"10 reasons why this is my favourite period" Topic

A little summary of why I find it difficult to game anything else but late 17th century..

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And of course, some pics to justify that opinion

call it obsessive. I do.

But very nicely done figures! Easy to get obsessed.

Jim

I wish I could paint my obsessions like that!

A good argument for your period.

Not just obsessed but so talented in painting, making ships, terrain, flags, etc.

I'm envious. :)

Well said sir!

So, for the curious newbie, what would you recommend regarding…

Conflicts? (best army-size conflict and skirmish-size conflict)

Rules (army-size conflict and skirmish-size conflict)

Figures and scale (army-size conflict and skirmish-size conflict)

and of course a good book (or two or three)

Like Desert Fox says…… what

Rules (army-size conflict and skirmish-size conflict)

Figures and scale (army-size conflict and skirmish-size conflict)????

Desert Fox
Conflicts-anything goes, my favourite is the Glorious Revolution, also Scanian War and Great Northern war.
Rules-you can do worse than beneath the Lilly Banners war of the three Kings, but Black Powder (with house rules) also works well.
"5/28mm figures look nicer and a unit is only 18 figures so it is possible to build a small army that looks good. The rules give ideas for 'starter armies' which are manageable and can be built on.
Books-many to choose from but booklets by sapherson or Ede Borrett for uniforms etc-https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/sapherson/
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Books from helion and Company, or for the jacobite rebellions visit the League of Augsberg for some great pdf books of uniforms and flags-https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/
Hope this helps
Simon

Everything that Captain Clegg said…

I must declare an interest when answering such questions as asked by Desert Fox and parrskool – I own a figure company and write rules and books on the subject but, those came as a result of my interest in the period and were not the reason why I became interested.

You could do a lot worse than spending time poking about blogs such as

warsoflouisxiv.blogspot.com

leagueofaugsburg.blogspot.com

rusmilhist.blogspot.com

All that info is FREE. I have over 800 posts on my blog alone all dedicated to this period, with scenarios and information which can be taken and used.

Figures are available from 2mm to 54mm. Lots of source books are now available. Helion's Century of the Soldier range champions this period and the amount of stuff they are issuing right now is phenomenal.

When I started it was rare pamphlet style gold from Sapherson, Schorr, Ede-Borrette and Condray and weighty work by Childs etc that stimulated interest. International contributions and access to digital archives has made the period far less esoteric and far more easily accessible.

Start with the websites above – that is a great source carrying zero financial risk, it is highly informed data that should point you to theatres, armies, game sizes, scales, rules, painting and source materials. After that, you can decide whether its for you or not.

How can you not love a Marlburian army led by the great man?

All good points Barry!

Well, without taking your bait Dave :)… I did more or less stop my top ten list at 1697 but of course, If I'd extended into the next century, followers of that particular cult would have pointed out there need only be ONE reason to be interested in the period!