Above the Seven Seas is a Steampunk inspired set of miniatures rules. Author Henrik Granlid writes:
Longing for a way to recreate the massive air battles of the fantastic anime Last Exile and also dreaming myself away to the wonderful imagery of old naval battles, I just felt I had to try and recreate these battles between massive ships high up in the skies wilst still trying to keep some form of realism. After looking into several things, i finally came to the conclusion that trying to have as few dice as possible might well be the best option, the tactical ability of the player coupled still with a few handfulls of luck would work a lot better than someone rolling all ones when unleashing a broadside and missing the huge ship next to his own. What I hope to bring players is a new view of tactical miniature gaming and I hope you people will make your own models to play this game.
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.
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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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