Sunday, October 30, 2005
Halloween Fonts and Clip Art
Horror, Software
Spice up your miniature wargames rules with these free Halloween fonts and clip art.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
DBM Computer Combat Simulator
Software
The DBM Combat Simulator is a software program written by Steve Burt. He says that it
simulates a series of complete combats between lines of elements. It is mainly for use in testing out rules changes, but it also gives useful information on how well elements fight. It models shooting, movement (of groups and elements), combat (including all overlaps, grading factors, psiloi support, generals, supporting ranks and so on), running each combat over a large number of iterations (1000 by default).
The simulator will run in the command window of any Windows 95/98/NT machine with an Intel processor. The ZIP file also contains full instructions and example config files.
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Friday, September 23, 2005
WinWar II
Software
Silicon Commander Games offers a computer-based World War II game called WinWar. Version 4.0 is shareware, but if you scroll down the page, you will find that version 3.0 has been released as freeware. The game reminds me of Axis and Allies, or Third Reich.
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Monday, September 19, 2005
Strategic Map Simulator
Software
The Strategic Map Simulator is
a utility for playing board games over long distances. It is built primarily with PBEM (play-by-email) games in mind, but can be used to facilitate games played in the same room or by mailing the .SMS data file back and forth snailmail.
I think it would also be useful for managing those campaigns that all miniature wargamers love to start but never seem to be able to keep track of and finish.
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Thursday, May 19, 2005
Q Space Hulk Computerized Space Hulk
Games Workshop, Science Fiction, Software, Warhammer 40K
Q Space hulk is a computerized version of Games Workshop’s classic miniatures board game, Space Hulk. Its designed for two players via hotseat, over the internet, home network, or by email.
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Friday, May 13, 2005
Computerized Space Hulk Game
Games Workshop, Science Fiction, Software
QSpace Hulk is a computerized version of Games Workshop’s classic miniatures-board game Space Hulk. Its designed for two people to play over the ‘net, via a network, or by email.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Online Wargaming Map Maker
Software, Wargaming Sites
Wes Rogers has create a nice online tool for making wargames maps. To use it, you’ll need to have IE 5.5 or later.
Wes writes:
Have you ever wanted to write up an article about a battle you have played? How did you make the map? Unless you have a specialized tool such as GameMapr or CyberBoard, you probably made a sketch map of the game table and either scanned it in or just included it as-is with your article text. Let’s be honest: Maps like that don’t really look all that good.
But what if you could re-draw your sketch map using standardized symbols, then save it off as an image file? What if you could easily move the symbols on the map around, saving each phase of the game to a new image file. It would suddenly be a lot easier to write your article, don’t you think?
That is the purpose behind “Gbgen”. I am hoping that gamers will use it to create good-looking, maybe even professional-looking maps of their battles, then include them in articles or campaign diaries.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Spy Reporter: Software for Miniatures Campaigns
Software
es Rogers has written a program called The Spy Reporter, which is designed to be used in miniatures wargames campaigns. The program
lets you create a file of spy locations, skill levels, and status. The output appears in plain-text format in a Notepad window, suitable for editing and copy/paste operations. The results are stored in a file which you specify, so they can be inspected later.
It then calculates the effects of any counter-spies, and generates guidelines for reports and error rates for spies not suppressed or killed.
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Thursday, April 07, 2005
The Forge Army List Creation Tool
Software
The Forge is an army list creation tool offered at The Digital Foundry. The author writes:
The Forge is an electronic wargaming management tool that assists in the creation of army lists for your favorite wargame(s). The point is to make this process quick and easy. I originally created The Forge so that my friends and I could create army lists without having to lookup points, etc. when we wanted to go play a game. It is important to note thought, that The Forge will not replace your gaming material, but insteads adds to it. Therefor you should have a good understanding of the rules before you start assembling an army.
The Forge relies on a data file to supply specific information on any particular wargame. These lists have been made by fellow Forge users and can be found on the internet. You can also use the tools, within The Forge, to create your own data files or edit existing ones. I would like to package tons of data files with the installation program, but
would probably kill me
The Forge is free and I hope to keep it that way! All that said, I hope you enjoy the program.
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Friday, July 30, 2004
Little Cyber Wars Beta Ready
Software
Milt Soong writes: The Little Cyber Wars computer utility (that let you play any miniature game over the internet) is ready for the public! Come join the LCW Yahoo group.
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