Sunday, February 28, 2010
The War Times Journal has a set of free Pre-Dreadnought Naval Warfare rules, designed for 1/3000 scale miniatures.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
A dice tower is a nice thing to have to keep the cubes from rolling all over the table. Here’s a tutorial on making a cheap dice tower.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Eye candy. More Japanese Rice Crop art here.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
The Wargame Terrain blog has a nice tutorial on making a thatched hut native village.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
At Unknownzine, the author is offering free copies of his Free City of Haldane Labyrinth Lord RPG Supplement. Labyrinth Lord itself is a free old-school RPG, available here.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
For many years, George’s Nafziger’s collection of orders of battle for conflicts dating from the 1600s to the 1900s have been a mainstay of the historical wargaming community.
Once available only commercially, Nafziger recently donated his collection to the Army’s Combined Arms Research Library.
The actual files are available as pdfs here. But as they’re numbered and not named, you’ll also want to consult the finding aid here. And a search function.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Reaper Miniatures has a photo tutorial on making one of the most amazing miniatures bases I’ve ever seen.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Static Painting Blog has a photo tutorial on making an amazing looking base for a superhero figure.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Here’s a nice tutorial on making insulation board hills for your wargaming table.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Exponent wargaming has a nice article comparing the Vallejo, Games Workshop, Tamiya and Privateer Press paint lines from a gaming painter’s perspective.
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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.
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