As there are quite a few Horse and Musket ranges now, would it be possible to have a sub-board for them, possible 1600 - 1850?

Cheers, Rob

seconded

Thirded, if circumstance permits.

I am in the midst of preparing a TYW purchasing order (Imperials, Spanish, Swedes, French, the works) and a separate board for related issues and questions would be welcome.

Cheers,
Aart

Works for me. 

Most of us would call TYW and the era Pike and Shot, not Horse and Musket, surely?

What about splitting the 'Historical' board somewhere around 1700-ish?  Everything earlier goes into one board, everything later into another.  Not sure where we'd put the LoA discussions though... maybe make the cut-off 1688? 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 13 October 2011, 02:52:25 AM
Most of us would call TYW and the era Pike and Shot, not Horse and Musket, surely?

Sure, sure, and 1500-1700 might be a better cut-off. After all 1492 marked the start of Spanish domination, 1525 the start of the European wars of religion, etcetera. Any old date would do as long as I can park me pikes and gendarmes there.

Cheers,
Aart

given that LOA is one of Pendrakens showpiece ranges i think its important to include it clearly in one board or the other. Personally i feel it has more in common with WSS and other post 1700 wars than classical pike and shot - so perhaps we say 1680ish onwards ?

Personally I'd like to see the other end of the period extended to 1900. After all, european-style warfare still relied on feet and horses right up until the internal combustion engine reared its ugly head. And there seem to be an awful lot of us late nineteenth century buffs. 

So we make the cutoff 1680 we'd have one board for Ancients through to ECW, and the other for LoA through to the Colonials?

Quote from: Leon on 13 October 2011, 07:09:52 PM
So we make the cutoff 1680 we'd have one board for Ancients through to ECW, and the other for LoA through to the Colonials?

Sounds fine - that is, if it's not too much of a hassle to open a new subforum for just seven members, eh?  

Cheers,
Aart

Wouldn't it make more sense to align the Forums with the Catalogue breakdown?

Chad

Quote from: Aart Brouwer on 14 October 2011, 07:51:30 AM
Sounds fine - that is, if it's not too much of a hassle to open a new subforum for just seven members, eh?  

It's easy enough to do, so it's not a problem.  I'll get to it after the weekend, as I'll have to go through all the threads and send them to their new home.

Quote from: Chad on 14 October 2011, 11:48:27 AM
Wouldn't it make more sense to align the Forums with the Catalogue breakdown?

That was the plan when we first launched the Forum, but the worry was that certain area's wouldn't attract enough traffic, and become dead space.

Quote from: Leon on 14 October 2011, 05:47:19 PM
That was the plan when we first launched the Forum, but the worry was that certain area's wouldn't attract enough traffic, and become dead space.

From recent observation the areas that attract most attention are those which sport the latest and best figures - witness the current furore about the, admittedly superb, LoA figures. On the "what goes around, comes around" princlple each period would eventually attract notice as it was upgraded or renewed. However, by running several periods together in one board you can smooth out the peaks and troughs that would inevitably ensue with more specialised boards. The sixty-four thousand dollar question is, of course, where the break points should be. Does, for example, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 belong with the horse and musket era, or in the modern era? I'm sure the membership can come up with other examples of grey areas.    

Quote from: Chad on 14 October 2011, 11:48:27 AM
Wouldn't it make more sense to align the Forums with the Catalogue breakdown?

Chad

Yep.