The Trash Tokyo rules from WilsonClan is designed to be a miniatures wargame for people not into miniatures wargames. I have a collection of Godzilla toys, and think I may try these out.
Miniatures Rules
Miniature Tower Defense Rules
Here are a set of rules for a tower defense game with miniatures.
The premise, according to the author:
You are the sole defender of a precious Portal which allows travel between worlds. Orcs want to travel to other worlds, because theirs sucks. They will smash down the gates and doggedly pour through the castle into the portal, if you let them. Miniature Tower Defense is a tabletop game inspired by video games such as “Orcs Must Die” and “Sanctum” in which the hero places traps to stop mindless hordes of enemies, while also fighting them personally.
Starship Schematics
Here’s a treasure trove for you science fiction miniatures wargamers: The Starship Schematics Database has illustrations of hundreds of spaceships form the Star Trek, Babylon Five, Space Battleship Yamato and Battlestar Galactica universes. I think these would particularly useful as a source of illustrations for home made counters for your games.
Hoplites Computer Game
Hoplites is a free computer card game based on the excellent GMT board game SPQR. I’ve played it and its a lot of fun. The card layout is reminiscent of the play in Columbia Games’ Gettysburg and Eagles games. There are also Samurai and Conan expansions. It’s an excellent diversion when you can’t get out your miniatures. Download the game here.
First Man In Rome Campaign Rules
Jim Naughton has written a set of campaign rules for DBA
about the last stage of the Roman Republic. In it, each player will represent a Praetor, the second rank of Roman senior magistrates, and the lowest rank empowered with Imperium, the power to command Roman armies and exercise governorship of a Roman province. Eventually some praetors will advance to the rank of consul, and occasionally dictator. Ultimately the goal is to amass sufficient prestige to stand unchallenged as First Man in Rome.
Hat Tip: Rich Baier