The Solitary Wargamer offers a set of free English Civil War campaign rules called Home Fires.
Month: December 2024
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is a fantastic resource for miniature wargamers. I’ve had this one in my bookmarks for several years and haven’t even begun to plumb its depths. The section on the Crusades is particularly useful.
MG-42 Two Hour Wargames Introduction
MG-42 is a set of free wargames rules designed as an introduction to Two Hour Wargames’ Reaction system.
Slammer Skirmish Science Fiction Rules
Slammer Skirmish is a set of free wargames rules for science fiction skirmishes. The author writes:
Slammer is a set of wargame rules for Science Fiction skirmish games using miniatures. Slammer is not tied to any specific background or company product line, you can use whatever figures or models you have. I intended from the start that Slammer would be flexible and adaptable to different scenarios. I have intentionally kept it fairly ‘loose’, particularly in areas like troop motivation and Hollywood heroics. Slammer is meant to be fun!
Tom Brown’s Africa Days
Veteran Gamer Bob Beattie has taken a popular 19th Century fictional character — Tom Brown, of Tom Brown’s Schooldays — and come up with a wonderful what-if game. What if Brown, all grown up, and disgraced in an accounting scandal ends up in Africa.
Bob calls this a “convergence role play game,” in which fictional and historical characters meet. Its the same sort of convergence that has been done in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the incredible Kim Newman novel Anno Dracula.
This page has a description and photos of Bob’s game.