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Friday, March 13, 2009

Assault Battalion World War II Rules

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Assault Battalion is a set of free World War II rules for 2mm miniatures.

Author John Scoville writes:

Assault Battalion is a WWII battle game designed for 2mm miniatures. Other scales can be accommodated with little or no range or movement adjustments. All game distances are given in centimeters and can be used with larger figure scales from 5mm to 15mm. Each command unit is roughly the size of a battalion with its support, and generally comprised of 12 to 20 figure stands. The rules are based on a simple schema of two interrelated processes of movement and combat. Almost no bookkeeping is needed and a battalion sized battle can be concluded in as little as an hour. Larger battles with multiple
battalions per side can be resolved in a few hours.

 

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Saturday, March 07, 2009

Necromunda World War II Rules

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Malcolm McDowell offers Necromunda World War II, a set of skirmish rules based on Games Workshop’s Necromunda, Mordheim, GorkaMorka and Warhammer 40K rules.

 

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Bombers World War II Air Combat Rules

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Tom Sparhawk offers a set of rules called Bombers for World War II air combat. Tom writes:

These rules were inspired by Avalon Hill’s game “B-17” and John Stanoch’s “Blue Sky” rules. Each player commands a “V” of three bombers and also controls two German fighters. The bombers can be either B-17s or B-24s. The fighters either Me110s, Me109s, or Fw190s.

Each hit on a bomber can have from no effect to total destruction of the aircraft. As happened historically, the bombers can take enormous damage, some taking well over 100 hits and surviving!

 

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Raid on Ploesti World War II Aircraft Rules

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Tom Sparhawk’s Ploesti rules

are unique in that they are really only applicable to one engagement during World War 2 - The low level raid on the oil fields at Ploesti, Rumania, on August 1, 1943 by 168 US B-24s flying from Africa

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Friday, November 28, 2008

Crimson Eagles

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Crimson Eagles is a set of aircraft rules that combines FASA’s Crimson Skies (which themselves were based on a Renegade Legion space combat system) and the 3D mechanics of Blue Max/Canvas Eagles. Unfortunately, to get these you have to join YAYG (Yet Another Yahoo Group—and one of those that require you to write an essay explaining your motives, to boot).

FASA, BTW, stands for Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration, a nod to the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup movie.

 

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Warriors World War II Rules

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Warriors is a set of free miniature wargames rules for World War II, played on a hex grid at 1-1 scale. Infantry sections are mounted on a single base.

 

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Verdammnis Weird WWII Rules

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Eric Laurent has written Verdammnis, a “weird World War II” modification for the excellent commercial rules set “Dogs of War.” The modifications include rules for Nazi scientists, zombies, super soldiers, and werewolves, as well as providing stats for WWII British, Russian, US and German troops.

 

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Sunday, September 07, 2008

Paper Tigers World war II Skirmish Rules

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Paper Tiger Armaments offers Paper Tigers, a set of World War II skirmish rules. The author writes:

Paper Tigers is designed as an introduction to miniatures war gaming for the beginner. It is intended to be played with paper miniatures printed in 1/72 or 1/76 scale. To that end, the rules are kept deliberately easy to learn. This does not mean the rules are unsophisticated. Players will find that good tactics are generally rewarded. Paper Tigers uses a standard deck of playing cards to generate an interesting and sometimes surprisingly tense turn sequence. Higher value cards allow you to act first, but they are more difficult to successfully use. Lower value cards are easier to use, but with them, you are more likely to act after your opponent.

Most players! initial games are likely to be solo efforts. This does not pose a problem as Paper Tigers is purposely designed to work well in singleplayer games. The card-driven turn sequence combined with other mechanisms that limit player control make Paper Tigers highly suitable for solo play yet still provide an enjoyable multi-player game

 

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Valor and Victory Squad Level World War II Board Game

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Valor and Victory is a free hex-and-counter World War II squad level board game. The rules are professionally done, as are the counters, maps and such. This is a major piece of work.

Thanks to reader FNH for the heads up!

 

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Battle of the River Plate Card Game

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Book Ranger has a card game based on the World War I Battle of the River Plate,  involving an attempt by the British to sink the marauding Admiral Graf Spee battlecruiser.

Thanks to reader FNH for the heads up!

 

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About the Miniature Wargaming Hobby

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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