Thursday, February 09, 2012
From Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy comes Ramming Speed, a set of naval rules originally intended for the Warhammer Siege supplement.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Familia Gladiatoria is a set of free wargames rules for gladiator campaigns.
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Oceanus Strategoi is a set of free wargames rules for Ancient Naval warfare, designed for 1/1200 figures
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Corvus on Land is a set of free wargames rules to accompany the Richard Lee’s CORVUS (or any other Ancient Naval rules) when played in 1/1200 or smaller scales.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Warhammer Historical: Gladiator
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Battle For 2mm Earth is a set of free wargames rules for pre WWI wargames in 2mm scale.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thermopylae is a free print and play solo game.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Ross Macfarlane offers A Gathering of Hosts, an ancients wargame. Ross writes:
This is a set of simple rules for playing wargames with toy soldiers depicting ancient warriors. It is not a detailed, simulation of low level ancient tactics or high level ancient command, nor is it intended to be a clever vehicle for challenging competition style games. It is, hopefully, a relaxed game where the gamer can focus on his over all plan, not minor tactical details while getting enough flavour to feel right at a high level.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Hour of Wolves and Shattered Shields site has a set of free wargames rules for Ancients Battles based on the free set of fantasy wargames rules called Kings of War.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Anticamente is a set of free hex based rules for ancients offered by TB Line Hobby Wargames. It’s a very nicely presented set. The authors write:
The Rules will let you replay the epic battles that took place from Ancient times right up to the early Renaissance period with an “area-based” approach. The use of hexagons will allow you to use three dimensional scenery in complete synergy with the rules without one aspect penalising the other. Anticamente does not pretend to simulate battles; the unknowns are many and modern deductions are often based on hypotheses which, in turn, derive from a few confused and, at worst, contrasting sources. Instead, after some play tests and objective deductions, Anticamente attempts to suggest the reasons why some situation occurred.
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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.
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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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