Sunday, October 11, 2009
Here’s a selection of downloadable flags for the Russian Civil War. That’s a period I’ve always wanted to paint and game. I can’t imagine a more colorful selection of armies and characters.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Here’s a page with a ton of fantastic resources on gaming the Spanish Civil War.
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Neuschwabenland: The Lost Colony is an interesting page on a 1930s German expedition to Antarctica. There’s plenty of fodder for a pulp style game here.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Jackson Gamers have a very detailed guide to gaming the Russian Civil War.
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Savage and Soldier magazine has a good introductory article on the US v Philippine Insurgents in the early part of the 20th Century. It’s always struck me as a period that would make for a good game.
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Dial P For Pulp offers podcasts for fans of Pulp fiction.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
ANother treat for early 20th Century and pulp gamers: A free paper model of a tankette with diamond style treads.
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
For those who like to game the early 20th century, here’s a paper model of an Ford 3 Ton gun carrier. It’s in jpg format, so you can use your paint program or printer settings to resize it to whatever you need.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Its not exactly miniature wargaming, but it IS inspiring. Artist Joseph Bellows has taken the covers of various pulp magazines and books and turned them into three dimensional sculptures.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Well Told Tales offers audiobooks of pulp fiction stories. From the website:
Every Monday, the Well Told Tales podcast brings you an original short story—either sci-fi, horror or hardboiled. Think of them as audiobooks, only shorter—15 to 35 minutes, the perfect length for your commute, workout, whatever. And did we mention they’re FREE?
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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.
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