This is an easy, introductory game on the first battle of the English Civil War, based on a system derived from the old SPI Thirty Years War system, modified with the introduction of a chit drawing leader activation procedure that makes the game different each time you play it and perfect for solitaire play. Easy to understand and fast playable (less than an hour), and full-color map (with the position of the different units printed on the map for an immediate set-up).
Contains:
11 x 17” full color map (2 - 8.5 x 11” parts)
113 full color counters.
Rules in English and Italian
Vendel Miniatures has a set of free wargames rules for Border Reivers:
These rules are designed to allow you to play three types of game - a standard “my army against your army” wargame; a scenario game, where the forces are very unlikely to be fair; or a simply managed campaign. All are fun, but we think that the campaign system will give you the full flavour of the Anglo-Scottish Borders in the sixteenth century. Whilst the Reivers did conduct large raids for reasons other than plunder, most of the time what they wanted was livestock. Because of this the rules include a section on the control of animals, and the campaign systems emphasis is on what you can steal rather than how many men you can kill.
Vexilla offers Pike and Plunder, a set of rules for running an Italian Wars campaign set in the sixteenth century.
Author James Roach writes:
This is a campaign for four players.The principal combatants are FRANCE, SPAIN, VENICE and the PAPAL STATES. All other states, Milan, Florence, etc are non player states. Due to the end of the campaign, the Holy Roman Empire is not a player state. An umpire is not required.
1450 - 1550 is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniature games set in the renaissance. The author says it’s “slightly more complicated than Tactica.”
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.
