Miniature War Gaming: Free Miniature Wargames Rules, Wargaming Resources, Miniature Wargames Terrain, Painting Advice

Oldest First

2006

May

• Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

• The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar

• Rubicon by Tom Holland

July

• Battles of the Revolutionary War by W.J. Wood

August

• The Encyclopedia of Military History by Ernest Dupuy

• The Military Experience In The Age of Reason

• The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

September

• The Napoleonic Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite

October

• The Face of Battle By John Keegan

• Angel In The Whirlwind By Benson Bobrick

November

• The Age of Battles By Russell Weigley

• Battles and Leaders of The American Civil War CD ROM

• Stillwell and the American Experience In China by Barbara Tuchman

• A History of Warfare By John Keegan

• About Dispatches From The Front

• The Boxer Rebellion by Diana Preston

• Star Wars Starship Battles

• Beowulf and Grendel

• Praise For Gamers History

• Warhammer Historicals Legends of the Old West: Showdown

December

• Old Negro Space Program

• History Channel International

• The Greatest Army (and Navy) Stories Ever Told

• Thoughts on Battlegames Issue 5

• Unbelievable Helicoper Rescue

• Refighting The Battle of Stiklestad

• Software For Starving Students

• Games Workshop’s Man O War Revisited

2007

January

• SpartaCon 2007

• Ray Harryhausen Monster List

Page 1 of 4 pages  1 2 3 >  Last »

<< Back to main

 

• Attention Gamers, North Coast, Ohio
• Painting "filled in bits" on figures.
• LSoM: FoW Tanksgiving 2009
• 1/72 British Para's & Armour fo4 Battle Field eveo
• Awesome upcoming movie Solomon Kane
• Updated Remake of Clash of the Titans
• Tale Of War-Ron&Bones;-2009
• LSoM: Orka-palooza Saturday
• Recon April 29 - May 2, 2010 Cocoa Beach Florida
• LSoM: 40K Battleforce Competition - Winners Announced

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.

Hobby News Headlines
• A Fistfull of Miniatures 2E Now Available
• 30mm Asylum medieval papercraft model now available
• LSoM: Firestorm Armada Early Bird Specials
• Damaged / rubbled buildings and walls in 15mm
• LSoM: Weekly Update
• 54mm fantasy range
• New 30mm papercraft models: Tax Collector's Office, Corner Ruins and more
• November sale, Historical, Sci-fi figs. Gary Hunt Miniatures. 28mm and 54mm. Also new dragon sculpt.
• 20mm Half Timber building series launched today
• First Look at A Fistfull of Miniatures 2E
• New! Red-White-Blue Paper Miniatures Stands
• Armies of Arcana 5th Edition Now in the US
• Three story split timber building added to 15mm line
• Angel Barracks has a Paddy.
• REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
MORE HOBBY NEWS

Board Games (0) Books (18) Cheers and Jeers (9) History (12) Miniatures Games (21) Movies (6) On The Net (9) On The Shelves (6) Projects (0) Random Nonsense (26) Site News (1) Technology (5)

November 2009 July 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 October 2008 August 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 May 2006

• Category
• Newest First
• Oldest First
• Alpha

• RSS 1.0
• RSS 2.0
• Atom

• Visit Our Webrings

• Epic Disasters
• Learn About The Chronicles of Narnia
• Lions Tavern: Talk About The Detroit Lions
• Holiday Fires Holiday Resources
• Fire Lloyd Carr!
• Fire John L. Smith
• Top Train Links
• Things In The Basement: Halloween and Horror Information
• Golfblogger
• Teaching Economics
• Making Cash On The Web
• Top Cat Links
• Hearing Aid Information
• Flash Drive Information
• Tank The Gas Tax

Test