Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Wes Rogers has written a supplement for Tactica that covers the early Italian renaissance.
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Monday, June 27, 2005
For fans of Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings Battle Game, here is a fine illustrated tutorial on building a model of the capital of Rohan: Edoras.
The model also would be useful for any number of medieval settings.
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
Using Hirst Arts’ fine molds, the folks at Shifting Lands have created an incredible modular cityscape.
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Dan Becker has written an outstanding article on making and casting three dimensional models for use in the Settlers of Catan board game—something that I have always wanted to do. I am this close to making this my summer project.
The Shifting Lands site has another set of instructions for doing the same thing.
The information in the article also can be applied to a wide variety of other projects.
The Settlers of Catan has got to be the most important strategy board game of the past twenty years. Its elegant rules, relatively quick play and endless strategy choices are unmatched. And even the most hard core miniatures gamers that I have introduced it to have loved it.
I don’t normally do this, but I like the game so much that I’m going to offer a link to the purchase page on Amazon dot Com. If you don’t have a copy, I think it’s a must buy.
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Wesley Rogers ofers a French and Indian War Variant for the Sword and the Flame rules set. Rogers writes:
The basic rules have been modified to give more of a musket-smoke-among-the-trees game than a wild-charge-to-the-death game. Chances to hit are low, but it is difficult to charge to contact or receive a charge. The charts have been modified so that you want to roll high, not low, and the number of different types of dice has been reduced. The firing and combat charts have been redone.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Microtactix offers a nice free paper model of the wreckage of an industrial station. Its in 25mm 28mm scale. The model would be useful for any number of settings, I think, including science fiction, VSF and superheroes.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Microtactix offers a set of free cardstock figures that include a vampire hunter and several zombies. Thyr’e in the 25mm 28mm scale. Just download them and print out as many as you need.
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Monday, June 20, 2005
Wesley Rogers offers Charge Pikes, a set of free miniatures rules for the English Civil War. I’d think that they would work well for any game in the Pike and Shot era. There also is a playsheet.
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Microtactix offers a selection of free cardstock zombie figures in 25mm 28mm scale.
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
Eric Veitl has an excellent site on the Seven Years War with lots of pictures and unit information. The thing is a virtual painting guide for fans of the period.
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Poll #3:
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.
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