Steve Jackson’s Ogre is a classic game. I first got a copy when it was in a small bag with thin cardboard cutout counters. It’s gone through several incarnations since then, but the idea of hordes of GEVs and infantry against a single cybernetic tank. Now Dan Efran has a page describing how to build Ogre pieces with Lego. Its really cool, and I can’t wait until my kids outgrow the things and I inherit them.
Month: June 2019
Army Men: Plastic Conflict Rules
Army Men: Plastic Conflict is a set of free wargames rules for those ubiquitous 54mm plastic army men. Interestingly, it has quite a bit of flavor background for the game.
Game of Victorian Manners
Think you know how to be a victorian? Then try this interactive game in which you try to negotiate your way through the tricky world of Victorian manners. Its wierdly fun.
I would never have made it in the Victorian world.
The Grey Scale Technique For Fleshtones
The idea of the grey scaling technique is that as things move into shadow, they don’t just become darker — they also become more grey. Here’s an article on how to apply that idea to flesh tones.
Army Men Combat Rules
Army Men Combat is a set of one page rules for games using the ubiquitous Plastic Army Men.