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Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
Great article! There are just a few things I would slightly disagree with though. I used to be an Rev War reenactor (84th highlander) and I live fire my Brown Bess and Civil War Musket alot. When you pull the trigger I do not notice the hammer causing the musket to move or jerk, the flash from the pan never bothered me (though I have heard of people losing eyebrows by putting to much powder in the pan) and since your not supposed to put your head down to “aim” down the barrel (the British solider never were taught to “aim")I dont think this was a big problem.I also notice very little to no delay from when the flint strikes to when the musketball fires. I think (IMHO) the is a common myth about Flintlock musket (I used to believe it when I did Civil War reenacticing until I fired a Flintlock) I will say from personal experience, that the accuracy is correct in the article. I built my Brown Bess from a kit and when I first fired it (with live ammo) we spent several rounds trying to hit a man sized target at 25 yrds! Accuracy was horibble on my musket. One thing to comment on is the front metal block on the musket is not for aiming, it is only a bayonet lug in fact the British never used the “aim” command in the Rev War the soldiers were never taught to aim. The commands to fire went “ready, present, fire!”
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