Sunday, October 25, 2009
Zombie in My PC is a small, tile based zombie game that plays like a dungeon crawl. Go to a room. Fight the monsters. Take their treasure.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Alien Assault is a free computer game for Windows that for all intents and purposes is a clone of the old Space Hulk computer game. The game description:
An intense and dynamic turn-based strategy putting the player as the commander of a squadron of heavily armed troopers battling against hordes of aliens to save mankind within the cramped confines of abandoned space stations and colony habitats.
* Turn based squad tactics game
* Top-down graphics and retro feel
* Tense and atmospheric gameplay
* Over 50 pre-included missions
* Built-in easy to use level editor
* Extensive support for user-made modifications
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Too cheap (or poor) to buy a copy of PaintShop, PhotoPaint or PhotoShop. Try Sumo Paint instead. It’s free, online and may just have enough tools to suit your task.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Battle Chronicler is an interesting piece of software that helps you create great looking battle reports.
Battle Chronicler aims to make it quick and easy to produce great looking battle reports that other gamers will want to read. Using the latest developments in Windows technology Battle Chronicler delivers fantastic graphics and a ultra modern user interface.
So if you are miniatures wargamer looking to enhance your hobby with some cool software then you have come to the right place.
Why you need it
There are lots of reasons to write a battle report; share tips and tactics with other players, or to publicize your best victory on the web.
Table top games are about positioning and movement and words are not enough. You also need diagrams for a good battle report. Making plans and diagrams of a game is hard to do, which is why very few games every get recorded in a battle report. That was until now.
Battle Chronicler has been designed to do this one task and to do it well.
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
Tilt Shift Maker is a site that lets you manipulate your regular photos so that they look like photos of tiny models. There just HAS to be a use for this in miniature wargaming. I just can’t figure out what it is ...
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Friday, June 05, 2009
I’ve have updated the Berthier Campaign Manager software to Version 6.1.1. The download is available at
http://delyall.tripod.com/berthier/berthier.html
See the README file for details.
Berthier is free software that manages wargames campaigns for miniatures. Berthier allows two campaigners, without an umpire, to run simple strategic campaigns leading to tabletop battles. Alternatively umpires can use Berthier to run two sided campaigns. Berthier is suitable for historical, naval or fantasy campaigns in most periods but was developed with the Horse and Musket period in mind.
Regards
Tony
Tony De Lyall
Australia
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
Pocket Mod is an online application that lets you create an eight page booklet out of a single piece of paper. It’s intended for making pocket organizers—to do lists and the like—but I think it would be a great format for one-page rules systems.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Free Orion is a free computer wargame based on the classic Master of Orion computer game. I spent way too much time playing the original, so I’m worried about downloading the remake. It’s available on Windows, Mac and Linux (hooray!)
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
People’s Tactics is a free computer wargame for Windows machines. The author writes:
Devious turn-based strategy explodes on to the scene with People’s Tactics… A wargame in the spirit of Empire or Panzer General, but more than both of those titles. Combine furious hex-based mayhem, research and production trees, the ability to command land, air and sea forces and up to 10 players over hot-seat or PBEM and you have the most serious test of your strategic acumen ever!
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Monday, April 13, 2009
FreeCiv is open source software that clones Sid Meier’s Civilization 2 computer game.
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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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