The Golden Age ?

[nikharwood]

Except the lack of 10mm Mexicaans.

Are they related to the Afrikaans? 

[FierceKitty]

Mmm, I'm clearly reverting to my Boer stock.

[Techno]

How many Boers have you got sitting in that 'Got to be painted box' then FK ?
Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Finished them ages ago. You don't want huge numbers of such dull troops (sorry, Granny!).

[Womble67]

Hi all
       From my own perspective I think we are now in the golden age of wargaming, there's an abundance of products out there far more than any one of us could use in one lifetime and it just seems to be getting better every year.

Take care

Andy

[fsn]

My golden age was 1979-1980. I had Peter Laing miniatures by the hundreds, and and 8x4 table that seemed never to be down. I had the Peninsula in 15mm and Waterloo in 20mm; Platea in 15mm and Arnhem in 20mm; no cares, a gorgeous fiancee and money coming in. All in all, a happy bunny.

I remember getting very excited by HaT industries. They offered a sweet shop of 20mm loveliness, and their ready made vehicles were a godsend to someone who always gets more glue on himself than on the model.

I have to say that for variety of figures, today is pretty golden, but I haven't found a commercial set of rules that I like for any period. I want Featherstone simplicity with added subtlety. I remember being quite surprised that a trio of Shermans could quite easily handle a trio of Panthers.

So, I would say that the age of innocence has passed (who else remembers Airfix figures with Plasticene headgear, pine cone trees and chalk roads?) and we have moved to a time of plentiful information, figures and rulesets. It's not better, just different. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Now, or the five minutes when my old club went from playing 7th to DBA en masse in an evening! 

[FierceKitty]

Now, or the five minutes when my old club went from playing 7th to DBA en masse in an evening! 

That's a jump up the evolutionary ladder!

[Hertsblue]

That's a jump up the evolutionary ladder!

Several links missing, I'd say.