My perusal of blogs tells me that a lot of miniature gamers now are running rpg style miniatures games with rules sets like Conan!, Song of XXX and In Her Majesty’s name among others. For people running Conan style games, here’s a great list of treasures / objectives.
Month: February 2023
Space Battles
Space Battles is a set of free wargame rules designed for HO Scale science fiction miniatures.
19th Century Square Brigadier Rules
Ross McFarlane’s 19th Century Square Brigadier rules are designed for late 19th Century wargames on a square gridded battlefield.
Hand Colored Photographs of Japan From 1865
Given the high levels of current interest in games set in Shogunate Japan, I thought people might be interested in these hand colored photographs of Japan from 1865. That’s several hundred years after the period in question, but I should think they would still be useful.
Looking For Roots For Modeling
This is a bit esoteric, but the Massive Voodoo has an interesting article on seeking out roots to use as bases for display miniatures. They’d also make some really cool and alien looking tabletop scenery.
I’m reminded of something that John Hill, creator of Johnny Reb, said to me years ago: Nature recreates itself in miniature. Thus, chunks of bark look like rock formations, tree branches retrain the structure of trees, etc.