"Are You Chiefly an ACW Gamer?" Topic

When it comes to miniature wargaming, are you primarily interested in the American Civil War?

No.

no.

No

Yes, but I will play just about anything. I actually play more "other" than ACW, but I am most interested in ACW.

No, but it is my favorite period.

No, but I have dropped eveything I personally own to ACW and WWII.

When I started painting minis back in '84, I started with ACW. I still love that era in history but I don't play it exclusively.

No. I primarily play ancients, but I have spent 40+ years studying the civil war, particularly the material culture. Eventually I'll have a couple books out about the 3rd Maine Infantry, and Maine in the Civil War.

Nope. I own exactly one ACW ruleset, Johnny Reb 1st Ed and have never played it.

No. Quite the reverse.

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Yes. At my gaming room it is JRIII. If I go somewhere and they are playing something else, I will play almost anything historical.

NOT EXCLUSIVELY BUT IT IS ONE OF MY TOP TWO PERIODS.

It's where I started painting, and I've done three complete sets so far (1 in Airfix plastic, 2 in 15mm). Now I'm looking at 25mms.

No, but in the top five. Another endorsement for Johnny Reb BTW.

One of the top two periods I game.

No, but also in my top 5.

ACW and WWII are the only periods I usually game. I play
other preiods at cons.

No.

No

If I'm allowed to rank ACW #1, tied with WW2 and Napoleonics, then yes.

ACW and ancients are pretty much a tie. At conventions I never play either, rather I try stuff that is strange, odd or weird.

Primarily I consider myself to be a Napoleonic gamer. ACW comes a close second with AWI/WW2 and Ancients last.

No. I have occasionally gamed ironclads, but that's it.

No

No. I game more with Napoleonics and Colonials.

Rick

I'm not primarily an ACW gamer, but I do have a great interest in it, especially when it comes to naval aspects (riverine and coastal scenarios, Confederate raiders, chasing down blockade runners, etc.), Professor Lowe's aerial observation corps, and more "unusual" theaters of combat (New Mexico, Indian Territory, etc.).

I'm curious if anyone is primarily an ACW gamer? It's in my top choices as well. I love it! But I'd guess most historical gamers are into multiple periods.

Thanks,

John

NO.

I will play ACW when there isn't anything else, and I have a weird fascination with 1/72 ACW figures, but otherwise I'm WWII, SYW, and post apocalyptic anymore.

I used to be really a specialist in the ACW as a historian.
And I have gamed it, but prefer WWII and PostWar/Modern.

God forbid, no.

No, but I indulge quite a bit in the period.

Not as a primary interest. But it is one of my favorite periods. I just to not get to game as much as I would like.

top 5

Yes. I'll play other eras but ACW remains my favorite by far.

I as once a regular/constant ACW gamer. However, not currently as I am playing everything but ACW. I am sure I will be back to the period to play with my 1,000's of minis for the period.

Interested, yes, primarily, no.

I would have to say Yes. I had a library of over 500 books on the subject, mostly Eastern theater and Gettysburg. I had figures in every scale out there and had a huge 40mm armies of around 2000 figures. I have a ton of Ancients (Punic Era mostly) and a ton of Napoleonics (mostly 1809 and 1812) and I dabble in Pirates, Zombies, Naval Age of Sail and Ancients, Vietnam, Star Wars flight and Hoth, and a few others mostly just units I like from other eras but if GOD forbit I could only play one it would be ACW.

I have had custom figures made for me in ACW something I have never done in any other period.

I started gaming in 1972 or so with WWII, and Airfix plastics, The first army I ever painted was Airfix ACW. The first metal figures I purchased were Garrison Ancients. I did not go over to metal ACW until Heritage came out.

JRIII rules! Althought I like Guns at Gettysburg and Polomos as well. F&F is okay if I have to.

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James Mattes

Saginaw 29 Aug 2011 11:47 a.m. PST wrote:
…Professor Lowe's aerial observation corps,

Hey Me too! I had Larry Reber from Gettysburg miniatures build one for me! I even have the ground crew and vehicles.

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James Mattes

BTCTerrainman 29 Aug 2011 1:44 p.m. PST
I as once a regular/constant ACW gamer. However, not currently as I am playing everything but ACW. I am sure I will be back to the period to play with my 1,000's of minis for the period.

Doug, DUDE what is up with that. I am shocked I tell you SHOCKED!

Did you ever sell the moble table you had made for the JRIII clinic?
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James Mattes

Yes.

A major interest but not the only one.

Yes in terms of interest, but I actually play more sci-fi games.

we play more ACW then any other period

but it is nowhere near a majority of our miniatures games

larry

Hmmm. Primary – well, along with Napoleonics and of
course I have lotsa other gaming interests…

No. I do game ACW naval myself and have friends that have collections and play with them from time to time. I'm even reading a book about the ACW right now but it is pretty far from my primary period. If I even have one.

James: I started a large napoleonics project and I have been collecting and reading a lot of stuff from the period. We have also collected 1000's of figures for pre 1809 battles. Combine that with several trips to walk battlefields in Germany and Belgium…….you get the idea.

Now don't get me wrong, I still have a strong interest in ACW and read the occasional book from the period (my library numbers in the 400+ range for ACW), and my travels for work has started taking me by a bunch of battlefields (I walked 3rd Winchester, the Slaughter Pen Farm at Fredricksburg and a couple of miles of Chickamauga all this month. I also visited the National Civil War Naval Museum last week). So I am still deeply imbedded in the period.

None of my current gang has been into the ACW that much, so I went with the flow (heck we are hardly able to get together to game this year). I expect ACW gaming to start again soon, but right now I will settle for gaming in general.

In regards to the two boards from the clinic, no they have not sold and they are sitting here in my game area. I may have to dig them out soon and run a game……8-)

What Sundance said.

I'm going to try to get some friends into it, however; hopefully next year.

No. But, I do have figures in 10/15/25/54mm.

And, probably dozens of books.