POLL: Top Five Reasons Why You Like Ancient Wargaming

1368 votes were cast by total voters.

PTL1815

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What can I say..I like pikes and lots of them..the new aventines are awesome.

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
interesting troop types such as chariots, elephants, pike blocks etc.	150	11%
much more hand-to-hand rather than the use of fired projectiles. I like it 'up close and personal'	46	3%
figures are often easier to paint (i.e., naked spearmen)	4	0%
historical sources give you some guidance but because they are incomplete leave some leeway in interpretation. I can paint my Roman tunics almost any color I want!	56	4%
no two armies ever look exactly the same	27	2%
you can find an opponent anywhere, worldwide	12	1%
no one takes it personally when a nation becomes the bad guys	25	2%
nearly every nation was a power at some point	13	1%
it's not obsessed with sprockets and tehnological explanations ofr military sucess	18	1%
tactics can make any army win even if armed with just a few sticks and stones and a little luck.	32	2%
Amazon armies - they show up everywhere	12	1%
Romans - History's first Meatgrinder	50	4%
Elephants - only replaced by Giant Ants as Nature's Panzers	27	2%
Ancients teach the basics of combined arms tactics	27	2%
Ancients taught me how to run a campaign game	3	0%
Ancient Naval games demonstrated Ramming is a viable option	8	1%
Anabasis - civilian-inspired road trip	0	0%
Cleopatra, Boudicca and Zenobia - three women that scared the snot out of Rome	14	1%
Bar Bar Bar Bar-berians (sing along…)	12	1%
armies with big, big blocks of troops	20	1%
irregular troops that don't have piping, epaulettes or complicated uniforms	21	2%
for some armies, a refreshing tactical simplicity (you mean there are other tactics than a full-out frontal charge?)	14	1%
painting is easy, in that the details are flexible = fun	20	1%
'nekkidness' and woad tattoos and maiden guards and...	13	1%
broad sweeps of culture and history to digest	40	3%
almost 'anything' goes	5	0%
there are only conventions, not rules	1	0%
you are your own expert	2	0%
no one can say you're wrong!	8	1%
tossing sticks	0	0%
rowboats	0	0%
slingshots	3	0%
running and screaming	9	1%
swinging pieces of metal around	8	1%
cataphracts	19	1%
scythed chariots	5	0%
pike phalanxes	23	2%
horse archers	20	1%
it's sexy!	6	0%
no army cannot be improved by the addition of elephants	23	2%
variety	24	2%
history	80	6%
so much history to read	36	3%
tar-daubed flaming pigs	11	1%
the epic sweep of history	29	2%
colorful characters	15	1%
really colorful armies	32	2%
You can tell your wife, 'But Hon, Amazons and Maiden Guard are real units and you want me to get the colors right don't you? Other wise all the guys will laugh at my paint job.'	6	0%
nothing quite as inspiring as an entire Roman Legion in 28mm	27	2%
28mm Gauls are cool	10	1%
Lakedaemonians	6	0%
an excellent magazine (Slingshot) to support it!	13	1%
cool helmets	12	1%
big, pretty shields	20	1%
relatively easy to paint	16	1%
tremendous variety of armies to choose from	64	5%
the Persians were still powerful	4	0%
unique armies	14	1%
figures available in all scales	27	2%
flank marches	0	0%
ambushes	1	0%
wide variety of opponents	15	1%
I've found a ruleset I'm happy with	34	2%
throw in camels, wardogs, elephants & we have the 'menagerie effect'	11	1%
other (explain)	11	1%
I don't like ancients	54	4%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION
raducci writes... I have a mild disquiet on all the "Top 5 reasons why I dislike…." threads. Rules are a personal thing, and I do not think there are many absolutes, just opinions. So perhaps a broader brush would be useful. (Poll options taken from this pre-poll discussion.)