Friday, November 17, 2006
The Cops.NU site has a Warhammer 40K variant for the American Civil War. I think it could work.
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Monday, July 17, 2006
My gaming group had long ago concluded that Games Workshop’s Epic system was jsut a World War I game in disguise. Most of our games worked out like this: after an initial bombardment, attacking forces make a mad dash across no man’s land into withering fire until the surviving forces come to grips in hand to hand combat.
Apparently, we were’t the only ones who thought that.
Colin Sinclair has written a set of World War I - Epic 40K Conversions.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Next to The Sword and The Flame, Warhammer has to be the most modified set of miniature wargaming rules out there. As further proof, I offer: Warhammer Star Trek, a Yahoo groups project designed to use the Warhammer rules in the Star Trek Universe.
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Games Workshop’s Specialist Games website has republished the Necromunda rules as a free download. In addition to the main rulesbook, there are sourcebooks on Hive Primus, campaigns and scenarios, and Underhive rulebook, Kal Jerico and Scabbs, Enforcers, Gang Leadership, Treacherous Conditions, Ratskin Renegades, the Wyrd and the Wonderful and Scavvies.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
The Warseer forums have an interesting thread on using Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings battle game to run Warhammer 40K skirmish games.
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Monday, July 25, 2005
Thinking about painting Games Workshop Space Marines? Here’s a photo tutorial on how one guy did it.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
John and Russ Wakelin offer Dreadnought Arena Combat, a set of wargames rules that allow players to use their Warhammer 40K dreadnoughts in gladiatorial combat. Fun stuff.
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Monday, June 06, 2005
This is a set of rules that allows you to use all of those Warhammer 40K bike models—jet bikes, and what have you. They look like a lot of fun. I really like the bits about “purchasing” fans, who then take pot shots at the opponents.
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Thursday, May 19, 2005
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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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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