Editor in Chief Bill | 24 Jun 2021 1:06 p.m. PST |
Which miniature wargaming period or genre do you consider to be the most easy to get involved with? |
Doctor X | 24 Jun 2021 1:15 p.m. PST |
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Rich Bliss | 24 Jun 2021 1:21 p.m. PST |
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79thPA | 24 Jun 2021 1:24 p.m. PST |
Cavemen, or a Wings of Glory starter pack. |
Frederick | 24 Jun 2021 1:27 p.m. PST |
WWII – although Wings of Glory is a good point too |
Florida Tory | 24 Jun 2021 1:30 p.m. PST |
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Editor in Chief Bill | 24 Jun 2021 1:31 p.m. PST |
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cavcrazy | 24 Jun 2021 1:34 p.m. PST |
AWI. Plenty of great figures available. You don't need big numbers of troops. There is a lot of information about the period. Plenty of different rules out there. Multiple scales for figures. It's colorful and is my favorite period by far. |
cavcrazy | 24 Jun 2021 1:36 p.m. PST |
Oh yeah, great battles too! |
Irish Marine | 24 Jun 2021 1:37 p.m. PST |
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Big Red | 24 Jun 2021 2:41 p.m. PST |
WW2. Overwhelming stuff, reference material, entry assistance and potential gaming partners in 6, 10/12 15, 20, 28 and other sizes. |
HMS Exeter | 24 Jun 2021 3:14 p.m. PST |
dba/HotT generally. Pretty much anything skirmishy. Limeys and Slimeys back when Minifigs had starter sets. I would agree ironclads if there were any rules sets available that didnt really hoover. |
John the OFM | 24 Jun 2021 3:34 p.m. PST |
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D6 Junkie | 24 Jun 2021 3:37 p.m. PST |
WWII without a doubt. Easy to paint, available in every size and price range. |
robert piepenbrink | 24 Jun 2021 3:46 p.m. PST |
WWII skirmish. Plenty of cheap castings--including bags of toy soldiers--and everyone pretty much understands how it's supposed to work. |
Frenetic Hussar | 24 Jun 2021 3:47 p.m. PST |
WW II Star Wars fighter combat WW I airplane combat |
miniMo | 24 Jun 2021 3:49 p.m. PST |
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tigrifsgt | 24 Jun 2021 4:02 p.m. PST |
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rustymusket | 24 Jun 2021 4:03 p.m. PST |
Fantasy in St. Louis, MO. It is everywhere and historical is hard to locate. |
peterx | 24 Jun 2021 5:23 p.m. PST |
Little Wars TV published a rule set for the Viking/Dark Ages era that is free online. You can also get the printed rulebook for 10 dollars, if you like. Then buy two sets of Vikings and Saxons in 20mm or 28mm, and put them together, and you are in business. |
skipper John | 24 Jun 2021 5:44 p.m. PST |
I've found that the easiest period to get into is the period that everyone at my local gaming group is currently into. |
Uesugi Kenshin | 24 Jun 2021 5:49 p.m. PST |
Fantasy…no pressure to be accurate. |
huron725 | 24 Jun 2021 5:50 p.m. PST |
WW2 skirmish. Small number of troops and vehicle needed. Huge following. |
Glengarry5 | 24 Jun 2021 6:06 p.m. PST |
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Perris0707 | 24 Jun 2021 8:20 p.m. PST |
Ancients/Medieval with DBA, SAGA, and its competitors. ACW also pretty easy. |
USAFpilot | 24 Jun 2021 8:48 p.m. PST |
I would guess WWII, because even as a little kid I had some idea about what WWII was about and who fought it just because of all the movies on WWII. |
Old Glory | 24 Jun 2021 9:45 p.m. PST |
Cowboys, outlaws, and gunfighters |
Leadjunky | 25 Jun 2021 1:59 a.m. PST |
Grimdark free rules and a couple dozen figs and your imagination. |
Green Tiger | 25 Jun 2021 2:15 a.m. PST |
Depends what you mean by 'easy' – I started with Napoleonics aged around 8… |
Calico Bill | 25 Jun 2021 3:25 a.m. PST |
Wild West Gunfight. Several simple rules out there, and everyone knows what to do from watching tv westerns.😁 |
robert piepenbrink | 25 Jun 2021 4:06 a.m. PST |
I note persistent confusion over whether "easy to get into" means "you can use simple rules and easily understand what the toy soldiers are doing and who they are" and "you can get started without spending much money." They're both decent poll questions, but they're not the same question. Recommend this be two poll questions: (1) "What period of genre is easiest for a beginner to understand and play?" and (2) "What period or genre requires the least financial investment to start gaming?" |
Prince Rupert of the Rhine | 25 Jun 2021 4:31 a.m. PST |
Games Workshop (any flavour). Here in the UK, at least, you have shops (either their own or independents) in every town and city with staff that can run you through how to play and provide you with everything you need. They have an easily accessible website, with lots of info, and these days they have numerous starter sets (To suit most budgets) and boxed games to get you hooked. No they aren't the cheapest but cost isn't the only factor in what is easy to get involved with. At the end of the day if someone wants to get into miniature gaming it's a lot easier to walk into a Games Workshop and get everything you need that track down some models, rules and an opponent for ACW ironclads IMO |
