Saturday, February 07, 2009
Google’s got a new subset of its search engine that features 1.5 million books available for the reading and downloading. They’re all in the public domain and there are some really useful titles for miniature wargamers—especially in the history and adventure sections.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
The Clash of Steel website has an interesting work-in-progress in its database of battles.
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Saturday, October 04, 2008
The Tabletop Teasers Archive offers a downloadable collection of Charles Grant’s classic Tabletop Teasers—a series of articles he wrote for various magazines over the past 30+ years. each a military conundrum in the form of a scenario. They’re terrific.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Roblox is an online brick building environment, where you can design creations, and engage in a variety of battles and contests.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Miniature Revolution is a new blog focusing on 6mm American Revolution gaming.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
The Got Medieval Blog covers the use of medieval European history in modern media. It’s a good read, especially for those of use interested in medieval wargaming.
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
Battle Lines is a new blog that features the author’s historical military drawings and sketches. They’re really nice. I wonder if the artist does commissions.
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Friday, December 07, 2007
Lead and Dice is a site which breaks down the EBay Wargames and Miniatures category into dozens of subcategories, making it useful if you’re browsing for a particular kind of miniature. It divides things by periods, and by scales.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Victoria’s Boys In Red is the latest miniature wargaming addition to the blogosphere. Give it a visit.
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Monday, September 03, 2007
The Daily Lit site will send books via email in chunks readable in just five minutes. Its only for books in the public domain, of course, but there are a lot of those classics I’ve been waiting to read. The site’s FAQ explains the whole thing much better than I:
# Why read books by email?
Because if you are like us, you spend hours each day reading email but don’t find the time to read books. DailyLit brings books right into your inbox in convenient small messages that take less than 5 minutes to read. This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on a Treo, Blackberry, Sidekick or whatever the PDA of your choice. I
# How long does it take to read a book?
That depends on three factors. First, on how many installments are in the book (shown when you browse for books). Second, on how frequently you choose to receive emails. Third, on how often you read more than one installment (by using the “send me the next installment immediately” feature). So here is a typical example. I am currently reading Dracula, which has 187 installments and I am receiving installments on weekdays, i.e. 5 days/week. So at most it will take me 187/5 = 37 weeks. But when I am on the train or waiting, I often read more than one installment, so I usually wind up reading about 10 installments/week. This means I will finish Dracula in about 19 weeks or 5 months. If that seems long to you, try something shorter!
In their History section, they’ve got Churchill’s The Crisis, Von Clausewitz’ On War, Gibbons History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Grant’s Memoirs and some other interesting titles.
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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.
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