Ok,  I can understand most of the Top 10 Ranges but I am a little fuzzy about  1. Falklands War and 5. Yom Kippur, didnt they last like in blink of an eye?  Falklands 70 something days and YK only 20 days?  Did these two "wars" have massive land battles with thousands and thousands of troops?  Yeah yeah I know you say what about 1866 and 1859 they were very short "wars" but they had hundred of thousands of troops in really pretty uniforms with fancy  stuff on their hats 

I think it is truly wonderful that Pendraken has them on their lists, maybe, they are quick ranges to start and complete and then move on, but I dont know. However, looking at the Mongols that had HUGE armies for several years rillaging and paping the countryside , now that would be a cool range but there are some Mongols already in 10mm. Now looking at what is not in 10mm and had years and years worth of fighting - Aztecs  - yeah - animal clothed feather wearing multi colored Aztecs, yum yum 

Anyhoo, I think it is just too good to be true that we have a company like Pendraken that is trying to keep up with all of your gaming visions for battlefield armies, what other company does it so well and releasing every month stuff we are asking for - I mean - VCBW in 10MM - WOW!  That is awesome.

So not to rile the feathers (feathers, aztecs wear feathers) of those of you wanting to game Falklands and Yom Kippur, I think it is great that they are on the list and I truly hope that when the ranges are complete you have hours upon hours of gaming delight and we want to see pictures 

Now where are my habaneroes? I need to stuff them with jalapenos for a snack tonight 

Must admit I can't see the point of a Malvinas range, but each to their own as they say

I am a historicals gamer but, I would definitely add in some gangsters. If Clibinarium would be so kind and offer to take on the the line, it would be much appreciative. 

Dave

I see your point on both Falklands and Yom Kippur.  I think there's a couple of benefits to them though.  Firstly, a lot of the figures for these would be multi-purpose and could be used in several other areas (although that would lead to another lot of requests!)  Secondly though, they're quite small ranges for us to do, infantry-wise.  There's a lot more vehicles needed, but we could have the foot done in a couple of months.  Again though, as soon as we did a Falklands range, we'd get hit with the requests to fill in the gaps back through to Vietnam...!

 

Well said, Blakor. And if we're talking about gaps in available ranges, well, hang it all, the wars of the Conquistadores probably did more to shape todaughty's world than any others ever fought (possibly excluding the SYW).
   Mongols spent time "paping" the countryside? Surely that would rather be what a 30YW imperialist army did to Prod territory?

    30YW

But Fierce, they have Gangstas on the list, gangstas - ooooh  cant wait should be very cool   

Hi Blaker
The appeal of the YOM Kippur War is not its length of time but the scale of the battles. Apart from the Iran/Iraq war these are some of the biggest battles since WW2. Certainly saw the largest tank battles since Kursk. It makes the falklands and both gulf wars look like skirmishes.
So if you like lots of kit and you are into modern (be it 1973) warfare then it has a lot going from the wargame point of view.

Its not just the size of the war it's also the type of kit. All the armour bar M41 needed for Nam (both sides), most for central Europe, certainly for WarPact, and new hulls for late WWII stuff, plus some is already made.

IanS

Howdy Martyn and ianrs54, that just goes to show ya how much I know about those wars     I didnt know YK was on such a massive scale.  They both sound interesting.  I just like the way Pendraken is trying to keep up with all of our requests for minis - what a very cool time to be wargaming with miniatures 

How the blazes did THAT typo get in?

Gangsters.... oh my!!!!!


    

Still think only one bag of gangsters will be more than you`ll ever need.

How many battles between the Al Capone Division vs the 29th police motorized brigade  or the Bugs Moran mechanized corp were fought in chicago (er hello, NONE).

So the  little wars like the falklands and yom kippur get my vote.

Quote from: Jim Ando on 15 July 2011, 07:29:25 PM
Still think only one bag of gangsters will be more than you`ll ever need.

How many battles between the Al Capone Division vs the 29th police motorized brigade  or the Bugs Moran mechanized corp were fought in chicago (er hello, NONE).

So the  little wars like the falklands and yom kippur get my vote.

No!!!  Silly little wars as Malvinas are not going to raise the same income revenues as the Mongols and their friends for a gaming company

Mongols maybe

But there are an awful lot of people who want modern stuff and we really only have one alternative which is minifigs (which aren`t for me ) or do it in 6mm which I`ve done in the past. But once bitten by the 10mm bug I can`t stand 1/300 now .