Pocket Mod is an online application that lets you create an eight page booklet out of a single piece of paper. It’s intended for making pocket organizers — to do lists and the like — but I think it would be a great format for one-page rules systems.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
The Napoleonic Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite
Philip Haythornthwaite’s The Napoleonic Sourcebook is a good place to start for a basic understanding of the Napoleonic Wars. The volume is divided into six major sections: The Campaigns, Weapons and the Practice of War, The Nations Involved in the Wars, Biographies, Sources, Miscellaea and a useful glossary. There are more than 200 black and white illustrations, maps and charts. For the painter, the book has descriptions of various uniforms and lists of uniform, facing, hat and button colors.
Imperial Ambitions Board Game
Imperial Ambitions is a free print-and-play board game of spaceship combat with both a strategic and tactical element. The author writes:
The game is played in two parts, on two different maps. The Strategic Game is played only on the strategic map, and the Tactical Game, where battles are fought, is played only on the tactical battle maps. In the Strategic Game, units move from one star system to another, and construction, repairs and various economic functions are conducted. At the end of the Strategic Sequence of Play, any hexes containing opposing units on the strategic map may trigger a battle (at the discretion of either one of the players with forces in the same hex), at which point each battle is resolved on a tactical map using the Tactical Game
Unternehmung 25 Postcard Wargame
Here’s a great concept: an entire hex and counter style board game on a post card:
The second V-Mail Postcard Game, UNTERNEHMUNG 25, chronicles the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. The basic game system is similar to the of its predecessor, Malaya. New elements include German mountain troops, Panzer Corps, air support, and the bombing of Belgrade, as well as the effects of mountain and river terrain. Hungarian and Italian troops also make an appearance.
Can you, as the Germans, make a lightning-fast assault and capture Belgrade in time to release units for the upcoming invasion of Russia? As the Yugoslavs, can you derail the German timetable and buy time for the Allies to react? It’s all up to you.
18 counters at the Corps and Army level and a full-color map of Yugoslavia- all on a 5×8 inch postcard!
Tactical Command WWII Micro Armor Rules
Tactical Command is a set of free wargames rules for fast play games using micro armor. Scale is 1″ = 100 yards, and each stand represents a platoon of vehicles, men, or towed guns.