Saturday, January 27, 2007
From the Godfather of American Wargaming, Jack Scruby, comes the Rules For A 30 Years Wargame. We have the people at Historifigs to thank for offering these free reprints of classic wargames rules.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Here’s a set of rules for 15mm samurai warfare based on the excellent and venerable Rules According To Ral.
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
Marston Less is a set of free English Civil War rules from Tony Cullen. Tony writes that “The principle behind this game is to be able to fight a stylised ECW battle in 10-15 minutes, using a grid board and 6mm figures.”
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Rattrap Productions, which produces the very nice .45 Adventures rules is offering a free set of demo rules for its new set of swashbuckling rules called Gloire. They’re designed to allow miniatures players to recreate the swashbuckling adventures of Dumas’ Three Musketeers.
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Monday, September 11, 2006
Paul Galley offers “You’ll Have Someone’s Eye Out With That,” a set of skirmish rules for the ancients through renaissance periods. The combat system uses 2d6 with a base chance of 7+ to hit at combat range. I like 2d6 systems because they offer an average base chance, with the possibiilty of out-of-the-ordinary results.
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
The Lord of the Rings Yahoo group has army lists for playing a Aztec v Conquistators variant.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Pike And Shot is John Armatys’ set of free wargames rules for fighting battles of the English Civil War. The rules also can be used to resolve battles of other 17th Century Western European conflicts. The ruels set appears designed for 15mm figures, but has special instructions for using 25mm figs.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
The Perfect Captain’s Battle Finder is a set of 64 cards—done in the usual high quality graphics—that you use to generate terrain for your miniature wargames battles. There also are rules for using the cards to create linear campaigns, and maneuver campaigns using the downloadable force counters, order and control markers. There are even revenue and siege rules.
Truly innovative stuff, and something that I’m going to use almost immediately.
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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Bloody Mary is the title of Gary Stevens’ free downloadable board game of intrigue in the Tudor Court. Stevens writes:
In this game you get to relive the politics of middle Tudor England as you strive to secure your candidate for the Throne… and keep your own head.
The game starts at the coronation of Henry VIII’s son Edward. It follows the history of mid-Tudor England for a further 25 years. You must plot to place your favoured candidate on the throne. You play the part of a faction of courtiers trying to preserve your power and influence. The game is solidly based in history (well, as solidly as I can make it). It is meant to be educational as well as entertaining.
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
Garry Stevens offers a free downloadable board and card game called Henry VIII - Intrigue in The Tudor Court. Garry writes:
In this rambunctious but historically accurate game you scheme and connive to win influence with the King, so that your faction will control his chosen heir and rule all England when the King dies.
The game contains all the important characters of the time, rated for religion, ability and guile. You play Court cards to improve your own standing and confound your enemies. Can you marry a woman of your faction to the King? Perhaps your Ladies of the Bedchamber can persuade Henry of her charms. Your future seems assured if she gives Henry a son. But woe betide you should the King tire of her.
Rich rewards are yours if you can convince the King to give you high office. But how long can you stay in power? You may be placed under secret investigation at any time, only awaiting a dreaded Warrant of Arrest from the Lord President of the Council to send you to the Tower. If the Principal Secretary sends you to the rack, your entire faction could be implicated. Of course, you can avoid the plots that surround Henry by travelling to Europe, but if you are there when the King dies, all your influence is to no avail.
And where do you stand if the King demands a divorce?
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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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