| OH NO! Not another genre!?! |
 OH NO! Not another genre!?!
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Oct. 9th, 2006 @ 02:47 pm 
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Talking with a long time gaming friend last night, the subject of gaming genres that each was doing or considering came up. So I thought I would share the genres I currently game or plan on gaming in the next year.
Ancients
While wandering the internet one day I ran across a page where a gamer showed off his idea for making an arena in a cookie tin. I have since lost the link but it was inspirational and peaked my interest in doing something with gladiators. Mostly I envision small amounts of miniatures here, perhaps something more character based.
Old West
Well I currently am gaming this era. Some of the plans for this you can see in previous post. Currently have played the rules Six Gun Sound and The Rules with No Name. I also plan on giving Legends of the West and Gutshot a try.
World War I
The only interest in World War One gaming will be in doing dogfights. This is also the only period of aviation gaming I am interested in, at least till science fiction spaceship combat. I plan on using 1/72 plastic kits for this.
World War II
I am going to save my thoughts on this as it deserves a post of it's own.
Vietnam and Moderns
I admit that it was gaming the Vietnam Era that really peaked my interest in war gaming with miniatures and making terrain.In this I have mostly Baker Company figures. Future plans include adding a few more miniatures in 28mm. Not sure what other moderns I would consider playing at this time.
Future Fiction
Although this could fit under moderns I tend to put it more as Post-Apocalyptic gaming. For me it offers a good chance to flex my terrain muscle, especially since I do quite a bit of dumpster modeling. Besides at times I have really dark vision of the future inspired by novels, movies, and just the real world in general. I have used Combat Zone and going to give Mayhem Wasteland Warriors a try.
Fantasy
Way back when there were a couple of board games from Metagaming. Part of the Microgame line Melee and Wizard offered a chance to play duel like encounters between players as fighters or wizards, or even beasts and monsters. These are still played though now we are using some of those old miniatures we have from the early days when we started playing RPG's. The rules themselves have a slight flaw so we have done a bit of tweaking on our own. One day should put those in a web presentable format.
Sci-Fi
I am really not sure what direction to go with this one. My exposure to this genre is limited to board war gaming. And even there I have only ever really played Avalon Hills Starship Troopers and Amarillo Design Bureau Starfleet Battles. I am really lost on this one. I have no desire to play the miniature version of SST, nor the miniature version of SFB. The reason in the first case is simple, I really don't like the miniatures. The reason for the second is I just don't want to play such a mega-game as SFB anymore. Oh well... like I need another genre.Current Mood:  awake |
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