Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Toy Soldiers Forever Blog features photo essays of civil war battles using 54mm figures. .You can see their recreation of Antietam’s Bloody Lane here.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Scott Mingus has a scenario for Pardee Field, July 3, 1863. It’s designed for Johnny Reb, but I have successfully used JR scenarios with a variety of rules systems.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
This YouTube video shows a civil war miniatures battle.
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Have a hankering to try Fire and Fury, Johnny Reb, or any of the other excellent American Civil War miniatures rules? Then just download these civil war paper figure files, print them up, cut them out and viola! instant army.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Callan was a late 1960s early 1970s television series starring Edward Woodward as an embittered agent/assassin for British counter intelligence (part of the Bond/Secret Agent fad of the times, no doubt). In one episode, he plays with a very elaborate Gettysburg wargaming setup.
Word is that the setup was created by Peter Guilder.
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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Charge! is a new blog for the American Civil war from the Johnny Reb Gaming Society.
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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.
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.
