Acies is a very nice looking two player card game designed to simulate conflict between ancient armies. it looks like it would be a fun thing to play on off-nights when your regular miniatures games end early. All the parts you need are there to download and print out.
Month: August 2018
Gold Rush Wargames Rules
Gold Rush is a set of free wargames rules for 25mm – 28mm figures featuring Mounties in the Yukon in 1898. Dudley Do-Right and all that.
Hordes of the Empire HOTT Variant
Hordes of the Empire is a colonial variant of the Hordes of the Things rules. Hordes uses DBA mechanisms.
FireForce!
FireForce! is a set of free wargames rules for 15mm platoon level modern skirmishes.
Not Quite Mechanized rules
Chris Kemp offers Not Quite Mechanized, a free set of operational level WWII rules. With the great emphasis on skirmish rules these days, it’s refreshing to see a set of large scale rules. Here’s what Chris has to say on why he decided to write an operational level set:
The idea for NQM began in the 1980’s when there was a dearth of fast games that allowed large multiplayer games to flow smoothly with a minimum of fuss. My experience of large cloth-model games at RMA Sandhurst with Dr Paddy Griffith and others, created a yearning to be able to re-create the vast sweep of those games, but with a far less intrusive umpire load. The players would be able to handle all the low-level combat themselves, leaving the umpire(s) free to concentrate on the high level decisions. Oh, and just to make it harder, the game had to be able to handle a couple of players wanting to have a knock-about on a Friday evening. Whether or not I succeeded, you can judge for yourself.