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Friday, December 10, 2004

Painting Marian Romans

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Strategos Artisos has a short painting guide for Marian Romans.

 

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Friday, December 10, 2004

The Battle of Zama for DBA and Warhammer Ancients

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Zama was the last stand for Carthage, as Scipio’s Legions defeated Hannibal in 202 BC. This scenario has lists for both DBA and Warhammer Ancients.

 

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Thursday, December 09, 2004

Building A Roman Basilica

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Neil Crankshaw has a good article on building a Roman Basilica at Terragenesis.

 

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Thursday, December 09, 2004

Caesar’s Commentaries

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Among his other talents, Julius Caesar also was a very good writer. The “Commentaries” on the Gallic and Civil Wars are classics of military literature, providing a unique insight into Caesar’s military campaigns. While it is true that there is an element of propaganda here, remember that history always is written by the victors. You can get the Commentaries in a free etext version here.

 

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Thursday, December 09, 2004

Constructing A Roman Mile Fort In Resin

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Dan Becker has an article on casting a Roman Mile Fort In resin. The project is aimed at making a 3-D version of the board game Brittania, but from the pictures, it looks as though it also would be useful as a 6mm DBA camp.

 

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Cynoscephalae Scenario

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The battle of Cynoscephalae in 197BC pitted Greek phalanxes against Roman legions. This scenario recreates that battle for the Vis Bellica rules set.

 

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About the Miniature Wargaming Hobby

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.

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