Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Bob Cordery offers an imaginary East Africa campaign setting that contains the British Colony of Dammallia and the British-controlled Eastern Sudan, the Imperial German Colonies of Mankanika and Deutsches Sudan, and the independent Sultanate of Marzibar. There’s a lot here to work from.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Bob Cordery has a useful list of movies to help inspire the colonial wargamer.
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Friday, December 31, 2004
Want to know what’s a chora, or a harb? Try this colonial weapons glossary.
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Monday, November 29, 2004
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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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
For you colonial gamers, here is a page with useful information on British and Commonwealth Orders and Decorations.
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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
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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.
