Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tabletop Titans has a couple of tutorials on making and basing 1/285 scale trees. I’m going to use these for my 6mm English Civil War project.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Lances and Labyrinths is a free RPG that’s sort of a Tunnels and Trolls lite.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Stingray is a set of free wargames rules for playing games based on the television series of the same name. The authors write:
These rules are an attempt to simulate the undersea combat portrayed in the 1960’s TV series Stingray.
It tries to be true to the original, and we have resisted (as far as possible given the requirements of game design) the urge to embellish the original too much.
The rules are divided up into three parts, The General Rules, the Titan Terror Fish Rules and the Stingray Rules.
These can be divided up between player teams as appropriate (see below). It is recommended that players who use these rules regularly stick to one or other of the protagonists on a permanent basis.
This will encourage greater identification with the cultural and technological characteristics of the two sides.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tabletop Titans has a tutorial on using inks on a white base to create a sort of “watercolor” look to your figures. I very much like the look and am trying to decide on what unpainted project I could use the technique. Actually, I’ve been thinking about getting some of those woodland creatures figures and doing a “Mouseguard” game. The watercolor look would be just right for that.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Aqua Zone is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures games that feature underwater combat with submarines, DSV’s and marine animals.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Fire and Forget Games has released a downloadable PDF version of the rules for Faction Wars, the sci-fi skirmish game. The free 40-page PDF contains the basic rules of the game, sample squads for two factions, and a couple of scenarios to get you started.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Friday, July 23, 2010
From the authors:
CAPTAIN SPECIAL OP’S (CSOP) Second World War game rules, that belong to the series of CAPITANGAMES CAPTAIN they are designed to play confrontations between small groups of specialized troops, such as airborne assaults, reconnaissance in enemy territory, intelligence missions, coup de main, special operations, commandos actions, patrol scouts, escorting convoys, attacks on villages, border incursions into enemy territory, armour clashes, and all those situations in which specific tasks entrusted to a few units.
In most cases small combinations of infantry, armoured and support teams, are included, in what the important thing was the training and preparation of troops, in contrast to the great battles, where large groups of troops and impact of the strategy was crucial.
CSOP is a pure tactical game, the player has to know how to combine arms, infantry, armour and artillery. Our goal is “keep it simple & historically accurate”
The first units cover the Normandy campaign, in preparation, Spanish Civil War, El Alamein and Kursk campaigns.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Minifigz is a set of rules for combat with Lego figurines.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
From Impact Games, Elfball is a set of fantasy “football” rules. It’s played on an oval field, so it’s not like “American Rules.”
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Warartisan is offering a free sample model of the Enterprise, one of the ships that fought on Lake Champlain in 1776. It’s part of paper model ships to go with the free Away Boarders rules for refighting naval battles on the Great Lakes in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Entry Permalink and Comments | Email this entry | List All Posts By Category
Page 1 of 331 pages 1 2 3 > Last »
Poll #1:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
|
|
|
|
|
