Quote Originally Posted by AussieGiant View Post
The Napoleonic period up to about 1820 is about as far as this type of game construct and engine can be taken.

It's the last real use of cavalry as part of the combined arms concept before it's phased out. Of course there are exceptions and cavalry was still used up until WWI but it's hard for cavalry to compete against repeating rifles and machine guns.

Unless they want to move to a command and conquer style engine they need to stay in the period before 1850.
Yep. Though I would push the TW a bit further to include the the ACW, even maybe the Franco-Prussian war. It would be interesting to see how the TW engine would deal with steam trains in both those conflicts.

Given the expanded geographic scope of ETW maybe we could hope for a global setting and just argue about dates? So no, Asian/European/Middle Eastern arguments, just when? when would be a good time where most major players would've had a chance to have an impact, given slightly unrealistic movement and logistics capabilities? I'd say an interesting period would be the end of the Middle Ages to up till the ETW era. Europe is fast developping new forms of warfare and the Middle and Far east haven't turned in on themselves yet.

Of course, it would a be adifficult one for CA to do. They probably don't even want to do anything of the kind given the fan base's competing pet hates and loves.