Thursday, May 27, 2010
GHQ has a pdf of its Beer and Pretzels WWII Micro Armor, originally a commerial set, now a set of free wargames rules.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Op Art is a set of rules for operational level games on the Eastern Front of WWII. The author writes:
Operational Art is the term first coined by the Russians to describe the level oc fomat that falls between the tactics used on the battlefield and the strategic direction of a war. The basic units of manoeuvre are division sized formations and the decision making level is that of army commander.
The rules have been designed so that players can recreate battles fought at this level; as a result a degree of abstraction has been included in the mechanisms used and especially in the way in which combat is resolved.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
PZ8 WWII Divisional is a set of two page free wargames rules.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Panzer Gruppe is a set of free wargames rules for corps/army sized battles in World War II.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
RKAA Brigade Commander is a set of free wargames rules for brigade sized encounters in World War II on the Eastern Front.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Fire Away is a simple print and play wargame that’s nominally about pacific island warfare.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Bombs Away is a simple, three page print-and-play game about carriers in the Pacific.
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Tactics is a set of free wargames rules for skirmish battles set in the Second World War. At just three pages, they fit in the quick and dirty category. The author writes
So far the rules are best suited for infantry engagements with a few vehicles. I have added some very simple morale rules for my own satisfaction but I encourage others to modify them however they want.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Mike Licari offers Tactical Command, a set of World War II rules of which he writes:
The basic rules are designed for fast play, and are only a few pages long. Although they are fast play rules, they offer built-in abstracted command rules (your green troops won’t do what you want them to do, while your elite troops will have no problems, even when taking a beating) and fairly detailed vehicle and combat characteristics. Scale is 1” = 100 yards, and each stand represents a platoon of vehicles, men, or towed guns.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Running a “campaign” can add context and interest to a miniature wargame. Here’s a Tobruk Desert Campaign for Flames of War.
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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.
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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.
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