Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Capitan Miniatures offers Master and Commander, a set of free wargames rules for naval warfare in the Napoleonic era.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Stingray is a set of free wargames rules for playing games based on the television series of the same name. The authors write:
These rules are an attempt to simulate the undersea combat portrayed in the 1960’s TV series Stingray.
It tries to be true to the original, and we have resisted (as far as possible given the requirements of game design) the urge to embellish the original too much.
The rules are divided up into three parts, The General Rules, the Titan Terror Fish Rules and the Stingray Rules.
These can be divided up between player teams as appropriate (see below). It is recommended that players who use these rules regularly stick to one or other of the protagonists on a permanent basis.
This will encourage greater identification with the cultural and technological characteristics of the two sides.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Aqua Zone is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures games that feature underwater combat with submarines, DSV’s and marine animals.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Warartisan is offering a free sample model of the Enterprise, one of the ships that fought on Lake Champlain in 1776. It’s part of paper model ships to go with the free Away Boarders rules for refighting naval battles on the Great Lakes in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Away Boarders is a neat little game for a little-considered theatre of war: The Great Lakes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author also includes some nice 2-D paper models of the ships, as well as counters.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
The PZ8 rules sets have been listed on this site at various times. Now they’re all available as a single collection.
The rules are all just two pages long, and cover:
- Pz8 WW2,
- Pz8 1950-75,
- Pz8 Sci-Fi,
- Pz8 WW2 Divisional,
- Pz8 1939/41 Naval,
- Pz8 1935/65 Aerial,
- Pz8 WW2 Coastal (new!)
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
The War Times Journal has a set of free Pre-Dreadnought Naval Warfare rules, designed for 1/3000 scale miniatures.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dragons of War is a Wings of War modification to allow you to fight battles set in the world of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
His Majesty’s Navy is a set of hex based rules for the Age of Sail. It’s still in development.
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Friday, April 03, 2009
Fleet of Battle is a set of free wargames rules for playing out battles between fleets of ancient galleys. Think Ben Hur. There also are several pages of free print-and-play galleys for use in lieu of lead miniatures. The rules require a knowledge of the commercial Field of Battle wargames rules.
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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.
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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