Editing Miniatures game (section)

==War games==
{{main|Miniature wargaming}}

One of the oldest and most popular miniatures game genres is that of [[Miniature wargaming|war games]], where figures are arranged into competing "armies", with figures that represent ranks of troops or individual combatants. [[Naval wargaming]] is a variation of play where figures represents ships and do battle on the seas.  Early [[wargame]]s were focused on faithfully recreating historical battles with units represented by chips, blocks, and other abstract markers. The modern genre has expanded to include fantasy and science-fiction settings, often using intricately-detailed and [[Figure painting (hobby)|painted]] miniature figures.<ref name="Hyde">{{cite book |last1=Hyde |first1=Henry |title=The Wargaming Compendium |date=2013 |publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]] |location=United Kingdom |isbn=9781783830695 |oclc=867929190 |via=[[EBSCOhost]] eBook Collection}}</ref>