Saturday, September 06, 2008
Chariot Races is a new game set in the Warhammer Universe. Fortunately, this one is free.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
Muskets and Moustaches (sic) is a set of miniatures rules for the Napoleonic era. The author writes:
It is a very simple game to play, all based on a handful of dice and rolls of 1-3 and 4-6. Obviously there is a bit more to it, but that is the essence!
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
The Fates is the name of Tim Connolly’s epic scale miniatures combat game. Tim writes:
The Fates is a fast-paced, epic-scale mass-combat miniatures game for two or more persons. Players command large armies across the battlefields of Europa.
Rationale
The gist of The Fates is simple. Our local gaming community needed a quick, flexible set of miniatures rules that would be cheap and easy to grasp for the new-comer while still providing enough nuance and flavor for years of play by veteran gamers. Also we needed something that we could control the evolution of - a game that didn’t leave us at the mercy of company X or Y.The Fates as is a skeleton on which each individual player can hang as much detail as they wish in the form of flavor text. While the rules reflect human armies of identical capabilities, distinctions between your force and your opponents’ will emerge based on each individual’s tactics and style of play. How else could your Space Bugs be a match for your opponent’s Zombie Hordes or Hittite Army?
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Galleon is a set of wargames rules for naval combat in the 1400s and 1500s—the Spanish Armada period.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Spin Out is a set of rules for running Star Wars style pod races. The old micro machines from Galoob work perfectly for figures.
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Monday, September 01, 2008
Mini Nap is a set of Napoleonic Warfare rules for 6mm figures. The authors write:
MINI-NAP is a set of wargames rules specifically designed for playing a reasonably quick corps sized Napoleonic wargame using the 6 mm scale.
They grew out of my desire for a set of rules that would allow two players to play a traditional style, historically based Corps sized game (of around 35 to 50 units on each side) but one that would allow such a reasonably large game as this to be played and finished within about four hours (which they do).
Under the MINI-NAP rules, the basic force normally fielded is a Corps consisting of several Divisions. Unlike many other wargames systems, there is no points system involved in MINI-NAP. Players are encouraged to use an actual historical corps (and historical corps structures). That means you will need to do some research.
As a guide, the MINI-NAP Corps Guidelines give some general details on how many of the various nationalities involved in this period arranged their Corps (and also the Infantry Brigades, Cavalry Brigades, Mixed Brigades, Reserve Brigades and Reserve Artillery of the Divisions therein) and they also include how to rate units. Brigades are important within the game system.
Individual units manoeuvre, fire, fight hand-to-hand combat, etc, during the course of the game by the Brigade, as they did historically. Several Brigades can also manoeuvre by the Division if circumstances allow.
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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.
