17th Century Warfare

Introduction

One of the many ways by which the hobby of wargaming can be classified is that of time period. Thus for historical¹, land² based wargames, we have:

• Ancients
• Renaissance
• 18th Century
• Napoleonic
• American Civil War
• Colonial
• 20th Century
• Modern

These broad time periods are differentiated by criteria such as military technology, army organization and battlefield tactics, and may be further sub-divided. There may also be differences of opinion about the precise dates marking the start and end of each time period.

Ancients

to be continued …

Footnotes

1. An example of genre, another way of classifying wargames. Other genres are fantasy and science-fiction.
2. An example of theatre, yet another way of classifying wargames. Other theatres are sea and air.