Wednesday, March 24, 2004
I use this x-acto tool for cutting formcore to construct buildings for my miniature wargames. You can see a few examples here. The tool makes cutting perfectly straight lines 90 degree lines quick and easy. The only problem is that form core very quickly dulls the blades, so keep a good supply on hand.
X-Acto Board Cutter at Dick Blick art supplies.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Fold your own planets for use with space fleet miniatures games such as Battlefleet Gothic or Full Thrust. Although these are designed specifically to look like the planets in the solar system, they're in jpg format, so they could easily be photoshopped.
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Monday, March 22, 2004
Miniature Wargaming began as an attempt to organize all of the links to wargames resources that I had acquired over the years. I chose the ‘blog format because: 1) it allowed me to enter the links and descriptions as time permitted 2) I could easily group things into categories 3) the links and descriptions were searchable and 4) I could access the links from anywhere I had an internet connection.
Over the last year, MiniatureWargaming has evolved into a massive project, with more than a thousand links to free wargames rules, figure painting and modeling advice, terrain construction tips, free paper figures and terrain, battle reports, product reviews and more.
Each of the links is categorized, and the database is fully searchable. So if you’re looking for free wargames resouces, this is the place to start.
I’m always looking for new material—especially free wargames rules, paper figures and terrain, and painting and modeling advice for fellow wargamers. If you’ve created something that you’d like to share with the wargaming community, use the contact form to send me an email.
The only caveat is that I don’t do commercial announcements in the main blog. If you wish to send such an announcement, you could visit the Miniature Wargaming Bazaar and follow the instructions there.
I also need help keeping the links on this site up to date. If you find a broken link, please send me an email, or use the comments link below the postings.
Thanks for looking.
John Retzer
editor, MiniatureWargaming dot Com
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Monday, March 22, 2004
Huzzah! assumes that action is continuous and so it dispenses with artillery and musketry phases. Instead of working otu the results of firing, what is important in Huzzah! is whether units succeed or fail when they advance through a hail of shot towards the enemy. Hence Huzzah! has a threat system, which tied to unit and command group morale allows the cohesion of units and the armies to be tracked ... By modeling the effect and not the minutiae of what happens when units close, Huzzah! also simulates a variety of possible outcomes without recourse to number crunching.I am intrigued by what seems to be a revolutionary, yet obvious design decision. I can't recall another rules set that uses this mechanism. In one way or another all rules sets seem to use discreet firing phases. Some break this up into smaller phases, such as Squad Leader's Prep Fire and Moving Fire phases, and others allow "opportunity fire", but they still are separate phases from firing.
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Poll #1:
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.
