The Miniature Wargaming Editor Here’s a video with photos from our group’s recent game of SAGA Crusades, featuring 60mm! figures. All of the figures were painted by Brad N.
The game was Saracens versus Crusaders. The Crusaders got the upper hand early, severely damaging several Saracen units. But the the dice went against them and the Saracens were able to kill the Warlords of both the Norman and Spanish contintents.
Open Culture has a list of more than 600 free ebooks — most of them classics, but there are a surprising number of more recent genre books.
For Frigga’s Day: Katheryn Winnick in the excellent tv series, Vikings.
Terragenesis has a nice tutorial on making a hide shelter or tent for your miniature wargames figures. It would be perfect for your cavemen games, as a home for nomadic tribes, or for fantasy beast men or orcs.
Into The Dark is a set of free wargames rules for mass combat in the Dark Ages / Medieval era. From the author’s introduction:
I’m aware that there are plenty of rule sets on the market for the medieval period. However, many of those rules are actually designed for skirmish fighting. Even some of the better known rules for mass combat are really just skirmish rules done on a giant scale. Into The Dark is designed for battles between armies, similar to those found in history or heroic literature. Large scale battles ‘look’ like large scale battles, and yet can still be fought to a conclusion in a reasonable amount of time.
These rules were originally designed for 25mm/30mm figures, although they can easily be used for 15mm by dividing all ranges in half, or by using centimetres instead of inches. Don’t be put off by the size of the rules, they actually play very fast and easy. Try only the basic rules until you are comfortable with play, then add whatever optional rules you like. The section on game preparation takes up a lot of room, but is only needed when first creating your army. In fact you could skip it if you’re just checking out how the rules work. Come back to it only if you decide to give them a try.