One of the joys of Heroscape is that you can use literally any 25mm / 28mm figures. You just have to make up cards for them. This has led to efforts by a large number of people to duplicate the look of Milton Bradley’s double hex unit cards. Here’s one such effort. Its a .tif file in layers that you import into your favorite graphics editor. Be warned, though. It’s a big file at 13.4 megs.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
American Civil War Sh*t For Men Rules
American Civil War Sh*t For Men Rules are a set of grand tactical Civil War rules for 15mm originally based on Napoleon’s Battles, but now quite removed from the base.
How To Keep Paint On Plastic Figures
Junior General has an article on how to solve one of miniature painting’s most intractable problems: getting paint to stick to plastic miniatures.
Reaper Cowboys and Gunslingers Rules
Reaper is giving away its Cowboys and Gunslingers rules set.
Skjaldborg skirmish rules
From Shieldwall Games, Skjaldborg is a set of free wargames skirmish rules for ancients through medievals. They look like they’d be best for dark ages — and especially Vikings! It is very professionally presented in a pdf file and has some interesting rules mechanisms. My favorite part is how all of the charts work the same. You start in a base column and then shift left or right depending upon the situation. The modifiers are presented below the appropriate chart, with little arrows telling you which way to shift.
I’ve saved this one to my hard drive. It’s a must-try in my Viking project.