Saturday, December 31, 2011
The Blade Runner Sketchbook is now long out of print (and apparently fetching premium prices at resale). But it’s now available online, apparently with the permission of the creators.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
http://www.cabletv.com/doctor-who-timeline
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Friday, December 31, 2010
This might be of use for gamers / writers who want to create some realistic planets. From the Rand Corporation:
Habitable Planets for Man examines and estimates the probabilities of finding planets habitable to human beings, where they might be found, and the number there may be in our own galaxy. The author presents in detail the characteristics of a planet that can provide an acceptable environment for humankind, itemizes the stars nearest the earth most likely to possess habitable planets, and discusses how to search for habitable planets. Interestingly for our time, he also gives an appraisal of the earth as a planet and describes how its habitability would be changed if some of its basic properties were altered. Habitable Planets for Man was published at the height of the space race, a few years before the first moon landing, when it was assumed that in the not-too-distant future human beings “will be able to travel the vast distances to other stars.” More than forty years after its initial publication, and to celebrate RAND’s 60th Anniversary, RAND is proud to bring this classic work back into print in paperback and digital formats.
There’s a link to a free pdf version just below the buy button. Habitable Planets For Man
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Sierra Foxtrot One Five is a fanzine for 15mm Science Fiction wargamers. I wish 15mm sci fi had been around years ago when I was painting up all those 28mm Warzone figs.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
The first issue of The Ancible, a fantasy and science fiction oriented gaming magazine now is available for free. Obviously, they’re hoping you like the first issue enough to purchase others ...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Savage Apocalpyse is a setting for the Savage Worlds role playing game and miniatures rules.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Space Hulk in my opinion is one of the best games Games Workshop has ever produced. It’s sadly out of print, but you can get everything you need to play (except the miniatures) from this Space Hulk fan site.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Brios offers a set of custom tiles for use with the Star Wars miniatures game. They’d also be useful for other scifi games, such as Space Hulk.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Tom’s Spaceship Miniatures / Games List offers a nice resource for people getting into this type of gaming. FWIW, Silent Death is one of my all time favorite games.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Zombie games seem to be all the rage. Here’ some inspiration: The Zombie Daily blog, which features a new zombie drawing each day.
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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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