Thursday, October 27, 2011
To Cry A Joust are a set of free wargames rules from Wargames Vault. They include paper figures so you can get started right away
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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, June 16, 2011
Following up on their FUBAR modern rules, Gawd ‘elp Us Games offers FUBAR Medievals.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
The prolific Richard Bradley has a set of free wargames rules for samurai skirmishes.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Sword and Dagger are a set of free wargames rules for medieval skirmishes. They’re very straightforward and at 11 pages, probably good for beer and pretzels games.
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Battlelore is a great card driven fantasy/medieval miniatures/board game. Here are a set of rules for making it more historical than fantasy.
Beware, though. The site has a noxious pop-up video ad on it.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Al Hewitt and Ric Willey offer Jousting, a set of free wargames rules for medieval tournaments.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
Argad is a set of free wargames rules for skirmishes in the dark ages and for pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Medieval Mayhem is a set of free wargames rules for medieval battles. The author writes:
Put your tin soldiers on the table and play a medieval battle for an evening’s entertainment. See your soldiers rush the enemy, fight or flee while you desperatly try to control them. Medieval Mayhem is a game where your soldiers have a will of their own.
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Brytenwalda is a new set of very professsionally done free wargames rules for battles in the Dark Ages - Age of Arthur - Saxon Invasion period. It’s a neat set, but what I really like is the attitude of the authors:
Brytenwalda is an open set for mature gamers.
It is open because, as Creative Commons licensed project, you’ll be free to adapt the game in any way you feel more confortable with. There is no written in stone rules, you can change whatever you want. You can even set this rules into another time: in Brytenwalda you’ll find the rules to create your own warriors or whole warbands so, why not playing in the times of Rome, the Crusades or in a fantasy world?
It is for mature gamers because it is not focused in competitive manners nor thought as game for tournaments. This is just for fun… and fun is what a game should be.
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Poll #3:
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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.
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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