79thPA | 25 Jun 2021 5:37 a.m. PST |
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boggler | 25 Jun 2021 10:00 a.m. PST |
As already suggested, western gunfights or WW2 but, if you mean easiest to get going ASAP, I'd go for WW2 naval wargaming, as you can get away with two or three ships and don't need any terrain apart from a blue cloth! |
Silurian | 25 Jun 2021 10:06 a.m. PST |
I'd go with ACW. Tons of miniatures, loads of well described battles. Rules galore. Just buy a blue and grey spray can and you're away! |
Mister Tibbles | 25 Jun 2021 10:39 a.m. PST |
I'm counting out anything historical since in the bigger picture of miniature gaming practically no one plays historical miniature games statistically speaking. Sorry. It's the truth. In the US, on average, how many stores sell historical miniatures? None? But I can buy all the GW, Fantasy Flight Games/Asmodee, Paizo, WizKids, Wizards of the Coast, ect I want, find painting sessions and players any day of the week. Get plenty of personal advice from shop owners and players. That is what makes a "period" easy to get into. Rupert is spot on and hands down the winner. Uesugi comes in a close second. I always get this feeling that nearly all historical gamers have no clue what is going on in the current gaming scene. If this sounds arrogant, I've been called worse…by my wife. |
Griefbringer | 25 Jun 2021 12:18 p.m. PST |
WW2. Overwhelming stuff, reference material, entry assistance and potential gaming partners in 6, 10/12 15, 20, 28 and other sizes. Variety is great, but it might also make it difficult to actually find opponents with compatible force. Imagine painting up a 15 mm battalion of early war Greek infantry based for Kampfgruppe Kommandant rules, only to find out that the other six WWII gamers in the town have: a.) 2 mm mid-war Red army mechanized corps based for Uberblitzkrieger IV rules b.) 6 mm early war French cavalry division based for Lancetip rules c.) 10 mm British armoured brigade (North Africa) based for Tactical Orders rules d.) 20 mm Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper company based for Warbattle rules e.) 28 mm Brazilian infantry platoon individually based for use with Machine Carbine rules f.) 54 mm late war Volksturm squad (slightly under-strength) individually based for use with super-detailed skirmish rules with unpronounceable pseudo-German name |
Parzival | 26 Jun 2021 1:04 p.m. PST |
Vehicle combat. First, pre-painted minis typically already look great, and complete rules systems come with enough to get started right away. Open the box and on the table. Second, vehicle combat usually only requires a handful of minis. A dogfight, a naval duel, a tank battle, a chariot race, a post-apocalyptic armed car fight— all can be done with as few as two miniatures— and even as few as four per side begins to feel quite "big" as battles go. Third terrain can be limited (or even non-existent) and the battle can still be fun. So I would suggest: Wings of War/Glory WWI or WWII Sails of Glory X-Wing Tanks Et al. |
forrester | 26 Jun 2021 2:46 p.m. PST |
Anything where information is plentiful and good ranges of figures, also terrain requirements are not too demanding. Of course it helps if its a period you are actually interested in. If its something that just doesn't inspire you then it doesn't matter how accessible it is otherwise. I started out with Airfix Waterloo a] because they were there and b] I'd seen the film. |
Pocho Azul | 27 Jun 2021 3:29 p.m. PST |
The easiest to get into is whatever interests you the most. Really, the time commitment of collecting miniatures demands a large degree of personal commitment to whatever it is you decide to collect. If you really don't have a personal favorite, perhaps start looking into whatever your friends are already doing--sit in on their games and see if you like the rules, the period, the figures, etc. If you are still interested, Paint up something that fills a gap in their existing collections to start with, and you can make a valuable contribution without having a big collection of your own. That way you can ease into a genre or period without a huge time commitment, get advice and encouragement. |
UshCha | 28 Jun 2021 3:40 a.m. PST |
Free rule book and free paper minis, mimimal coist and minimal time no paint tu buy. Junior Genral has both. Graduate to bought minis and paid for rulebook if the affliction lasts. |
Old Contemptible | 28 Jun 2021 9:45 p.m. PST |
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Robert le Diable | 10 Jul 2022 7:43 p.m. PST |
Voted in this before reading all these observations; based my own answer on thinking of what's the easiest historical period, with regard to armies and tactics and information, for a newcomer to get confident with (as far as I could decide), rather than the financial aspect. Didn't include my own preferred period; neither easy nor, skirmishing apart, cheap. Colourful, though! ""*[//]) |