"Are You Chiefly an Ancients Gamer?" Topic

When it comes to miniature wargaming, are you mostly focused on the Ancients period?

No. But certainly do a lot of it.

No longer.

I'd like to try Dark Age/Medieval but the Celts fought so many folk I've got years before I run out of enemies.

Yes. I really like the battles between Successor kingdoms.
Dark age battles too

No.

Not anymore. I was for many years and DBA was my game, through 2.2 that is. DBA 3.0 came along and destroyed it for me.

Checked out ADLG, To the Stongest and Triumph. I have some interest in Saga as well, but it's popularity seems to have waned. I might go with Triumph, but those glorious days of large ancients tournaments and events from coast to coast seem to be a distant memory now.

Not for 30 years. Horse and musket era for me!

No.

Mostly yes.

Used to be. Not any more. Ancients all gone now.

No. I have interest in gaming ancients, entertained notions of gaming it for years. But it is too far down the list.

The Dark Age is "ancients"?

Majority or plurality?

No majority genre. Plurality … scifi … I guess … if near modern is included in scifi, then definitely.

Not chiefly. It may be 30 years since I played an ancients game. I'm usually playing science fiction, contemporary, or maybe WW2-era games.

Not now, still have my DBA armies (version 2.2) but haven't gamed with them in a while.

Nope. I am very interested in ancient history though.

Not at all. I have tried many sets of rules over the last 30+ years, and I cannot build much enthusiasm for the period. I am sure I will continue trying anyways, as a lot of my friends are playing ancients/dark ages/ medieval on occasion

Mike

I was in my younger days and I'd like to be again, but there is little interest among the gamers I currently game with.

Formerly. Branched out, now rarely.

- Ix

I do game Ancients using To the Strongest, but definitely not a regular ancients gamer. We play a lot of variety locally.

Drop the s from Ancients in the title and you'd be pretty close!

No, but I occasionally indulge.

I am currently primarily gaming DBA 3.0.

And at this time most of my armies are from the Ancients period.

I do have figures for the Medieval era, but haven't gotten them on the table yet.

I also have an extensive collection of microarmor and 1/2400 naval miniatures that get an occasional run.

I also have a significant number of Renaissance figures and FOGR looks to be interesting.

My main driver is ancients but I am easily distracted! This winter I shall mostly be painting ECW.

No. Got a Roman EIR and a Sassanid army, but it's two years since they came out if their storage trays. Prefer games in the 1640 to 1870 period.

Ancient gamer yes – Ancients gamer, no..

No, primarily WWII.

No.

I used to be almost exclusively ancients, back when WRG rules…ruled!

In my mind I am.

Yes.

Becoming that way as Saga and Hail Caesar have been very popular down the club. I expect it to me my main period (early Dark Gaes mostly) for another year or so.

Still love horse and musket but except for ECW taking a bit of a break

What's the point of this question ? If it's a poll suggestion, why post it as a topic now and not just run it as a poll ?
But even if it was a poll, what's the point ? Some people will say yes, some will say no. It's not going to impart any useful information to anyone.

I see value in this poll/post. It isn't scientific, but responses show soft support for ancients gaming. The root causes of this malaise are varied though. Perhaps there is an opening here for a new game system? Or perhaps, there is just not enough interest in the period anymore?

If you post something like this for WW2 gaming, I suspect the answers would be overwhelmingly in the positive.

Mostly; but no exclusivelly.

I used to play tons of ancients. WRG 6th and 7th, a little DBM, tried Fields of Glory, and Hail Caesar. lots of DBA. I finally gave it up. Everything was tournament based and simply didn't seem to simulate warfare in the ancient world. I still play the Hundred Years War with Lion Rampant, but never just count up points, line 'em up and have at it.

I mostly play medievals, but ancients is the runner up.

This is at least partly because rulessets tend to cover both, but not the early modern period. If the rules I used happened to cover 500-1800, say, I imagine I'd play less ancients and more pike-and-musket.

Yes

No. I was for a while. I liked playing the games but have less than zero interest in painting the figures.

Not chiefly, but a decent proportion.

Yes

About 50% of my gaming is DBA -- ancient and medieval. 20% interwar skirmish, mostly VBCW, and the rest assorted fantasy -- mostly HOTT and Ganesha games.

Yes. 100% my gaming in ancients. 28mm. Playing mostly ADLG due to its great popularity in my area. Hail Caesar my favorite rules.

Still my first love, but play lots of different things. If I were to rate…
1 Renaissance
2 Ancients
3 Horse and Musket

Yes.

Yes. Ancients has been my primary hobby for over 40 years now. Started with WRG 5th Edition and now playing Art de la Guerre primarily with some DBA 3.0, Also a passionate Warhammer 40K player and starting 28mm WWII using Bolt Action.

I have two main areas of interest Ancients and 17th Century European mainly ECW. I started with Featherstone rules took a detour into WW2 using Grants Battle rules then along came WRG Ancients while I was at University.

Played WRG 3rd through to 6th or 7th edition. Some DBA and DBM and I'm going to give ADLG a try.

I have mainly 6mm armies now. Plus my old 70's 25mm Late Imperials and Sassanids.

I play several periods, but Ancients are my first love and mostly what I play.

Yep. Some moderns, scifi and fantasy but Ancients are still my main focus.

About equal parts Ancients, WW2 and ACW.