Thursday, December 09, 2004
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
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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Wednesday, December 08, 2004
I don’t care if its not exactly historical. You’ve got to love the opening scenes of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.” Scott says that the battle wasn’t based on any historical event, but Robert Avery suggests that the battle of Idistaviso, in AD 16, is pretty close. Here are scenarios for Vjs Bellica and Warhammer Ancient Battles.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004
On the Total Model site, Ted Schulz has a set of simple and free wargames rules for gaming the wars of ancient Rome.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Jeff Jonas has an article on using war machines in Warhammer Ancient Battles. There are some nice pictures of painted Roman war machine models, and a good discussion of their use by the legions.
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Monday, December 06, 2004
The Wargames Journal has a scenario for wargaming the Battle of Trebbia, which pitted Romans under Semprionius against Hannibal’s Carthaginians.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2004
The Warhammer Ancients rules book is full of point values, but it’s sometimes difficult to tell exactly how many of each troop type you should have. If you’re into Romans, here’s an example army list for you.
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Monday, November 29, 2004
Eye candy time. Here are some pictures of really well-done Early Imperial Romans. I like to have pictures like these to use as a painting guide.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
From Wargames World comes a review of Gripping Beast’s 25mm - 28mm Republican Roman Allies figures. I’ve been looking at Roman figures lately since finishing the excellent book, Rubicon : The Last Years of the Roman Republic, by Tom Holland.
The best part of the book, from a wargamer’s perspective were the descriptions of the street battles conducted between supporters of rival politicians. It would make a very cool skirmish game. (That’s a hint to you figure manufacturers out there.)
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Poll #3:
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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