"This is not the Golden Age of Wargaming..." Topic
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| Fonthill Hoser | 24 Mar 2013 2:23 p.m. PST |
…until someone produces 28mm modern Afghan civilians! Hoser |
 Parzival  | 24 Mar 2013 2:33 p.m. PST |
EDITED: Deleted as probably being insensitive, cynical and too general. My apologies. |
| Waco Joe | 24 Mar 2013 3:12 p.m. PST |
Try Stan Johanson and Eureka |
| JimSelzer | 24 Mar 2013 8:21 p.m. PST |
only if they make both left to right and right to left wonded turbans |
| Fonthill Hoser | 24 Mar 2013 8:35 p.m. PST |
Jeez Jim, I'm trying to be serious here! :P But really, given the popularity of A-stan in modern 28mm figs, and given the asymmetrical nature of the conflict, civilians are really a must-have. And neither of the above-mentioned retailers make Afghan civilians. Hoser |
| altfritz | 25 Mar 2013 3:31 a.m. PST |
Eureka has a bunch of street vendors which may not yet be on their site. I think they may be for Iraq but then, Baghdad or Kabul, what is the difference? |
| olicana | 25 Mar 2013 3:56 a.m. PST |
given the popularity of A-stan in modern 28mm figs This might explain your misconception. Minority interest periods often start but don't finish. 'Modern' is a minority wargaming period and always will be because most wargamers don't like refighting wars that people are still suffering in. Some don't do WW1 & WW2 because even they are too recent! (Chirp up, the pre-1066 brigade). Getting civilian figures of any period is difficult, and it is easy to see why. Firstly, they don't roll big dice, and secondly it makes wargamers uneasy. Most wargamers like games where all the combatants are, in the widest sense, volunteers. |
| RexMcL | 25 Mar 2013 7:27 a.m. PST |
I can think of three different manufacturers in 20mm. It's odd that apparently no one makes them in 28mm. |
| vtsaogames | 26 Mar 2013 3:51 p.m. PST |
I'm not pre-1066, but stop at 1945. |
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