little time… :(

Crusades
Norman Conquest
WOTR

War of the Roses
100 Years War
Crusades

Crusades
Viking and Norman conquests

Bohemund
(My name might give one a hint, also)

Like them all

Dark Ages and 1066

Later western Europe ( 1470 – 1499 )

late dark age
late HYW 1415 -to- 1456

1. Reconquest of Spain (I love El Cid)
2. Vikings
3. 3rd Crusade

Norman conquest
WOTR
Vikings

1. Later HYW
2. WOTR
3. Year 1000 England
4. The Crusades (I think this will be my next project era for the Medieval Period)

Chris

1- War of the Roses
2- Hundred Years War
3- Viking Raids

Anything in the 13th Century--possibly the most globally eventful century in recorded history, rivalled only by the one just past.

Is Samurai-Mongols-Crusades-Spanish Vespers a theme?

The Byzantine Empire

Saxon to Viking Period England
Feudal Europe
The Crusades

Viking era is a favourite

My favourite medieval themes…

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Ken, your list doesn't include the name "Norman" once. What kind of perverse brain-fade caused that omission?

1) Norman expansion (especially Norman conquest of England)
2) Early Crusades (especially first Crusade)
3) Hundred Years War
4) Dark Ages, Viking incursions
5) War of the Roses

The full "Dark Age" in England and Western Europe for me. 410AD-1066AD.

Feudal Europe

At some point I want to gin up a scenario for the Gempei Wars, especially the battle of Dan-no-ura, a la the movie Kwaidan.

HYW

Darrell.

HYW early and later
Burgundians and Swiss

War of the Roses
Italian Wars

David

Ditto — War of the Roses, Italian Wars.

Post Roman Western Europe and Britain
British, Burgundians, French, Italiens, and Swiss
Hussites

Rob

Too many choices! I guess that if I were forced to choose I'd have to go with the following three:

Burgundians vs. Swiss
Norman Conquest or invasions in any form, 1st Crusade included
Post Roman England

"Anything in the 13th Century."

Same here

I am always slightly surprised at how popular the later Burgundians are in gaming, given their abhorent historical record!

Condottieri Wars from 14th to mid 15th centuries.

Skeletons attacking the castle, which is only lightly defended by primitive screwheads.

Anything late C15 with bright, shiny plate armor.

Crusades. The "First" and "Third".

Chalfant