Miniature Wargaming Wiki

Waterloo Rules

2008-02-13T18:42:39-05:00

(updated 13-02-08)

Waterloo: Tabletop Wargaming in Napoleonic Europe

‘Waterloo’ is a rules system for playing early 18th century wargaming, set in western Europe, on the tabletop. The style of the rules is based on that employed by Games Workshop. This is because the overall theme results in more realistic battles, as far as both visual realism and game-play realism. Rather than having several units to one base, or one unit counting for several units, it uses a one-per-base system, essentialy a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) system.

It centers around a single main rules book, and several ‘Army Books’. Currently, there are army books for Britain, France and Prussia, with more to be released in the near future, including Russia and The Netherlands.
Also, there will be several supplement books which focus around a specific campaign or battle. A supplement for the Waterloo campaign is currently in production and should be released by the end of the month.

www.freewebs.com/waterloorules

Miniature World Maker

2007-12-29T09:28:00-05:00

From the website:

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Scenery and Terrain for Miniature Wargames
Welcome to Miniature World Maker. Miniature World Maker is your source of unbreakable scenery, terrain and buildings for miniauture wargames and railway models.
Scenery and terrain to suit everything from Napoleonic battles to Darkest Africa and the American civil war.”

The rivers and terrain boards are fantastic.

index

2007-11-01T21:29:49-05:00

Welcome to the MiniatureWargaming Encyclopedia!

The Miniature Wargaming Encyclopedia is a wiki, like the famous Wikipedia, in which members can add and edit articles. More than anything else, I would like to see the Minipedia offer a complete listing of figures lines, rules sets and manufacturers., in part to replace the now-defunct Wargames Directory.

To browse the Minipedia, you should probably begin with the Categories Page As best as I can, I am trying to keep articles organized by category.

If you can’t find what you want, you might try the search function.

To add to the minipedia, you first must register. I collect email addresses, but only to keep out the spammers. Don’t expect to get any advertisements from me.

Once you’ve registered, when you look at a page, you will see the “edit” link. Clicking on that will bring up a form in which you can add to, or edit the existing page.

Links within the site are created by putting the page name between two sets of straight brackets.

To create a new page of information, enter a page title in the box to the left. This will create a new page. You can then click “edit” to add information to it. At the bottom of your page, add a category tag so that the page is indexed. Use an existing category if appropriate (look in the categories page), or if necessary, create a new category. In either case, use the format shown below, but replace “help” with the category name.

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To make something bold, or to change font size or color, use standard html tags.

For more on Wiki Syntax, see this link.

Ambush Alley

2007-10-31T18:06:18-05:00

Ambush Alley is a modern miniature wargame that allows players to recreate the intense counter-insurgency actions in an urban environment that have become the hallmark of 21st century warfare. The rules revolve around a universal mechanic that is easy to grasp but supports a high level of detail and rewards sound tactical play. The game’s dynamic turn sequence captures the turmoil of the modern city fight and integrated “fog of war” keeps things chaotic and unpredictable.

Ambush Alley contains complete rules for all the key elements of modern counter-insurgency and street-fighting, including: Civilians on the Battlefield, Full Vehicle Rules, Night Fighting, UAVs, IEDs, and much more.

Ambush Alley includes five scenarios, sample organizational charts for US, British, and Australian forces. The game can be played at any scale from 15mm up. 15mm scenarios call for a 2’x2’ table, while 28mm games only require a 4’x4’ table. Ambush Alley is easy on the pocketbook where miniatures are concerned. Few scenarios require more than ten figures for the Regular force and a dozen or so for the Insurgents.

Ambush Alley also offers full solo-play rules, so players can still have fun pushing their figures around the table even when a flesh and blood opponent isn’t available.

Ambush Alley Official Website: www.ambushalleygames.com
Publisher: Ambush Alley Games
Designers: Shawn Carpenter, Robby Carpenter, David Phipps
Date of Publication: October, 2007

Modern Miniature Wargames Rules

2007-10-31T18:02:06-05:00

Ambush Alley! Modern Counter-Insurgency in an urban setting. Supports all scales. Solo and Co-Op play supported.

Chain Reaction

Baptism of Fire II

Modern Spearhead

Stargrunt II Although these are ostensibly SF rules, they work really well for the modern period e.g. Vietnam.

The Face of Modern Battles

We Can Be Heroes
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Category:Rules Modern

Category:Modern

Manufacturers

2007-05-08T02:34:14-05:00

* AB Figures: 20mm WWII.

