Thursday, January 08, 2009
The AD Wars is a set of science fiction rules based on the Warhammer Ancient Battles Rules. You can get them on the Yahoo 6mm Science Fiction group.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Robertson Games has an article on how to sculpt a Dungeons and Dragons miniature out of polymer clays, like Sculpty.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
It’s a little late, but WorldWorks Games offers a free Christmas Tree model. Get them for next year’s Santa Claus vs The Martians game.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The Yahoo 6mm Science Fiction group has a nice little set of rules called ”Prophecy of War,” about which the author writes:
These rules are intended to fill a gap in the science fiction wargaming rules market. We needed a set of rules that could cope with the sheer amount of models that we wanted to use, because, of those rules that we tried, none could match our demands. Often playing games with six players, and each wanting to use over fifty models, as well as infantry and air support, we found that our sessions were somewhat slow. Even worse was the amount of time calculating army lists. We wanted to be able to turn up and play (lazy as that sounds).
1.1 Design philosophy
These rules are not intended for any specific future, or universe. They are useable in any futuristic game intended to create large scale mayhem. We have assumed that the current military balance has remained intact, since most science fiction wargamers tend to enjoy using land vehicles (even if they are far out of scale in many cases). This means that infantry and tanks still have a place on the battle field. There are many rules sets that provide infantry rules, and we have always found them to be tedious when used in large numbers, so we wanted something really fast. The aim was to make infantry into a useful tool within the game, and not just a minimum requirement in an army list.
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Monday, January 05, 2009
The 6mm science fiction Yahoo group is very active and has a number of nice rules sets. Maximum Firepower is one designed to be played on a hex grid, and it uses something called the BattleStory system, which it describes as a “universal mechanic that, with the roll of color coded dice, tells you: 1. What orders were issued? 2. How did the troops perform? 3. Who won the battle, and why? 4. What happened to the survivors?
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Dave’s Gaming Pages offer a nice selection of paper models of medieval / renaissance style town towers, including Blackbirds Lodge, Clock Tower and Four Seasons Tower. File 02 includes Gormann Haus, Mouldy Tenement and Piety Tower
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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.
