Saturday, January 22, 2005
Lord Merlin’s Rules of Engagement is a set of free wargames rules for medieval style wargames. What makes these unique is that they are designed for large scale (70mm) figures. Despite the “Lord Merlin” monicker, there doesn’t seem to be a fantasy component here.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Here’s a special find. Fabrizio Prudenziati has posted a set of gorgeous paper medievel figure, rules and a playing board for recreating the battle of Calenzano.
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005
While nearly every educated person has heard of the Battle of Hastings, not as many know that it was the third of three decisive battles fought in a period of four weeks:; the others were Gate Fulford and Stamford Bridge. Had things gone differently, Hastings could have been fought between Harald of Norway and William the Conqueror. At any rate, this page has some good background and campaign notes for this critical period.
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Thursday, November 11, 2004
Monjoie is a set of free wargames rules from Oculus for replaying the "Song of Roland." Oculus writes:
The Monjoie! rules were developed for a participation game at the Jersey Wargames Society Siege 1999 weekend. They are intended to allow the players to take the part of Roland and his men fighting a desperate rearguard action. The rules emulate the style of the Song of Roland with the focus being on the key characters rather than the rank and file men. Each player takes the part of one or two of the heroes and the umpire of the waves of Saracens.
Players should bear in mind that the Song of Roland was essentially early Medieval propaganda. The Song bears little resemblance to the historic encounter at Rencevals. However, the game is intended to simulate the action as it would have been imagined by those hearing the Song before a battle or to encourage them to go on crusade. Accordingly a certain willing suspension of disbelief is required!
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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Oculus offers Werod, a set of free wargames rules for skirmish games in Dark Ages Britain. Here's what they say about the game:
WEROD was designed to enable players to recreate the feel of a dark age battle. The rules use individually based 25/28mm figures to represent the small but individual warbands of the period. This enables the few distinctive formations of the period to be recreated. Optional rules are included to enable players to include as much or as little of the "magic"* of the period.
The rules include both foot and cavalry combat and cover the period from the end of Roman period in Britain to the Norman Conquest.
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Saturday, November 06, 2004
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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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