"What's your favorite period and/or genre?" Topic

With period defined as per the TMP message boards or, in other words, counting Ancients as one period, Medieval as another, and counting Fantasy and Sci-Fi as separate "periods," etc. what is your single favorite period for gaming?

Pulp!

Napoleonic.

Pulp or Pirates as a tie…

Napoleonic

How about options like this:

* Age of Magic (all fantasy goes here)
* Age of the Chariot
* Age of the Galley
* Age of the Phalanx
* Age of the Legion
* Age of the Knight
* Age of the Longship
* Age of the Pike (Renaissance)
* Age of the Musket (Socket Bayonet to Napoleon)
* Age of the Ship of the Line
* Age of the Rifle (ACW/FPW to the Great War)
* Age of the Ironclad (pre-dreadnought and armored gunboats)
* Age of the Dreadnought
* Age of the Tank
* Age of the Propeller
* Age of the Battleship
* Age of the Jet
* Age of the Carrier (Modern Naval)
* Age of the Space Marine (ground space combat)
* Age of the Starship (spaceship combat)

Ancients (Punic Era)
ACW
Si Fi (Star Wars)
PULP & Horror (Zombies)
VR
James Mattes

Horse and Musket
World Wars
SF
LotR

Single? Like, chose one? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Napoleonic

Napoleonic.

Without a doubt medieval. Either 12th C or HYW periods. Then Ancients (specifically early Rome and the late Empire), 3nd would be WWII, then the Warhammer games.

Damon.

War of the Roses
then Napoleonic

What Rich said…. LOL

Napoleonic by far

Ironlegs
10mmnapoleonics.blogspot.com

Medieval (1400's) first,
Age of Rifles (later 1800's),
Napoleonic,
Dark Ages,
Then 1904-1914 (early 20th cent.).

WW2 Land, 19th Century ( British Colonial Africa)

Horse and Musket

Napoleonic

Pike and shot.

Pulp(1870-1920).Steampunk.Gothic.Silly

Pericles to Patton.

With period defined as per the TMP message boards…

While that's a foolish way to play, I'll answer. Wargaming in General.

Napoleonic

If we don't get to pick at least 5, it will be impossible for me to choose!

Depends on the week.
Ancients, WWII, Victorian, pirates, sci-fi are my favorites.

In terms of toys owned/painted it is Napoleonic. In terms of reading, must be WW2.

Sci-Fi

All of the above.

Napoleonic

Ancien Regime – Say Louis XIII through V; and his opponents of course. Mostly doing WAS-7YW at the moment.

WWII as well.

Agamemnon to Rob Roy!

Favorite period? World War II.

Favorite genre? Science fiction (not science fantasy).

Go figure.

Rob

Lots, but am now interested in the War of 1812.

19th and 20th Centuries. Robert

Sardis to actium.

or the age of aquarius…

Pick only one? That's like picking only child when you have a couple.

ACW
WW2
SYW
Ancients

Pulp adventures and Dark ages

Sorry, can't pick just one.

At the moment: Old (Wild) West and Giant Monster (Kaiju)

Choosing one may be hard, but I'm curious what people will choose if they have to choose just 1 instead of 5.

If I had to choose one, it would be cheating. I would say pre-gunpowder era is my favorite but this covers a HUGE time period ;-) Narrowing it down further would be Roman Empire and High Medieval period (just before widespread use of hand guns). I do like chariot war periods as a sub genre too.

Then it would be Napoleonic, Lace Wars, Renaissance, WWII and ACW (probably in this order). BUT I like sub-genres in between such as WWI air and most naval battle settings of any era. My answers, with the exception of air and naval, is that I prefer combined arms games where infantry and cavalry interact. In the case of latter periods, I want infantry and armor to interact in a meaningful way. Don't get me wrong, I like micro-armor but my study of history concludes that infantry is still important and gaming that doesn't take this into account isn't proper (air and naval combat as an exception of cours)

Sci-Fi combat, all theatres, all operational levels.

Sci-Fi skirmish ala Aliens and Silent Death followed closely by Fantasy ala LoTR

1. Crusades

2. Dark Ages

3. Franco Prussian Era

Sci-Fi

Old west, ACW, WW2… Interest in WW1 and FIW era.

Pike and Shotte, Pirates, and 20th century.

Paraguayan War (oops, no board for that). Then ACW followed by ancients followed by Renaissance.

At conventions I play whatever tickles my fancy that I would never play at home (like ancient naval, wild west, pulp, and a few things that defy descriptions)