* Alpha Forge: Science Fiction

* Army Group North Miniatures 28mm WWII.

* Artizan: 28mm WWII, Cowboys, Vikings, Pulp, Plains Wars, Spartans, Carolingians, Moors, Pirates, Mexican-American War.

* Baccus Miniatures: 6mm - several historical periods, science fiction and fantasy.

* Battlefield Terrain Concepts

* Battlefront Miniatures: 15mm WWII

* Black Tree

* Bolt Action Miniatures: 28mm WWII.

* Brigade Games Miniatures: USA manufacturer of 28mm historical and fantasy wargaming miniatures for WWI, WWII, RCW, Musketeers and Swashbucklers,Pulp era, Interwar, Gangsters, Caribbean, WW2 Horror, Gnomes, and 15mm VSF miniatures, 28mm historical vehicles/tanks, terrain.

* Brigade Models: 6mm and 15mm sci-fi vehicles, starships, and the Celtos line of 28mm fantasy figures.

* Britannia Miniatures: 20mm WWI, WWII, Vietnam.

* Castaway Arts

* Charon Productions: Manufactures large sized miniatures carrying cases and provides freelance rules development services.

* Copplestone Castings: 28mm Colonials, RCW, CCW, Sci-Fi, Fantasy 10mm and 28mm.

* Corvus Belli: 28mm Sci-Fi (Infinity), 28mm Fantasy (Warcrow), and 15mm Historical.

* CP Models: 20mm WWII.

* Crocodile Games

* Crusader Miniatures

* DLD Productions: US manufacturer of 15mm and 25mm sci-fi/near-future vehicles, starships, and some 10mm castle and siege engine items.

* East Riding Miniatures: 15mm fantasy and historical ranges.

* Ebob Miniatures: 28mm WW2, 28mm Medieval, 28mm fantasy and terrain pieces.

* EM4 Miniatures

* Essex A huge variety of figures from many periods

* Eureka Miniatures: Manufacturer and distributor of miniatures and associated items — 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 25, & 28mm ranges.

* Figures Armour Artillery: 20mm WWII.

* First Corp

* Flashpoint Miniatures: 15mm Vietnam.

* Foundry

* Garrison Miniatures: 25 and 28mm figure manufacturer covering several periods.

* Games Workshop

* GHQ: 1/285 scale armour (World War II and Modern), 1/2400 scale ships (World War I, World War II, and Modern), 1/1200 scale Napoleonic era ships, and 10mm American Civil War figures.

* Great Escape Games: UK publisher of wargames rules for WWII.

* Gripping Beast Ancients and Medievals

* Ground Zero Games: Sci-Fi in 25mm, 15mm and 6mm for Stargrunt, Dirtside and Full Thrust.

* Hasslefree

* HaT Industrie: 1/72 scale plastic Biblicals, ancients, Napoleonics, Colonials, WWI and WWII.

* JR Miniatures: Resin scenery and buildings in 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, and 28mm from a number of time eras and countries.

* Miniature Building Authority: Painted resin buildings and accessories in 15mm and 28mm sizes.

* Miniature World Maker: Latex rubber scenery.

* Minifigs: Historical and fantasy wargaming figures and accessories / rules sets. 10mm, N scale, 15mm, 25mm scales. The line now is produced by Game Figures Incorporated.

* Mirliton SG: 15 and 25mm historical and fantasy wargaming figures and accessories.

* Mongoose Publishing: Manufacturer and publisher of a number of different wargames and role-playing games, including Starship Troopers, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, Gangs of Mega-City One, and a number of others.

* Musket Miniatures: Rustic Rails (HO) Structures (HO Buildings) Rustic Rails(N) Structures (N Buildings). Scenery and Terrain. Wild West. American Civil War. American Revolution. Mexican-American War, British Colonial. WWII.

* Old Crow Models: UK manufacturer of 6mm, 15mm, and 28mm sci-fi scenery, figures, and vehicles.

* Old Dominion GameWorks: AWI, MAW, TWI, ACW, WWI, SCW, WWII, and Modern historical wargaming rules and data.

* Old Glory Miniatures: 25mm Ancients, Medieval, Rennaisance, ECW, League of Augsburg, Seven Years War, AWI, Napoleonics, ACW, Colonials, WWI, WWII.

*Old Glory 15s: Old Glory’s former 15mm line, sold to 19th Century Miniatures and expanded.

* Pendraken Miniatures: 10mm Ancients, Dark Ages, Renaissance, 18th, 19th, 20th Century, Fantasy and Science-Fiction.

