Miniatures Rules

Tournament Pageantry and Pain

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Tournament: Pageantry and Pain is a set of free wargames rules that allow players to guide a knight’s retinue through a tournament.

Civil Disorder

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Civil Disorder is a set of free wargames rules for playing out rioting in city streets. Players represent the security forces, while the umpires and the system game out the mobs.

Maybe too close to home for a lot of people these days …

Fast Play Napoleonic Rules

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Jon Linney offers a set of free Fast Play Napoleonic Rules. The author writes:

These rules provide a fast paced game with simple rule mechanisms that allow players to concentrate on their tactics and enjoy the ‘look’ of their tabletop battle, rather than have their heads buried in rule tables. Elements shoot and fight individually but move and test morale within their unit. One or two rule mechanisms have been ‘adapted’ from other rule systems (as I liked them); as they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! Players will need a table approximately 6′ by 4′ laid-out with suitable terrain. At least one D6 die and a measuring device each (measuring stick or rule), and of course two opposing armies. The measurements are for 15mm figures.

Large Scale Civil War Battle Rules

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Large Scale Civil War Battles is a set of free wargames rules where one base=1000 men and an inch=100 yards.

Fires of Space Rules

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Fires of Space is a space combat game with a WWII naval flavor. From the author’s introduction:

Here is my take on battles between big ships in space. This rules set has a deliberately 20th century naval warfare flavor, but with adaptations for space and far future technology. Included are the rules, tables, designer’s notes, a series of ships from various space navies, scenarios, a probability table for 20 sided dice, counters, and a 50 by 50 hex map. With the map are marked map sections showing showing the map’s center hex and deployment areas for tactical scenarios. Ideally, the game is played with two 50 by 50 hex maps: one for operational movement and the other for tactical engagements. In a pinch, a single map can double as both the operational and tactical map. Finally, I include a copy of the Excel workbook that I used to create the ships in the game.