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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.
Hmm ... the only link I can find in the Rules section is for the Napoleonic variant?
Posted by on 09/16 at 10:31 PM | #
Has anyone played these rules? Is there a review anywhere?
Posted by on 09/22 at 07:15 PM | #
Posted by on 10/03 at 05:21 PM | #
I’ve played Quickfire on numerous occasions. It is a fast-paced, easy to learn, set of universal sci-fi rules. The scale is “microarmor” though the system is designed to use any model. So if you have a really neat “GI Joe” tank or Matchbox car/tank, bring it out, the system will accomodate you.
We have run Demo’s of the system at many conventions on the US east coast, most recently at Dragon Con 2004. Dan, the author, will be running a Quickfire Napoleonics game at Fall-In this weekend. Stop by and check it out.
You should be able to contact Dan through the Quickfire website (http://www.quickfire2.net)
Posted by on 11/10 at 11:33 AM | #
QuickFire 2 link has trojan virus waiting to install upon launch. Norton AV caught it before it installed… FYI
Posted by on 05/24 at 09:17 PM | #