Saturday, December 29, 2007
The most recent issue dates from 2006, but I spent quite some time looking through the back issues of Incoming!, a fanzine for the Epic 40K game system.
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to see all 25 issues.
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
The most amazing Warhammer 40K terrain—or any miniatures terrain for that matter—that I have ever seen.
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Games Workshop has released the rules for its original Mighty Empires game. I really enjoyed the original of this game. From the website:
For those hobbyists who have been playing Warhammer for a decade or more, they will know that the latest Mighty Empires boxed set and plastic tiles is not the first incarnation of this campaign system.
For those with a twinge of nostalgia for the original Mighty Empires rules, or for those new Warhammer players who are curious what the old system was like, we present a downloadable PDF of the entire 64-page original Mighty Empires rulebook. Of course, this file doesn’t supplant the current rules for the new boxed set, but it might give you some clever ideas for tweaking your house rules. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Ninjameister has some instructions on building the columns of Khazad-Dum our of beermats.
Now we have another good reason to go to the pub.
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Headless Hollow has a rules summary pdf for second edition Space Hulk.
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Back when it was a multi-faceted games company, Games Workshop produced a wide variety of miniatures and board games, including one with 6mm vehicles called “BattleCars” (not to be confused with the 20mm Dark Future). Rotten Lead has an article and photos remembering the long-gone game.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Fall of Gondolin is a fan written supplement for Games Workshop’s Lord fo the Rings Skirmish game. The author writes that the game
is set back in the First Age, before the treachery of Sauron and the forging of the great Rings of Power. Included within these pages are stats for mighty elven heroes named in the Silmarillion such as King Turgon and Tuor. There is the possibility of creating your own elven lords for each of the twelve houses of the Gondolindrim. The good side have the chance to wield battalions of the houses that make up Gondolin, each with their special trait. Like any decent supplement the evil side has not been forgotten, introducing mighty Fire Drakes and Balrog warriors to spice things up!
There are also twelve scenarios linked into a campaign format depicting the Gondolins Fall; narrated in four acts through the eyes of a surviving elf.
This is an excellent product.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
War in Middle Earth is a fan generated supplement to Games Workshop’s excellent Lord of the Rings skirmish game. It’s designed to allow you to play larger battles using the Games Workshop system.
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Friday, May 25, 2007
The Gemini rules for Warhammer 40,000 are essentially a set of house rules for Games Workshop’s flagship product.
I think that the author is correct in his premise—that the Rogue Trader rules were perhaps the best.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
jWm is an army generator program for Warmaster and it’s derivates, written in Java, so it’s cross platform.
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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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