"Building a Wargames Army 101, Part 1 - An Introduction " Topic

"Clarence Harrison – This article is is the first in an ongoing series that will document the continuation of a project I started long ago and have recently returned to. I've been collecting forces for the war in Ireland between King James II and King William III for a long time. I recently reached the initial goal I set for Williamite army and am now ready to start on the Jacobites. These articles are aimed at newcomers to the hobby, though should prove useful to gamers wading into this period for the first time as well. Although I'll primarily be discussing my LoA armies, I follow the basic same outline when building forces for any new project (you can check out my growing AWI project over on the Quindia Studios blog).

My first step is always research. This means hunting through appropriate military history books, sorting through my Wargames Illustrated collection, asking questions at the Fighting Talk forum, and surfing the web sites of other gamers and painters who share an interest in the period. You can avoid a lot of mistakes and get some great ideas at the same time by seeing what other wargamers have done!

The first stop for me were Mark Allen's articles in Wargames Illustrated. The primary books I used were Michael McNally's Aughrim and Battle of the Boyne 1690, The Boyne Water by Peter Ellis, and Sapherson's titles on the period…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Thanks. I'm slowly building for this period also.

A votre service mon ami!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

A slow, logical and well thought out approach to building a wargame army. He clearly is an outlier in the hobby. I would submit that my approach is the norm – go to a convention, see a bunch of cool looking figures, buy them and figure out what to do later. Repeat as often as cash flow allows.