79thPA  | 30 Mar 2023 7:29 a.m. PST |
What subject/time period/war do you have the most books (of any kind) about, but not an accompanying miniatures force to go with them? My top three: Russian Civil War
Mexican-American War
French Intervention in Mexico |
| The Last Conformist | 30 Mar 2023 7:44 a.m. PST |
This gets definitional – how finely to we periodize? – but I'd say the Late Antique (ca AD 300-630) Mediterranean. The runner up is probably WW2. |
| 79thPA | 30 Mar 2023 8:15 a.m. PST |
Define as you see fit; no one's getting any federal grant money out of it. |
| batesmotel34 | 30 Mar 2023 9:02 a.m. PST |
The biggest period for me is the ACW. Find it very intersting historically but never really found a set of rules that seems to capture the period in a way that grabs me. Happy to play Fire and Fury Regimental (or Brigade scale) but never felt the need to have figures. Old Colony Wargamers where I play also has a large number of club figures so another demotivator for personally collecting. Chris |
| Glengarry5 | 30 Mar 2023 9:20 a.m. PST |
ACW… but I have aspirations to paint figures for it… someday… |
| Grattan54 | 30 Mar 2023 9:57 a.m. PST |
No doubt it is the Civil War. My PhD deals with the Civil War yet I have little interest in gaming the conflict. I have some 30 28mm Union soldiers and that is it. But I have lots of books on the war. |
| Dagwood | 30 Mar 2023 10:03 a.m. PST |
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| BillyNM | 30 Mar 2023 10:14 a.m. PST |
FPW – love it but the scale of the battles requires V.small scale figures that lose all the romance of the period uniforms and the actual fighting was a tad one-sided – I like both sides being able to win without feeling it's an atypical result. |
| Perris0707 | 30 Mar 2023 10:29 a.m. PST |
Not all the battles Billy! The early battles only involved a corps or two. Wissembourg just had a French division. Lots of interesting scenarios to play out. I have done the armies in 15mm and am now purchasing the Perry figures in 28mm. Pendraken's 10mm range is also incredible. Come on. Take the plunge! |
 Dal Gavan | 30 Mar 2023 10:31 a.m. PST |
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 Mserafin | 30 Mar 2023 11:04 a.m. PST |
American Revolutionary War
English Civil War
Samurai |
| Redcurrant | 30 Mar 2023 11:28 a.m. PST |
Zulu War – I have lots of books, but not one figure. |
| William Warner | 30 Mar 2023 11:38 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 30 Mar 2023 12:20 p.m. PST |
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| BTCTerrainman | 30 Mar 2023 12:22 p.m. PST |
For me it is SYW and 30 Years War. Not enough time to hit another period yet. |
 Herkybird | 30 Mar 2023 12:55 p.m. PST |
English Civil War, Napoleonics and probably more! |
| advocate | 30 Mar 2023 1:01 p.m. PST |
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| Son of MOOG | 30 Mar 2023 2:05 p.m. PST |
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| FilsduPoitou | 30 Mar 2023 3:01 p.m. PST |
I'd say I have two contenders: Tudor English – I have the Osprey book on Flodden and the army of Henry VIII and the Hellion book on early Tudor armies, but I don't have any minis. Torn between doing a Henrician army (Flodden, Italian Wars, Anglo Irish Wars, ) or an Elizabethan army (Rough Wooing, first 1/2 of 80 Years War, Irish 9YW), so Im not committing yet. ECW – I have maybe a half dozen Osprey books but no miniatures for specifically ECW (the TYW minis en route are specifically for a French army) |
| Col Durnford | 30 Mar 2023 3:49 p.m. PST |
I have all the Flashman novels, but don't game most of the actions they are based on. |
| myxemail | 30 Mar 2023 4:03 p.m. PST |
From my bookshelves, it would be WW II naval, AWI, and ACW. I have the books, but not the troops or fleets. I do have access to local gamers who do put on games for these periods or genres |
| MrMagoo | 30 Mar 2023 4:38 p.m. PST |
1870 Franco-Prussian War
WWI |
 Mister Tibbles | 30 Mar 2023 5:41 p.m. PST |
WWII North Africa, British for any theater, naval, air. Napoleonics |
| smithsco | 30 Mar 2023 5:54 p.m. PST |
All of Roman history, Texas War of Independence, Plains wars |
| Rich Bliss | 30 Mar 2023 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| rustymusket | 30 Mar 2023 6:33 p.m. PST |
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| 377CSG | 30 Mar 2023 6:48 p.m. PST |
American Revolutionary War
WWI
English Civil War
Russian Civil War
Spanish Civil War |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 30 Mar 2023 7:03 p.m. PST |
I've never thought about it like that. I'll have to have a look at the shelves. |
| FusilierDan | 30 Mar 2023 8:08 p.m. PST |
Irish War for Independence and Irish Civil War. |
 Old Contemptible | 30 Mar 2023 9:00 p.m. PST |
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| Bunkermeister | 30 Mar 2023 10:32 p.m. PST |
If I like the book, I get the figures.
If I don't the book, it goes away. Problem solved. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| Martin Rapier | 30 Mar 2023 11:22 p.m. PST |
Age of Empire (sold all my Colonials), followed by Dark Ages and Wars of the Roses Fun to read about, less so to game. |
| Steamingdave2 | 31 Mar 2023 5:09 a.m. PST |
WW1 land warfare. Always seemed too difficult to recreate the scale of the conflict on the wargaming table and skirmish games seemed too trivial. I do, however, have both ships and planes for this period. |
| Deucey | 31 Mar 2023 6:00 a.m. PST |
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| Dashetal | 31 Mar 2023 6:08 a.m. PST |
I am with FusilierDan. Irish War for Independence and Irish Civil War. Was interested and still am for the history but was repelled by the brutality in many of the individual actions by both sides. |
 miniMo | 31 Mar 2023 2:27 p.m. PST |
ACW. And I think that's the lone contender. No interest at all in painting so many drab miniatures for a black powder game when there's Napoleonics! |
| arthur1815 | 31 Mar 2023 2:33 p.m. PST |
American War of 1812. I'm waiting for Pendraken to produce them and just hope I live long enough… |
| robert piepenbrink | 01 Apr 2023 1:09 p.m. PST |
Wars of the Roses and Arthurian Britain, I'd say. |
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