Friday, April 21, 2006
There’s a good article on the Flames of War site on building terrain for a miniature wargame set in Stalingrad. It’s a good discussion of many of the terrain building issues that face all miniature wargamers, no matter what the scale or period.
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Thursday, April 13, 2006
The good folks at Flames of War have a photo tutorial and downloads for making a Stalingrad apartment block.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
From the folk at Flames of War comes this desert terrain generator. While intended for Flames of War, it could be adapte for any game set in the desert.
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Sunday, May 22, 2005
The Flames of War guys have a useful Stalingrad terrain generator. Although its intended for their own system, I think it could be adapted for practically any World War II rules set.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
The folk at Flames of War have an article on using one of their 15mm tanks to create a burned out model for use as an objective. Using a small diorama as an objective marker adds a terrific dimension to a game, and is much better than cardboard chits. I’d much rather hear that I have to advance to the burned out T-34 than to advance to the #2 marker.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
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Poll #3:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
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.
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