Wednesday, March 23, 2005
If you want to try a medieval game that’s a little different, you can shift your theatre of operations from western to eastern Europe. I’ve got a couple of 15mm Polish and German armies that occasionally are brought out to fight. Here’s a good article on Polish heraldry.
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Friday, January 28, 2005
In some of the early miniature wargames, players shot at their soldiers with tiny toy cannons. Janes’ original naval wargames rules had players whacking at paper ship models with a board. Now here’s a medieval variant on the theme: a 1/120 scale trebuchet made out of matchsticks that shoots popcorn kernels. There’s also a 1/6 scale one made from basswood.
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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Here’s a great resource for ancients gamers. The Reginal Chronicles website has list of the names and dates dynasties and rulers from every part of the globe. Did you know that Hiempsal I ruled Numidia from 112 - 118? You do now.
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Saturday, December 18, 2004
Thanks to their sashimonos and army banners, Samurai are among the most colorful of miniature wargames armies. Here’s a site with samurai banners for you to print, cut out and use. I wish I’d had these when I was painting my Samurai armies.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Hans Lundgren has written a primer on Viking armies for Warhammer Ancient Battles.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
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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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.