* Peter Pig: 15mm Ancients, Rennaissance, ECW, ACW, Colonials, WWI, RCW, SCW, WWII, moderns, Fantasy, Sci-Fi.

* Platoon 20: 20mm (1/76th scale) 20th century ranges - WWI, WWII, Vietnam and Modern.

* Privateer Press: 28mm Warmachine, Hordes. (Steam Fantasy)

* QRF: 15mm WWI, WWII and Modern historical wargaming figures.

* Rackham: 28mm Sci-Fi (AT-43) and 28mm Fantasy (Confrontation).

* RAFM Miniatures

* Reaper: 28mm Fantasy, 10mm Mecha/Science Fiction, 72mm collectibles.

* Redoubt

* Renegade Miniatures: 28mm English Civil War, Punic War, World War 1, and American Civil War.

* Reviresco: 20mm (1/72 scale) Mexican-American War, 1/144 scale WW1 aircraft, World War 1 vehicles and artillery, World War 2 vehicles, and STARGUARD! science fiction miniatures.

* SHQ: 20mm WWII, Vietnam, Gulf War.

* Spriggan

* Thunderbolt Mountain

* Timecast Models. 25mm, 10mm, 15mm. Various theatres

* Urban Mammoth: Urban War (Sci-Fi).

* Vendel

* Venexia Miniatures: 15 and 28mm historical wargaming figures.

* Victory Force Miniatures: 28mm WWII.

* Wargames Foundry: 28mm Ancients, Medieval, Rennaissance, ECW, Thirty Years War, League of Augsburg, Seven Years War, Napoleonics, Crimean War, Colonials, WWI, WWII, Fantasy, Sci-Fi.

* Westwind Miniatures: 28mm WWII, Gothic Horror, Samurai, Vietnam, Wild West, Fantasy.

* WTJ Naval: 1/3000 Scale Naval Miniatures.

* Xyston Miniatures: 15mm Ancients.

* ZUZZY Miniatures: Miniature wargame terrain manufacturer.

Illinois Hobby Stores

2007-05-06T16:03:02-05:00

A list of hobby stores in the state, with commentary where appropriate. The page is organized by city. When entering information, it would help if you would use a format similar to the one below.

City (insert name of nearby metro area or reference point for people unfamiliar with area)

Store Name
Address
Phone
Fax
Webpage URL

Description of contents of store and commentary.

ENTER STORE DATA BELOW

Chicago

Games Plus
101 West Prospect Avenue
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
847-577-9656
http://www.games-plus.com/games-plus/storeinfo.htm

Roleplaying games, wargames, miniatures, paint, modeling supplies, terrain, collectable card games, dice, gaming accessories, family games and magazines. Gaming tables available nightly (reservations recommended.)

Includes historical miniatures, though selection can be spotty. Extensive Flames of War inventory. Old Glory 10mm, Copplestone Castings, Gripping Beast and more…

Joliet

Leisure Hours Hobbies
2712 Plainfield Road
Joliet Illinois 60435
815-439-1477

40 minutes south of Chicago

Winfield

PROSEK’S MILITARY MODEL SHOP
28W140 HIGH LAKE RD
WINFIELD, IL 60190
(630) 231-4991

Category:US Hobby Stores

Virginia Game Stores

2007-04-04T02:03:21-05:00

A list of hobby stores in the state, with commentary where appropriate. The page is organized by city. When entering information, it would help if you would use a format similar to the one below.

CHANTILLY (Washington, D.C. Metro area)

The Game Parlor
13936 Metrotech Drive
Chantilly, VA. 20151

A well stocked, full line game store, with historical, science fiction and fantasy miniatures. Also, german style board games, board wargames, collectable games, and RPGs. Also, in-store tabletop gaming and computer LAN gaming.

SPRINGFIELD (Washington, D.C. Metro area)

Eagle and Empire
6468 Landsdowne Center
Alexandria VA 22315
703-550-6124
http://www.eagleandempire.com

The largest stockist of Flames of War miniatures line in the DC area. GW miniatures line in stock and always 10% off. We also stock other historical, fantasy, science fiction and collectable miniatures. CCGs, Board Games, trains and rockets in stock as well. 9 game tables for miniature wargaming or boardgames available.

Virginia Beach
Campaign Headquarters
145 E. Little Creek Road
Norfolk, VA
23505, UNITED STATES
Phone: (800) 357-0030
(757) 583-9491
Email: CHQ@worldnet.att.net

Category:US Hobby Stores