Pikes and Gendarmes is a set of big battle rules that had their origin as a variant of Larry Brom’s seminal The Sword and The Flame. This is set, obviously, in the Renaissance era.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
Making Laser Defense Batteries
The Iron Hand site has a tutorial on building a very nice building-sized laser defense battery for 25mm – 28mm science fiction games, such as Warhammer 40K. These would be great as the focal point of a scenario.
Periplus Ancient Naval Game
Periplus is a free two player wargame that abstracts a battle between two fleets of ancient greek warships.
Galactic Heroes Star Wars Rules
Galactic Heroes is a set of rules for playing game set in the Star Wars universe. The author uses those chunky three inch “Star Wars Galactic Heroes” figures, but any would work well. The author writes:
Galactic Heroes is a friendly game for 2-6 players, ages 6 and up. Each turn, players move their action figures around the table, exploring by flipping over Tokens that could be an enemy, a trap, or even something valuable. When a player successfully deals with an encounter, they collect the token. When all the tokens are collected, the game ends and the player with the most tokens wins!
Battle of The Ring
Battle of the Ring is a free-for-the-download, print-and-play reproduction of a game first published in Wargamer magazine in 1977. For two to three players (Sauron, Saruman, Alliance).