Welcome to the General Horse and Musket Forum

[Mike]

This is the forum for posting about things connected to horse and musket era wargames that do not fit within a specific category.

 

 

[Hwiccee]

Perhaps you should change the title of this section. I assumed this was about the Black Powder rules and so ignored it at first, I don’t like the Black Powder. I like this era and so took the trouble to find this section but perhaps another name might be better – one that is not a wargame set of rules.

[Mike]

Gunpowder ?

[Hwiccee]

Yes maybe – Horse and Musket?

[Anonymous]

Hwiccee wrote:

Yes maybe – Horse and Musket?

I agree with “Horse and Musket” for the forum title.

Cheers,

Scott

[Mike]

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[Henry Hyde]

Mike, could we have a specific section for 18th century please? Because the period has its own, very distinct flavour (not just because this is the era that sees the most imagi-nations) I think it ought to be represented here. (you could call it Lace Wars, but 18th century covers WSS, GNW, WAS, SYW etc)

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[Hwiccee]

I agree with Henry generally but if you take 18th century out and you already have Napoleonic and ACW out then what is left? Isn’t this de facto the 18th century forum.

Maybe it might be better to put some dates in, not just here but elsewhere. Have this forum for say 1700 to 1785. Napoleonic is everything 1785 to 1840 (???) and ACW is everything from 1840 (or whatever you choose) to 1900. So change the names to, for example, Napoleonics (1785-1840).

[Mike]

Roger that, will do it tonight!

[Mike]

I lied, it is done now.

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[Jim Jackaman]

Hi Mike,

I was wondering if there could be a colonial forum rather than just having it as part of the general h+m one?

It’s a popular’period’ but isn’t usually associated with h+m, which I always relate to Napoleonics, ACW, ECW etc.

Just a thought.

Thanks

Jim

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[Mike]

Sorry for the delay in replying, I am not sure.
Do you have some content ready to go?

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[Jim Jackaman]

Not right now but later on. I just thought it was a bit odd not to have one?

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[Mike]

The trouble is, and often the consensus, that more forums just makes the content more spread out.
The search facility here works well, so anything with a colonial tag can be found.

Plus, there is also the issue of how many forums?
If a colonial forum, why not an X, if an X why not a Y, if a Y why not.. etc.
Before you know it you have a massive sprawling website that is harder to manage and moderate and host.

Catch 22 I know…

To be transparent though, I am more inclined to make a new forum if it gets the backing/approval of the paying members.
That is not to say the free members are not worth listening to, far from it, but those that pay to be a member, either sponsors or traders are those that essentially pay my rent and server fees, so they are the reason TWW is here to being with.
If those that pay decide they don’t like TWW and stop paying, then TWW will disappear.

That is my problem, trying to find that balance between making as many people as happy as possible, whilst still running at a small profit so I can pay my bills.
I am not sure that helps in anyway, but hopefully sheds some light on my thought processes.

[Not Connard Sage]

Folks, I think TWW was originally meant to follow a much saner approach to classifying posts than what some might be used to in the insanity that is the ridiculous redundancy of boards at TMP.

 

Wot ‘e said. Ghettoisation is not the way forward.

However,  in direct contradiction to the above, and in a complete volte face from my usual standpoint of ‘no more boards’, I reckon ‘colonial’ is sufficiently distinct from ‘mainstream’ 19th century warfare as to deserve its own board.  Even LAF would appear to agree…

BUT! If some plonker arrives next week demanding a Crimean war board they can expect to meet with an earthy response from moi 😉

 

 

 

 

 

Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.

[Mike]

hmmmm here is a plan I may stick to. (may)

Put them in the General H&M forum for now, and if there is enough of them and they prove popular, I will make a specific forum and transfer the topics across, like I did with 6mm sci-fi.

[Jim Jackaman]

That sounds like a sensible idea.

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[USMarine]

Just joined. Hope to see info on Black Powder and Muskets and Tomahawks.

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