Remember the old Rock-Paper-Scissors game? I’ve often thought that it would be an interesting basis for resolving combat in a miniatures game. But the three traditional hand gestures just wouldn’t provide enough variety.
But how about 15 different gestures — things like the Dragon, Tree and Wolf — with 1,307,674,368,000 permutations.
Wargames Journal was one of my favorite miniature wargaming publications of the past decade. You can find an archived pdf of the first issue of Wargames Journal here.
The Rex Factor Podcast focuses on the history of the monarchs of England. The producers write:
Welcome to Rex Factor, a fun and informative history podcast where we review all the kings and queens of England from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II and now, in our second series, of Scotland from Kenneth MacAlpin to James VI.
In each episode we look at one monarch, going over their life and reign before reviewing them on a number of factors:
- Battleyness – how good they are in battle and warfare
- Scandal – their notoriety and tendency towards naughtiness
- Subjectivity – how well and justly they ruled (i.e. would you want to be their subject?)
- Longevity – how long they ruled for
- Dynasty – how many legitimate, surviving children they had
And then, finally, we considered whether or not they have that certain something, that lasting legacy, the star quality that we call the Rex Factor.
Make magazine has an article with several valuable links on making your own high end gaming table for $150.
Back issues of the Space Gamer from the 1970s and 1980s are available at the Internet Archive. Lots of old school goodness here.