Amputheatre is the outline of a set of miniatures rules for playing slasher games of the sort popularized by movies such as Jason v Freddy or similar video games. I say “outline” becuase it really isn’t a complete set, but more of a description of a complete set. The game is designed to be played with large (probably 54mm or larger) figures; all of the ones shown on the site are homemade.
It’s a really gory site, so probably a parental warning is warranted.
This presentation features 68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played a role. These films were made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and consist of actualities filmed in the U.S., Cuba, and the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time events. The Special Presentation presents the motion pictures in chronological order together with brief essays that provide a historical context for their filming.
It’s inspired me to get out some of my old Spanish American 15mm miniatures for a game.
Add a creepy cemetary to your tabletop with this paper model from Ravensblight. The file is a pdf, so you cna resize it using your printer’s control panel to make it fit whatever scale you need.
You can add a lot of atmosphere to your horror games by decorating your tabletop with tombstones, broken fences, gallows, and other small horror vignettes. Games Workshop has a how-to article on creating some of these small set pieces.
Ravensblight Manor is a free paper model of a haunted house. I took a look at it, and think that it would be just about the right size for 25mm - 28mm figures.
This link leads to a jpg file of a dark ages barn for you to print out and construct for your miniatures wargames. There’s also a lean-to to go with it.
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.
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