Monday, February 01, 2010
And One For All is a set of free wargames rules from Eureka Miniatures for swashbuckling adventure in the tradition of the Three Musketeers.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Legion Wargames offers Close Files and European Order, a set of free wargames rules for playing wargames in the period 1700 - 1720. They’re based loosely on the classic Loose Files and American Scramble.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Les Trois Mousquetaires is a set of rules for playing Three Musketeers style skirmishes.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
La Petit Guerre is a set of free wargames rules for small scale actions in North America in the 17th - 19th century.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Island Mayhem is a set of rules for playing games in which 25mm - 28mm Pirates are searching for treasure.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
American War of Independence is a set of wargames rules for 25mm - 28mm figures in a 1/25 scale.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Perfect Captain has upgraded the graphics for their free John Bull / Patriots game for the War of 1812 and the American Revolution.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
De Bellis Indica is a DBA variant for simulation of warfare in India in the 18th and 19th centuries. The basic scale is 1 figure = 50 men and 40mm = 100 paces
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Imagine Image has released a new version of its Hex Command Gunpowder rules. These free wargames rules for the Horse and Musket period are played on hex grids.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Beyond the Saale is a set of campaign rules for the Seven Years War.
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Poll #1:
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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.
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