Making Terrain Tiles

I’ve always wanted a good looking set of terrain tiles. Here’s a method for making terrain tiles out of flooring tiles. Its a thought I’ve had for while, although mine also involves 1 foot cork tiles stuck on top of them.

Hulks and Horrors RPG

Hulks and Horrors is an RPG about exploring the dark reaches of space for riches. It’s a pay-what-you-want product.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque: Gothic Compendium For RPGs

Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque is billed as a “Gothic Fantasy Compendium For Old School Fantasy Role Playing Games.”

I found it quite interesting, especially the introduction, which covers the whole concept of Gothic Literature.

Painting Rust and Dust

Kevin’s Miniatures and Hobby Table has a good article on painting rust and dust effects.

Panzerschlacht WWII Rules

Panzerschlacht is a set of free wargames rules for WWII micro armor. The author writes:

This is the World War 2 version of AToS. It uses exactly the same game mechanisms and, apart from the weapon factors, the only difference is that the ground scale has been increased to 1mm = 1 metre to allow for more aesthetically pleasing ranges.

In our games we mark all casualties on the vehicle and figure bases. This allows a paperless game with no book-keeping whatever. By allowing the models to represent more than one vehicle it becomes possible to field an entire panzer division on an eight by six foot table.