Monday, June 01, 2009
1-48 Combat is a set of free wargames rules for WWII skirmish, designed for two players commanding a single squad.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
The Last Hussar blog has a set of free wargames rules for World War II. They’re a work in progress, so you’ll want to stop back by on a regular basis.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
A Spanish Crossfire is a set of modifications for playing Crossfire game set in the Spanish Civil War, and in the Rif War.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Blaze Away is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures game set in the Second World War. The rules feature:
• Designed to play Company to Brigade sized WWII wargames.
• Game time 1-4 hours.
• Simultaneous turns ensuring the players are always involved.
• Basic unit is a stand of 3 infantry figures representing an 8-12 man Section or 2 squads.
• Basic armoured unit is one model vehicle representing 2-4 vehicles.
• Ground scale, 1mm = approximately 1.5 metres.
• Can be played with 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm figures.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
PZ8 WWII is a set of free wargames rules for fighting battles of the Second World War using 6mm (microarmor) wargames miniatures. They’re at the 6mm Yahoo Group.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Kampfgrupp OST is a simple Hex based Operational level WWII game circa 1944-1945 East front.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
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
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
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
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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Poll #3:
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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