Saturday, May 31, 2008
Book Ranger’s WWII Ship Rules
Rules Naval, Rules WWII
Book Ranger offers a basic set of WWII ship rules.
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Book Ranger offers a basic set of WWII ship rules.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Geoff Bohrer offers a postcard game—an entire Avalon Hill style game on a postcard—of the Japanese invasion of Malaya:
The Japanese invasion of Malaya was one of the most perfectly executed military plans in history. Can you, as the British commander, slow the Japanese advance sufficiently to disrupt the timetable for the capture of the East Indies? Or will the Japanese succeed in capturing Singapore in time to establish the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere?
This 5x8 inch postcard game includes 18 counters, complete rules which include the asymmetrical abilities of the Japanese and UK forces,and a 5x5 1/2 inch board.
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Malta Convoy is a WWII Simulation of the Allied relief convoy to the British island stronghold of Malta in August 1942.
It looks pretty good, and I think there’s the basis of an interesting campaign game here.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Angels 1-5 is a game of air combat over Britain in 1940
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
Devils Brigade Lux is a free computer Risk Variant about the First Special Services Brigade in the Italian Campaign.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
The Green and The Tan is a set of fast play rules for combat with plastic army men. I have to say that at first I thought it was about an Irish rebellion.
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
For those who read French, Perry’s Heroes is a set of WWII rules for 28mm figures.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
The HOTT for WWII rules set was written by Bruce McFarlane some years ago and now exists only on the Wayback machine. In the interests of preservation, I have copied it below. This represents no challenge to Bruce’s copyright and I will of course, take it down if he insists.
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Coastal Command is a set of free wargames rules for small coastal craft in World War II.
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Thunderbolt and Lightning is a set of free WWII air combat rules.
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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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