Monday, February 20, 2006
The Western Oregon Wargamers (WOW) offer their version of Larry Brom’s “A Fleeting Glory” Napoleonic Rules. Brom’s rules are always a lot of fun to play and should be standards in any miniature wargamer’s rules library. The WOW version is available as a pdf download.
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
The Western Oregon Wargamers (WOW) offer a set of free Napoleonics wargames rules in pdf format called Napoleon’s Wars.
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
Column, Line and Square was the first set of Napoleonics rules that I ever played—and I suspect, the first set that many people played. We called it Column, Line and Slaughter, though, becuase slaughter was the usual result.
Still, it was fun to play—especially with 25mm figures.
Sadly, the set is apparently no longer in print. But you can get the rules here, free for the downloading.
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Monday, December 05, 2005
A new Yahoo group is up for developing variants on Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings system. They’re currently working on Star Wars, Gladiator, Samurai, Napoleonic and Pacific War versions.
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
John Kelly has posted the latest version of his Old Trousers Napoleonic Rules—Old Trousers II. He writes:
The major change is in the order system & in cavalry melee. Each division will now be given an order chit which must be followed. Better commanders will be able to improvise by deviating from their standing orders. Cavalry melees are made simpler but still adhere to historic principles. Skirmishers are now a little less powerful. I have also included army lists for the Mexican-American War
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Saturday, November 12, 2005
Dave Wareham offers a set of free miniatures rules called Big Battle Napoleonics Rules. He writes:
These rules are designed for re-fighting the large scale battles of the Napoleonic period with the emphasis put on playability rather than complexity. They allow a single player to control the large armies that fought in the major battles of the period whilst still finishing a game in a reasonable period of time.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Maritime Supremacy Trafalgar is a set of simple free miniature wargames rules for replaying the famed battle of Trafalgar. Author Justo Perez writes:
These rules are ideally suited for kids and their dads or as an educational tool for history teacher; to increase student interest in history. The rules are simple and self contained; the necessary ships should be printed on regular card-stock sheets, then cut and glued as illustrated.
To address the historic superiority of Nelson’s fleet, the rules favor the British by having them move last (i.e. allowing them to maneuver after the Franco-Spanish ships move) and resolve gun-fire first (i.e. scoring damage on the Franco-Spanish ships before they fire their own guns). The typical and well known tactics of high-shots to the riggings (the French preference) and low-shots to the hull (the British preference) are not addressed in these rules. Rather than focus on such minute tactical details, the framework of these rules hinge on overall fleet strategy and gun-fire volume.
The dicing system is quite simple… each die that rolls a SIX is a hit and the same dicing concept is used for other game tasks. A roll of SIX is easily distinguished among other dice; it speeds up the game and produces reasonable odds. Where more favorable odds are warranted, the odds are augmented by having the player retain the dice that rolled a SIX and re-roll the remaining dice.
If you like rolling dice and quick results, these rules are for you.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Napoleonic Fury is a set of free miniatures rules for playing the Napoleonic Wars. As the title suggests, it’s based on Fire and Fury, which also happens to be my all-time favorite set of rules.
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Friday, June 10, 2005
Sam Mustafa has released a playtest set of fastplay Grand Armee rules. Given the popularity of his regular Grand Armee rules set, this should also be a hit.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Dennis Barrett has written a set of Naponeonic skirmish rules called “Bayonet Point.” Its a well-done set that looks like it also would be a lot of fun for the French and Indian War, a period for which I have a lot of figures.
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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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