Thank you Rdfraf and skipper John.
@ Rdfraf,
Thank you and well done.
You write: "For the most part the Samurai miniatures by Old Glory are wearing the heavily laced ō-yoroi style armor with the kyūbi-no-ita (left armpit armor) placing them as samurai of the Gempei Wars which involved the Taira and Minamoto clans ".
For the majority ?
Which would not be?
The Gempei Wars (1180-1185), the armor of these miniatures and the organizations of the Japanese armies of this era are valid until when?
Yes the ashigaru figures are a bit mixed with figures that appear to be for the Gempei Wars and some appear to be for the much later Sengoku Wars easily recognizable by their jingasa.
After the Heian Period c. 784-1185, which includes the Gempei Wars (1180-1185), there is the Kamakura Period which begins in 1185 and ends in 1333, includes the Mongol invasion, the armor is still different from the previous period?
Then it is the Muromachi Period c.1333-1573, the armor is still different from the previous period ?
Between the end of the invasion of the "Mongols" and the appearance of the arquebuses and the beginning of the Sengoku Wars, it's a bit of a dark age isn't it?
The Sengoku Wars then may not interest me as much as that, because as soon as we get a little interested in samurai wargames, we come across this era …
By the way, are there any "skirmish rules" specifically samurai?
Thank you.
@skipper John,
You write "Do I care that my Old Glory Samurai figures are not from the exact period I play most often?"
Or have Sashimono or be mixed with Teppo, or fight Koreans from another era? Oh "damn" no! I'm proud to own these little guys! "Me yes I love history, games like the ones you patiques do not suit me …"
Thank you.