Miscellaneous Periods

This page covers all of the gaming periods that we do every so often and that don't fit anywhere else. Mainly, it covers naval wargaming and we use to do a lot more than we do now.

We played Harpoon 2 to Harpoon 4 and the rise in complexity, coupled with the game preparation time has made this very anti-group play. We use to have large collections of 1/3000th ships and would play at least two scenarios a year when the Cold War was at it's height. Now, we haven't played Harpoon in about 3 years and I believe it's because of the effort it takes to stay current in that subject area.

We did do several games of Command at Sea, both in the Pacific and the Med, including a fictional campaign that worked out well. Again, we don't find ourselves doing too many of these games as the prep time and endless checking of rules makes it a nightmare for the referee. We keep hoping that a simpler WW2 set of rules will come along besides General Quarters, which is too simplistic.

Also, occasionally we do a Heart of Oak game with sailing ships and we keep threatening to get back into this period heavily, but nothing ever comes of it(too many other new figs and rules keep coming out!).

I'll add more photos and info as we explore new periods that can fit into this section.