Saturday, May 02, 2009
Gross Jagersdorf is a free board game of the August 30, 1757 battle between the Russians and Prussians in the Seven Years War.
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Battle Leader Tactics is a free card game with a unique premise. From the introduction:
BLT is a component and introductory game for the Battles Leaders Tactics & Technology (BLTT) master game. BLTT is an abstract wargame that depicts some of the greatest military leaders (e.g., Alexander, Napoleon, Caesar, etc.) commanding historical units in some of the world most decisive battles (e.g., Megiddo, Zama, Hastings, Waterloo, etc.) using proven tactics of history. BLT serves as a basic game introducing players to the interaction between army units, leaders and tactics. BLT allows players to command standard troops (e.g, infantry, cavalry, artillery and guard) and special military units (e.g., 300 Spartans, Panzer Army Afrika, etc.) with historic military leaders using real tactics and fog of war—all without any dice. The primary resolution engine for the game is housed in the Tactics Results Chart (TRC), which compares tactics selected by the players and determines losses, if any, of army units.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Gamers (like me) of a certain age will remember the old James Dunnigan game Napoleon At Waterloo. It’s a small, but interesting board game that was given away to S&T subscribers, and also by many game stores—I got mine for free on a “games day.”
You can now download this classic for free. Maybe it can be used to introduce a new generation to the joys of chit and hex games.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Greg Costikyan has released his classic Vector 3 to the public. Costikyan writes:
I designed Vector 3 back in 1979, and am releasing it here for free under a Creative Commons “attribution non-commercial” license. Actually, I’ve made some fairly substantial changes to the game.
Vector 3 is a 3D space combat board game; its virtue is that players learn the essentials of vector arithmetic and Newtonian mechanics by playing. On a number of occasions, people have told me they learned more about this from the game than from lecture courses. I could see using it in the context of a high-school math or physics course.
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
Deadly Harmony is a free print-and-play game that:
attempts to capture the flavor of old Kung-Fu movies of the 70’s and classic arcade fighting games of the early 90’s. Over the course of the next few minutes you will take on the role of a fighter in a one-on-one bout of martial arts. This game is about reading your opponent, knowing what they are going to do next, and being a step ahead. So prepare yourself, lace up your gloves, and get ready to FIGHT!
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Occult World War II is a two player Warpspawn Card game. You need to make your own cards to play.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Great Old Ones offer the rules for a two player card game where the goal is to reduce your opponent’s sanity to “0.” You need to make your own cards to play.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sink the Bismark is a free solo board game of shooting torpedoes at the infamous Bismark.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Zombie Arena of Death is a free board game about competing teams of zombies.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
House of Horrors is a free, downloadable card game that uses the same mechanics as Avalon Hill’s Atlantic Storm naval game.
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Poll #1:
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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