Sunday, January 09, 2005
Soldiers In Time
Rules Universal
Ray Gaer offers Soldiers In Time, a set of free wargames rules for skirmish wargames in a crosstime universe. Ray writes:
The premise of this game was inspired by my reading of a few books by Harry Turtledove, Phillip J. Farmer, and Stephen Donaldson. This game was also inspired by William R. Forstchen’s excellent Lost Regiment Series in which people from throughout history struggled to survive in an alien world ruled by man eating monsters. I highly recommend this series. Forstchen’s battle reports throughout his books are amazing and inspirational.
I’ve tried to create a game that captures the brutality of Forstchen’s books and in the same breath creates the means where soldiers from throughout history can fight on the same battlefield. I’ve always wanted to have a company of WWII German soldiers fight hordes of barbarian soldiers or even Orcs. Historical miniature wargamers who are purists will find the concept of universal rules disturbing without looking at the game mechanics. The concept is out of the ordinary not what “historical gamers like”, but it’s bloody and damn good fun for the imagination and a great excuse to use all my painted figures.
Ray also has counters for this, and other games.
I found Ray’s game when he became the newest member of my Topsites project. If you have a non-commercial (you’re not selling anything) hobby site to promote, join the topsites project here.
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