Angus Konstam's Edinburgh Wargames

Modern Periods

While I really like the tricorne era the best, I seem to play most of my games using figures from two of these four collections. In a way that reflects the interests of the guys I wargame with here in Edinburgh, for whom the Second World War and the First World War (or rather the "Back of Beyond") are core gaming periods for them. Most of our Colonial games are really "Back of Beyond" games in disguise.

 After all, many of these periods are played with tongue firmly in cheek. After all, how can you take a game set in the First World War too seriously? That said, while I'll happily play the Germans in a Great War game, its usually a cold day in hell before I'll willingly play the Nazis. As for Colonial games, the cross-over with The Great War and "Back of Beyond" is substantial, which means that my Pathans see a lot more action than my pure Colonial figures such as my Indian Mutineers. very occasionally - about once a year - I dig out my Darkest Africa figures, which of course is another incredibly silly period. I also used to wargame Vietnam (the page is still there though), but my heart was never really in it, so I recently sold off my Marines. However, I recently acquired a pile of 28mm Spanish Civil War figures, so I might see myself sliding into a new period before too long...

Another important factor for me is the aesthetics of a game. While there are wargamers who are quite happy playing DBM with terrain cut from carpet tiles or card, with figures based on unpainted Corn Flake boxes, I'm not one of them. In fact, I regard DBM players with barely hidden scorn, wasting their time with ugly-looking little 15mm games, and truly shitty rules! For me the game has to look good, and sometimes the scenery takes precedence over the rest of the game. Just look at the pictures to see what I mean...

                                                        The Colonial Era      (including "Darkest Africa")

                                                       The Great War         (including the "Back of Beyond")

                                              The Second World War      

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