Sunday, June 22, 2008
Outpost Gamma was one of Dwarfstar Games’ old micro games. It simulates man-to-man combat in a science fiction setting.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Mike Elliott offers High Water Mark, a set of free wargames rules for games set in the American Civil War:
This set of rules is designed to enable large battles from the American Civil War to be played as a wargame. A key concept was that the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) should fit on a table area no more than 4ft square. To achieve a game that works at this level requires a considerable degree of abstraction. The basic unit is the division and individual bases are brigades.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Caveman Clash is a set of free wargames rules for playing skirmishes between cavemen. There also are paper figures if you don’t happen to have cavemen available.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Here’s a papercraft model of a car ferry.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Here’s a pdf paper model of the Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean. Judging from the doors, I’d say it would work well in 15mm.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Gene Autrey’s serial, The Phantom Empire is available for viewing online. It’s a great mix of cowboys and science fiction:
From IMDB:When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry’s task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
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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.
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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.
