Friday, January 14, 2011
Some years ago, Wargames Foundry published a set of rules to go with their Street Violence figures. They’re missing—as far as I can tell—from the Foundry site, but you still can get them as a free download at The Warstore.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Wargaming For Decay is a set of free wargames rules for hex based future and science fiction land battles.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Fubar is a good looking one page set of modern and science fiction rules.
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Saturday, September 04, 2010
Killzone is a set of fan created rules for running special operations games in the Warhammer 40K Universe.
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Friday, August 06, 2010
Sub Wars is a set of free wargames rules for combat between small submarines in a post-apocalyptic environment.
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Monday, August 02, 2010
Starcrashers is a simple tabletop game of space exploration and combat. The author writes:
Star Crashers is a friendly game for 2-4 players, ages 8 and up. Each turn, players move their spacecraft around the table, exploring by flipping over Blip Counters that could be Space Pirates, Gravity Mines, Derelict Ships, and stranger things! When a player successfully deals with an encounter, they collect Credits as specified in the encounter. Once all the Blip Counters have been revealed and dealt with, the game is over- the player with the most credits wins. You can also try playing teams, pairing up with another player and combining your credits to see which team can earn the most!
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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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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Fire and Forget Games has released a downloadable PDF version of the rules for Faction Wars, the sci-fi skirmish game. The free 40-page PDF contains the basic rules of the game, sample squads for two factions, and a couple of scenarios to get you started.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
MS Era is a set of free wargames rules for playing with those Mobile Suit Gundam figurines.
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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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