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Monday, November 29, 2004

Indian Wars Rules

19th Century,  Colonials

Fred Diamond has a simple set of free wargames rules for playing the Indian Wars in the America of the late 19th century.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Legends Of The Old West Review

19th Century,  Games Workshop,  GWs LoTR,  Warhammer 40K

Over on the Lord of the Rings Yahoo group, Terry Maltman has posted a review of Warhammer Historicals' new "Legends of the Old West" game. Apparently it is not, as I feared, a 40K variant, but rather a Lord of the Rings variant, with some Mordheim/Necromunda stuff thrown in. You can read the review below.

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Monday, November 01, 2004

Carlist Wars

19th Century

Here's a website with information on the Carlist Wars, "the last major European civil wars in which pretenders fought to establish their claim to a throne. Several times during the period from 1833 to 1876 the Carlists - followers of Don Carlos and his descendents - rallied to the cry of "God, Country, and King" and fought for the cause of Spanish tradition against the liberalism, and later the republicanism, of the Spanish governments of the day. "

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Monday, September 13, 2004

Coupstick and Lance Group

19th Century,  Wargaming Sites

I'm currently painting up some Foundry 7th Cavalry and Plains Indians figures and went in search of pictures of painted figures to use as a model. The Coupstick and Lance Yahoo group was one source suggested to me. The group focuses on Plains Indian warfare and culture from 1790 to 1890. The group also hosts Tim Greene's "Coupstick and Lance" rule set for Plains Indians wars.

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Sunday, August 22, 2004

Musket Effectiveness Analysis

18th Century,  19th Century,  Napoleonics

Rules writers pay attention! Mike Willegal has written an analysis of the effectiveness of black powder muskets.

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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Wild West Scenario

19th Century

I've always loved westerns, and one of my ongoing historical miniature projects has been The Wild West. Matthias at My Wargames Page has a free scenario for the Six Gun Sound wargames rules.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004

The Making of America

19th Century,  ACW

Historical miniature gamers can never have enough research material. Here is a huge collection of primary source material on the United States from the Antebellum through Reconstruction. This University of Michigan digital library has 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The collection should be of particular interest to Civil War and Mexican American war gamers.

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Monday, June 07, 2004

Abyssinia After Napier

19th Century

Robert Avery has an article on the possibilities for miniature wargames battles in Abyssinia after the removal of Mad King Theodore in 1868.

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Wednesday, June 02, 2004

15mm Victorian Figures List

15mm Figs,  19th Century,  Figures

Joseph Boeke has a comprehensive list of miniature wargaming figures available in 15mm for the Victorian Era.

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Monday, May 31, 2004

Seminole Wars Yahoo Group

19th Century

This Yahoo group is dedicated to discussion of the three Seminole Wars. These were the longest and most costly of the US Indian Wars. There are many possibilities for miniature wargames here.

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About the Miniature Wargaming Hobby

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.

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