Saturday, August 30, 2008
In 1975, Don Lowry released a set of rules called Grand Army. Designed for 9mm ! and 15mm figures, it allows players to recreate large scale battles for Napoleonics and the American Civil War. Grand Army now is available online.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Warflag has some modifications for the commercial Age of Reason rules to allow you tu use them to fight battles in the Age of Marlborough.
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
Rebel Publishing offers “Two For Tea”, a set of fast play rules for the American War of Independence. I’ve tried them, and they work well.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
DBA 4 AWI is just that: a DBA variant for the American Revolution.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Washington’s Fury is a set of rules for wargaming the American Revolution. Unfortunately, it’s at Yet Another Yahoo Group, so if you want to take a look, you’ll have to join. I did, and they are definitely something I want to give a try.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Seven Years Warmaster is an adaptation of Games Workshop’s Warmaster rules for the Seven Years War.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Bravado! is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures battles set in the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. From the rules:
The Bravado Philosophy
· Players test their mettle and ingenuity against each other, not the rules.
· A single dice roll should determine what happened in any situation
· Rolling High is always better than rolling low
The Bravado Concept
· Bravado Initiative means that players determine in what order units move, attack, etc. One side may continually claim the initiative, but risk ‘exhausting’ their command stock.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Tim’s Miniatures Blog has some Age of Sail House Rules for Savage Worlds. He also has some Savage criticism of those who wrote the Pirates of the Savage Main rules.
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Thursday, August 02, 2007
All The Kings Men is a set of miniature wargames rules for 54mm figures in the Horse and Musket era.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Two Hour Wargames offers Mayhem: Muskets and Mohawks, a set of rules for American colonial battles. Formerly a commercial rules set, these use Two Hour Wargames’ Reaction System.
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Poll #1:
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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