There are a lot of superhero miniatures rules out there — both free and commercial. So if you want to try one without going to all the trouble to paint some minis, you could try some of the paper figures on this page.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
Village Pillage Print and Play Card Game
Village Pillage is a print-and-play card game in which 2 – 5 players compete to turn their villages into kingdoms.
Warhammer Ancients “Alexander” Clarifications and Errata
Here’s a page with some errata and clarifications for Warhammer Ancients’ Alexander The Great book.
Britons Celtic Warband Skirmishes
Jim Wallman, creator of many excellent free miniature wargames rules sets has released another: Britons!
Jim writes that in Britons!, players control heroes (and, of course, heroines), who in turn have contingents of fighters under them:
These rules concentrate on the actions in a raid. Raids could involve anything from a few dozen to several hundred, and could involve considerable fighting.
Why ‘One Brain Cell’? Well, many sets of wargame rules these days are horrendously complicated, with big thick rule books to read, dozens of additional books to get (at unreasonable expense) and exceptionally complicated rule mechanisms that take ages to work out.
Cannonade Napoleonic Wargame
Cannonade is a Napoleonic era board style wargame designed to be played on a hex board. While the board isn’t provided, the game does include counters for you to print out.