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Friday, October 07, 2005

Paper Figure Font Sets

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Here’s an interesting concept: Truetype and Type1 Fonts that are sets of wargaming and roleplaying figures instead of letters. Because they are, like all fonts, scalable, you can print them at whatever size you prefer.

Among the font sets are superheroes, pulp adventures, space opera, Ironclaw roleplaying figures, treasure, scenery and starships.

 

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Back of Beyond Times

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If you don’t visit this site on a regular basis, you should. Presented as a tabloid newspaper, it reports on the goings on in the mythical country of Kashgar. Simply inspiring material for people who play wargames set in the pulp era.

 

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Friday, January 14, 2005

Pulp Heroes

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I think I’ve got to live to be 100. Otherwise, I’ll never get around to doing all of the periods that interest me. One of those is the “Pulp” era. This site has a large number of resources for the Pulp Gamer, with links to material on Doc Savage (my fave), the Shadow, the Spider, and others. I’d personally like to see someone do a figure of “The Phantom.” The Ghost Who Walks was my late father’s favorite comic hero.

 

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Friday, November 26, 2004

Armored Car Paper Model

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Whether you’re into Steampunk, Pulp Adventures or WWI, sooner or later you’re going to need an armored car. Here’s one you can build out of paper in 25mm - 28mm scale.

 

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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Genghis Khan Website

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From a wargamer’s perspective, what’s not to like about the world’s greatest conqueror? Here’s a website on Genghis Khan with some good background information, including maps, biographical basics, and a nice look at Mongolia today. This last would be good for some of you doing the “Back of Beyond” games.

 

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Thursday, November 04, 2004

The Pulp Avengers

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Thanks to great figures from Bob Murch of Pulp Figures, and Mark Copplestone, there has been a growing interest in gaming in the "pulp" era. This site offers advice for game mastering in the pulps.

 

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Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Mandarin Names For Gamers

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As loyal readers of this blog know, your friendly neighborhood Editor has been working on a Boxer Rebellion project for the last several years. Most of the armies have been painted for some time now, the terrain ahs been constructed, and a large number of enjoyable games played. I'm still working on bits and pieces and am always on the lookout for more information to help my games along. Here's a gamer's guide to Mandarin names.

 

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Friday, October 22, 2004

Russian Civil War pictures

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I''ve had a number of posts recently on the Russian Civil War (use the search box to find the back posts). The Pas d'Quartier site has some very nice pictures of a 15mm Russian Civil war game.

 

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Saturday, September 25, 2004

Bamboo Hut Paper Models

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A MiniatureWargaming dot Com exclusive! Your friendly editor created these original paper model bamboo huts for use in his 25mm Moro Rebellion game. They were drawn using Corel Draw and Corel Photo Paint. The figures are 25mm Old Glory Moro Rebellion. There's a large hut, a small hut and burned out versions of each. The burned out versions have interiors and floors. Better yet -- they fit inside the unburned versions. So, as your Marines burn the village, you can remove the pristine version to reveal the smoking ruins. These would be good for use with any 25mm - 28mm game in tropical regions.

You can download the PDF files here.

 

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Monday, September 20, 2004

Hot Lead and Steel Sinews Yahoo Group

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The Hot Lead and Steel Sinews Yahoo group focuses on pulp-era gaming. There are also a set of playtest rules for the period, called "Noir." Unlike other adventure-miniatures games, this set of free wargames rules is specifically focuses on the period, featuring such things as "hero points" to capture the flavor of the pulp novels.

 

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Poll #1:

In addition to miniature wargaming, do you also play paper and pencil role playing games (RPGs)

Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.

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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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